HALDOL Reviews (HALOPERIDOL LACTATE)Average Rating: 1.8 (183 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare HALDOL with similar:
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| 1 | Headache | Sleepy in a coma like state for 2 whole days before experiencing uncontrollable tongue and leg movements, and severe confusion. | I was given this medication in the ER for a HEADACHE. I have what is called scapula thoracic creptius/burstitus and snapping scapula syndrome from a car accident back in 2010. I get frequent neck spasms, shoulder pain, headached..etc from nerve compression where my muscles tense up. Even chest pain known as costochondritis. I went in complaining of a migraine for 6 going on 7 days.. they gave me an injection of phenergan for the nausea (already have an rx for this, it was unneeded) and for the Haldol. I have never in my life felt so bad. I was unable to move for two whole days, and I have kids to take care of. I wanted to do nothing but sleep. When I came out of my "coma" I was anxious and my tongue was tightening up and rolling back, my legs wanted to move and do something.. I was confused. I asked my kids "what do I normally do this time of day". My youngest is 18 months old, I nearly dropped him TWICE. This to me is considered medical negligence because I was not given a list of side effects, this is an ANTI PSYCHOTIC. NOT headache medicine. I am LIVID, to say the least. Now I have to take Benztropine, and Valium to feel halfway normal because I am on day 4 since taking it and my legs still try to move all the time, it's uncontrollable. This drug is DANGEROUS!! I will NEVER take something again from an ER or any Doctor for that matter unless I know what it is. This is insane!!!! | F | 32 | 1 days 1X O | 2/23/2013 | 3 | Voices | Extreme long and short term memory loss, sleeplessness, insomnia, diarhea. | I've always prided myself on my great memory, untill I began the Haldol. Since I began taking it 7 months ago my short term memory has gone all to heck, and gotten worse, I have trouble remembering things I did the evening or day before, though long term memory is still intact, but who's to say when long term memory kicks in? But, the benefits of Haldol far outweigh the negative, the voices are gone (for the most part), and I do sleep better, when I'm not suffering from insomnia, my sleep patterns are far from normal, I'm either up all night or sleep like the dead for 12 hours, I slept 14 hours yesterday. I also have a decreased appetite, I forgot to eat yesterday, and that's not the first time that's happened. I realize I don't have the severe reaction to this drug that other people have, but as I said, the benefits far outweigh the negative. I would reccomend this drug for those people suffering from schizophrenia, voices, and anger issues, since I began the Haldol my anger issues have disappeared, which is why I can see it being prescribed in a prison setting. | M | 45 | 7 months 4mg 1X day | 1/20/2013 | 1 | forced outpatient "treatment" | I was lobotomized, akathisia, metabolic problems, no sense of self or feelings or likes or dislikes or opinions -- nothing. It was a nightmare. | It took a year for its effects to get out of my system. It is pure poison. It was in fact used in the Soviet Union to break political dissidents. Awful that psychiatrists in apparently good conscience consider this medicine. | F | 45 | 8 months 40mg 1X M | 1/8/2013 | 1 | BRUTALLY, UNJUSTIFIABLY FORCED | swollen face, severely restricted breathing, panic, anger, dizziness, shaking, muscle rigidity and pain, made me suicidal. | THIS DRUG IS ATTEMPTED MURDER!!!! This should be considered attempted murder because of the severe degeneration in quality of life it causes. The fact that it is being forced to people against their will is disgusting. I was taunted by medical staff until I became annoyed. They then used my annoyance as a false reason for physically beating me and administering this. It left me shrieking in agony and swollen everywhere. It made my heart beat too fast and immediately gave my a panic attack. My condition immediately declined 3000% after being given this. It has ruined my face by stretching it out and I had trouble speaking for months after. It closed my throat so badly I could not breathe and feared for my life. This will haunt me for the rest of my life. I am suffering post-traumatic stress from this and I have nightmares about this vulgar poison that nurses use because they are too lazy to do their jobs. I contemplate suicide because this drug and the deranged nurses who gave it to me have ruined my life. This drug should be illegal. | M | 21 | 1X day | 11/25/2012 | 5 | many things, especially schizophren | none! | I agree most nurses in the psychiatric ward are dumb when it comes to knowing about the effects of varying doses of Haldol. Haldol should only be given twice per day with a maximum single dose of 2 mg!!The way I'm taking Haldol is almost like a miracle. It increases my appetite, TAKES AWAY dry mouth, diarrhea, severe anxiety, suspiciousness, violent racing thoughts and impulses, OCD and worsened schizophrenia symptoms associated with a really bad rejection from a really sexy girl who I was dangerously in love with, and my tourettes. I really, really, really hope Haldol is never taken of the market! The answer is MODERATION. I really hate reading peoples negative and ignorant comments about Haldol, Haldol cam absolutely be abused by dumb or in fact EVIL nurses. 2mg Ativan comes down anxiety restlessness and panic that Haldol causes especially when Haldol is used in an intelligent and responsible manner. I strongly disagree with chemically restraining people with massive doses or even 5mg of Haldol. The key is prevention using Haldol safely and smartly, not abusing Haldol and torturing a patient after the poor person's mental health has been ignored, just for the convenience of hospital staff. 0.5 mg Haldol decreases the amount of dopamine binding to the D2 receptors through out the brain by 50% which is a very comfortable feeling in the state of a mental illness episode and mental illness. I am disappointed to hear all of the negative news about Haldol. | M | 21 | 2 weeks 0.5 mg 2X day | 11/7/2012 | 1 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | None | This medicine was like eating an empty pill. Absolutely no help and did not feel like I'm on the drug like I've felt with other meds. No difference. Hallucinations still going 90mph all day every day all night every night. | F | 26 | 2 months 1 mg 1X day | 8/29/2012 | 4 | Suicidal,homicidal thoughts,voices, | muscle stiffness, brief pains and shocks when moving, tremors, slur , double vision The drug helps, but get ready for some major side effects Severity of side effects depends on dosage and frequency | i was an inpatient mental health ward at the local hospital | F | 28 | 2 weeks 30mg 1X day | 7/11/2012 | 3 | Stops me from hearing voices | Hard to get to sleep, constipation when going to the bathroom. | M | 39 | 1 months 5 mg | 7/4/2012 | 3 | uncotrolled movements | not sure if possible to have side effects after being off the meds for years but I was curious to know if any one has experinced fog like state of mind but after being off it for years not while on it .... | F | 33 | 7 days 25 | 4/4/2012 | 5 | Paranoid Schizophrenia | None | Spectacular in helping a floridly psychotic patient stop climbing the walls, and settle down and be coherent 20 minutes late. I was one of those patients. Haldol does not cause me EPS like a lot of other people here. | M | 30 | 1 years 20 1X day | 3/13/2012 | 1 | ADHD/ aggression | My son took Haldol for December & January. He can not speak anymore & has dystonia. He is constantly stuttering & his eyes roll into the back of his head, we've had several ER visits in the past month. I highly recommend NOBODY takes Haldol. | M | 10 | 1 months | 3/4/2012 | 5 | Agression, racing thoughts | A bit tired, need to sleep 14 hours a day (a small price to pay) I was a danger to myself before - probably because of long-term cannabis abuse - now i finaly feel the peace i need to make progress (without cannabis) I can say for sure that Haldol saved my life! | M | 30 | 3 months 1 mg/day | 2/29/2012 | 1 | taking it for depression, agression | I had uncontrollable movements from head to toe. Very bad headache and stiff all over. Jaw and mouth movements with extreme rigidness and stiffness. Pain. Unable to sleep at all. Drooling excessively. Did I mention my muscles were so tight that they started hurting really bad. Still get mild flashbacks of symptoms 4 months later after stopping the medicine, Thank God. | I will never take this medicine again. I've learned my lesson about this medicine and I have learned that doctors and nurses will not tell you what medicine they are giving you, they just give it to you. Just to say I took this medicine a while ago and had these horrible side effects when I was 18 years old and I'm 30 years old now. Had to go to the hospital for depression not too long ago and they just injected me with this crap without telling me what it was and once again the horrible, painful, sleepless, side effects. From now on I am asking what every medicine is the doctors or nurse try to give me and if they say that it is Haldol, I am gonna snap and tell them to take it and see how wonderful the sleepless, stiff pain is from this horrible awful medicine is. I felt like I was almost dead when I took this crap. Feel like a stiff dead person or something. Just awful, awful medicine. Do not take this medicine people. It's not worth the bad risks that come along with it. Plus this medicine did not do one bit of good for me, just stiffness, pain, and uncontrollable odd movements in my whole muscular system and very painful. Had many a sleepless nights before I found out it was this medicine doing these bad feelings in my body. All I know is I was so relieved when I found out it was this medicine doing these bad things to me I wanted to jump for joy. I really thought something serious was wrong with my body and it would never be cured but thankfully it went away when I stopp | F | 30 | 30 days 1mg 1X day | 2/1/2012 | 1 | schizo episodes since ptsd | I have Complete back pain, neck pain, find myself with a clenched jaw. I am always tired, zombie like thinking meaning sllllooowww. I was unable to go to work today because I couldnt get out of bed and stop sleeping after already having 9 hours of sleep. I called my doc twice today with no response (yet at least). I am glad I found these postings because I thought my physical pain was from stress I store. | F | 23 | 6 days | 1/18/2012 | 1 | Sexual advances-wife/Alzheimers | As a disabled RN, I know that Haldol is detrimental to our individual's (ESPECIALLY to our elderly population). Recently, my dad was at deaths door due to Haldol's side effects. Haldol causes tardive dyskinsia (muscle stiffness, alterted range of motion, etc). This week, I moved my 90 year old dad from a Rehab/nursing facility in NC - (I am dad's POA & Health Care Surrogate). The physicians knew that they were NOT allowed to prescribe ANY medication for dad unless I was notified. I was horrified when I took dad from the facility in NC and discovered that they had been "zoning" him out with Haldol. (I thought that his memory and mobility problems were due to the his aging process). Haldol has too many side effects to even be on the market. I took dad home to FL (mom passed away a few months ago, so it was time for a move for dad). Dad's legs were so swollen that they were purple: I immediately discontinued the Haldol. He was so ill from Haldol that the VA in Tampa had to a | M | 90 | 365 years 1 1X day | 1/16/2012 | 3 | bipolar-manic | Extremely tired after my monthly injections of 100mg. I have no ambitions and all i want to do now is sleep. Due to my mania this was the only thing to slow me down after a 4 month manic episode. This drug saved my life, but now I question it's side effects??? | M | 39 | 3 months 100 mg | 1/9/2012 | 3 | Schizoaffective w/ Bipolar Subtype | Just switched from Abilify to Haldol D. Loved Abilify (on it for 2 years), becuase of the low side affect profile, but just can't afford it anymore. Starting out on 25mg injection that lasts 2 weeks. Will see how I do, then increase the mgs and get shot only once a month. So far after only 5 days, I still feel as calm as I did on Abilify, but now my jaw clenches to the left really bad, and was asleep for 2 days after getting the injection. Shoulder very sore still where injection was given. Mild increase in paranoia. | Hope the jaw clenching goes away, and that the paranoia will decrease after raising the dose. I am on the very lowest dose to start due to severe side effects to other drugs like Zyprexa, Risperdol and Seroquel. | F | 35 | 5 days 25mg 1X O | 1/7/2012 | 1 | shoulder pain | my jaw almost broke of how much it was it was drifting the left side, all my bones were cramping up, and my eyes automatically rolled up by them self... | F | 19 | 1 days not sure | 1/4/2012 | 1 | for depression | I had extreme reaction from taken Haldol, I would look out of space, my speech was slur, started gaining a lot of weight. I gained about 125 lbs. from taken this drug. I would not recommend no one to take this drug. I always had to go in and out of the hospital too from taken Haldol, and started to get depress all the time. | F | 43 | 10 years 80 2X H | 11/1/2011 | 1 | forced because I took melatonin | Simple, It makes a completely normal person that never had a psychiatric problem turn into a zombie and erratic nutcase. Great for the business of the psychotic and satanic medical professionals who make new customers for their wallets. | Medical professionals fully are a aware of the harmful and extreme side-effects of this drug. These medical professionals are professional torturers and murderers for a fee. These highly educated medical professionals are fully aware of what they are doing and they need to be dealt with in a severe manner. | M | 56 | 1 days 10MG 1X day | 10/25/2011 |