Haloperidol for Psychosis User Reviews (Page 3)

• eli...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• May 3, 2022

"I had to play around with the dosage, but I finally found the right dose. I took the 10 mg, and it worked, but I couldn't stop moving around and had restlessness. My psychiatrist gave me benztropine for the shaking, and it stopped. But for some reason, he took away the benztropine. So my psychiatrist gave me 5 mg, and I still had the moving around and restlessness. So finally, I was given the 2 mg, and for some reason, not only did it stop my psychosis, but the restlessness and moving around had stopped."

• eli...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 10, 2017

"I was given this medication for bipolar to replace all atypical antipsychotics that cause weight gain. I heard typical antipsychotics don't cause weight gain. So I told my doctor to give me a typical antipsychotic, and she gave me haloperidol 2 mg. The good news is that my psychosis or my depression or whatever got much, much better. The bad news is that I can't stop moving around. If I sit down, I can only stay down for 5 to 10 minutes, then I have to get up, and when I'm sitting down, I move around a lot. My psychiatrist told me to live with it. It's either weight gain or unstoppable moving. What a witch. But eventually, the shaking stopped for some reason, and I don't move around anymore. Go figure. I also didn't gain weight, so that's good."

• bea...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 13, 2016

"I had a very spiritual experience where I was having convos with spirits unseen. This was disturbing to my family members, and because they did not understand what was happening, I got upset at them. They called the doc, etc., and I was taken to the hospital for observation. After a few weeks being there, they forced Haldol on me. My consciousness got lower, and I eventually came down from those levels. I got 5 mg oral. They slowly got me off the meds, and I was sent home. When I stopped with the meds, I got a deep psychosis. But was protected by my ancestors. Side effects: lowers IQ, drooling, no happy moments for you. Bad medicine. Used on horses. Made in Belgium by docs who don't know how it feels to have a psychosis."

• flo...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 4, 2017

"I can say that until my PA figures out a dosage, for it to work with my system I will never be healed. I first started at 1 in the morning. That didn't work, so I was taking 1 in the morning and one at bedtime. That was too strong for me. So the next thing I did was to cut them in half. That didn't work because half is not enough. Still had hallucinations. If anyone has any clue as to what I can do, leave a message."

• Gou...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 10, 2021

"I've tried this drug, got side effects, like loss of overall happiness, severe depression, couldn't sit still in one place and lost joy of doing anything. I stopped it immediately... it doesn't feel like it provided anything positive."

• Gor...
• April 23, 2015

"Except for a little weight gain, I feel less nervous, yet I still experience delusional thoughts, kind of OCD type. I am also only on 1 mg, which is very low, and I plan to ask the doctor to take me off the Zyprexa and increase my Haldol to at least 5 mg daily."

• Hal...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 28, 2021

"I went to the ER to be seen for severe stomach pain and nausea. That's when I was sent back to my room and was given a shot of haldol in my arm. The first 10 minutes were fine except I felt very sleepy. Then I felt suddenly anxious and restless. I wanted to get out of the hospital immediately, and I mentally felt different. I didn't feel like myself and had a very short attention span (almost none). I was generally uncomfortable and felt like it was torture. DO NOT TAKE THIS! I don't know what is in it, but it made me feel horrible, and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone."

• Car...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• January 11, 2022

"My wife had a drug reaction in a hospital to the drug Reglan injected into her IV on Aug 3, 2017, that blew her brain to pieces. A week later, she was diagnosed as bipolar and given the drug haloperidol in pill form to treat periods of confusion and agitation. At that time, she could not take it. Even the smallest doses made her almost comatose. Five years later, two months after the second Pfizer COVID shot from her HMO, my wife completely forgot the house we have lived in for twenty-two years, the house that has been in her family for 70 years. I thought she had had a stroke. I took her to the hospital that checked everything, did not wash her for three days, and returned her to me still confused. I pulled out the five-year-old haloperidol prescription and started her on one 0.5 mg pill per 24 hours. Instant improvement. She's up to three 0.5 mg doses in 24 hours. My wife's HMO seems determined to ignore us. I just want my wife better. Low-dose pill form is working well."

• We...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 29, 2021

"Starts at a lower dose and slowly increases to control the symptoms, (balance between side effects and symptoms). Pros of this haloperidol: cheap price, treats positive symptoms of psychosis, efficacy high, but side effects careful. Cons of this haloperidol: EPS high, TD high, zombie mode, arm and leg movement slow and rigid, tremor shakiness (due to old drug, old technology). Use extra benztropine/benzhexol medicine to reduce EPS usually. Personal view: can try newer medicine, atypical antipsychotic, good side effect profile compared to which suits the patient. More expensive but worth it, better than old typical antipsychotic. Pray all recover and live a beautiful life. Don’t give up! Be happy, healthy, hopeful!"

• Vkk...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 12, 2022

"For me, horrible. It made my joints lock up. I yawned, and my jaw was locked open and popped out of place. I had to get it popped back into place at the hospital. They took me off because of these side effects. Noooo."

• Rom...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• March 2, 2022

"Haloperidol is very beneficial to me for my schizoaffective disorder. It helps me think more clearly and takes away my aggression. In addition, it takes all of the very dark thoughts away. The only issue I will say is that if too many milligrams are prescribed, it will make me sleep way too much."

• Tro...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 23, 2017

"When I started this medication for my first psychotic episode two years ago, it really helped, delusions went away. I was taking a low dose for maintenance, around 10 drops (2 mg/ml), which is about 1 mg. I didn't have side effects other than a lack of motivation. Then, after 2 years, the doctor said it was safe to stop the treatment, but some months later I had yet another psychotic episode. This time I am taking 20 drops, and it is making me restless and a bit anxious in the stomach. My motivation is really low, so I find it difficult to start things on my own, my initiative is almost non-existent, so I only do the basics in my life. Probably I will have to take antidepressants too to help with the motivation/initiative, but I haven't started yet."

• SIC...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 10, 2021

"Haldol is the worst drug ever. Try Abilify and Zoloft - it changed my life, but remember you can’t just stop these drugs. You will struggle like me, it hurts. It's real mental pain, so try Abilify and Zoloft. I have a kid, I just want to live and stop the pain. So if you are like me, try Abilify and Zoloft. My mom helped me get off Haldol and on better meds, thank God."

• Dis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 25, 2021

"I was admitted at South Rand Hospital for abnormal behavior by my dad. When I was discharged, I was given haloperidol. Never knew what it was at the time. Took the medication for a month, then I smoked weed this one time. I couldn't sleep at night for a week, had to even buy sleeping pills to get rest. Now I have difficulty concentrating. I don't have energy anymore, all I do is sleep. Every time I lack motivation, I feel like a failure because I can't provide for my newborn baby. I have a low sex drive, I feel like a zombie. I wish I never mixed haloperidol with marijuana."

• Bri...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 27, 2019

"I take this for psychotic features from bipolar 2. This hasn't been too bad. I take the concentrated liquid as the pills are not available to order in my area. I can say the only thing I don't like is the sedation part (mild; I try to fight it but can't after a while). Also, I've seen a small, very small difference in my weight even though I still work out and eat correctly (could very well be my depression and missing those pills). Everyone's body reacts differently; it's worth a shot."

• Owe...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 5, 2021

"I was given high doses of this for psychosis when I was 18-over 23 years ago-and it made me feel like I was about 80 years old, shuffling around, drooling, and not being able to talk properly, combined with such a wretched feeling of restlessness, which is the worst feeling you could possibly ever imagine. It took a good year of my life away before I took myself off it and returned to normal straight away. To be fair, it did the job of bringing me out of the delusions, but if anything, it’s almost a deterrent to look after one's mental health, as I wouldn’t give this drug to my worst enemy….."

• Sab...
• May 20, 2020

"I was on this medication, haloperidol, for psychosis for 3.5 years. It prevented me from having another episode, and I was still using street drugs. I still had paranoid delusions about my partner, but at least I didn’t have psychosis. Side effects: only higher cholesterol and increased prolactin levels. All in all, the medication wasn’t too bad."

• Cyg...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• August 25, 2021

"The haldol made my manic and depressive episodes (from schizoaffective disorder) exponentially worse each time I took it. I couldn't bear living during either and made my state so volatile I had multiple episodes a day of either. I do not recommend this both from my experience and what I'm reading here."

• All...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 17, 2024

"Use this when I had drug-induced psychosis and it works very well short term to reduce the voices, delusions, and obsessive behavior. I would only use it one day as needed. It would put me to sleep, and I’d wake up well-rested the next day and would stop using drugs and get back into recovery since this medication helped relieve my psychosis. It did make my legs feel like jello though."

• Lis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 26, 2015

"Weight gain but not as bad as Seroquel and Zyprexa. Just been on it for 10 days but I wouldn't want to prejudge this med just yet. If your doctor has prescribed this med, then take it as he stated, otherwise, tell them it's not for you."

• Hec...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• August 19, 2023

"I am schizophrenic. I was suffering from hallucinations and voices. When they first gave me haloperidol, I thought it was a miracle drug since it took away the hallucinations and voices. But after months of taking it, it started to have a negative effect on me, like severe shaking and restlessness, pacing back and forth non-stop. So they switched me to risperidone. It was stopping the voices and hallucinations, but it gave me severe insomnia. I could barely sleep 2 hours. So they switched me off of it and gave me olanzapine. The problem with this medication is that it actually made me hallucinate more and have more voices. It also made me gain 100 pounds. Being on olanzapine, I was smoking a lot of weed and relapsed, making my symptoms even worse. Thankfully, I recovered from the relapse, but I continued to smoke weed every time I recovered from a relapse, until finally, I relapsed so hard that I started hallucinating everything there is and contemplating suicide every day. Don't do the mistake I did and try to self-medicate with weed or alcohol."

• tif...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• April 23, 2025

Haloperidol "I was on 44 mg orally (15 mg, 17 mg, 12 mg). It had no side effects. It didn't work, though. They put me on Thorazine."

• Anonymous
• April 2, 2010

Haloperidol "I have been taking Haldol for a long time, and it has controlled my condition very well."

• onl...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 23, 2015

Haloperidol "Best medicine I've been on to treat my psychosis without affecting my lipids! Experienced a little restlessness, nothing major. Great overall experience!"

• Ano...
• September 18, 2016

"This drug gave me clear thinking, but gave a lot of demotivation too. I felt like a zombie on this medication. Had to stop this due to anxiety and suicidal thoughts."