My mother has dementia and does not sleep at night. She was given haloperidol to help her sleep. She

13 Apr 2010

I can see why your doctor perscribed haloperdidol because of the dementia.Haloperidol can make a person drowsey or make them restless.On her next doctors appointment she should tell the doctor she is up all night and he should give her 5mg of ambien if she is old or 5mg sonata.or any sleeping pills but if she is elderly make sure she gets the lowest dose and then she should sleep much better.Hope this helped

13 Apr 2010

Haloperidol can make you drowsy but its not made to help a person sleep so she should talk to her doc theres other meds that can really help her,hope this helps