rowan77 Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 I'm hypomanic and very agitated. I'm on my usual meds...listed below. Now also on clonazepam 1.5 3 times daily. Also flurazepam 30mg at night. Just home from pdoc appointment and she has added in haloperidol 5mg 2 daily. Is this a good enough dose? How long does it take to kick in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeremonyNewOrder Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Haldol kicked in pretty quickly for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted May 30, 2018 Author Share Posted May 30, 2018 1 hour ago, CeremonyNewOrder said: Haldol kicked in pretty quickly for me How much did you take to help your symptoms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Based on dose guide that's a pretty hefty starting dose probably a good place to start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifluous Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 I've been on haldol pills and depot injections and been given acute injections in the ER. The pills were faster than depot but not as fast as ER injections. I would say it's not as fast as zyprexa but faster than other atypicals. I would say three to five days you should see serious improvement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeremonyNewOrder Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 23 hours ago, rowan77 said: How much did you take to help your symptoms? I only took .5 because I had horrible side effects and had to discontinue but even at that low dose I felt changes the night of taking the med for the first time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifluous Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 How're you doing now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderful.Cheese Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 On 5/30/2018 at 8:04 AM, rowan77 said: I'm hypomanic and very agitated. I'm on my usual meds...listed below. Now also on clonazepam 1.5 3 times daily. Also flurazepam 30mg at night. Just home from pdoc appointment and she has added in haloperidol 5mg 2 daily. Is this a good enough dose? How long does it take to kick in. How are you doing now @rowan77? My pdoc started me off on 5 mg of haldol, three times a day. I didn't take it long enough to know if it would really be helpful to me. But I hope it's helping you! I take Clonazepam at 1 mg, three times a day regularly. I find it helps my anxiety. I'm not sure if it helps when I'm hypo/manic but I'm sure it does. I've been on it for so long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted August 4, 2018 Author Share Posted August 4, 2018 On 08/06/2018 at 1:21 PM, Wonderful.Cheese said: How are you doing now @rowan77? My pdoc started me off on 5 mg of haldol, three times a day. I didn't take it long enough to know if it would really be helpful to me. But I hope it's helping you! I take Clonazepam at 1 mg, three times a day regularly. I find it helps my anxiety. I'm not sure if it helps when I'm hypo/manic but I'm sure it does. I've been on it for so long. Became very manic. Had visual hallucinations which were horrific. Spent 8 weeks in the psychiatric unit. Home 1 week. Was OK for a few days but now slipping into depression so am back on fluoxetine 20mg. I had been on 40mg for a few years but had to go off it at end of May due to mania. They are going to keep a close eye on things with a nurse visiting/ringing every day. Sick of all this crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 @rowan77 what regimen did the hospital discharge you with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowan77 Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 (edited) When I was being treated by the Home Based Treatment Team I was not coping well I was taken off my fluoxetine 40mg. I gave all my money away and took long bus journeys to random places so I had to go into the hospital. When i was really unwell in the hospital I was on clonazepam 1.5mg 3 times daily, haloperidol 5mg twice daily, flurazepam 30mg as well as sodium valproate 1600mg, lamictal 250mg, and quetiapine xr 800mg. I became really groggy but when the they decreased the dosages I would become very agitated again. So after 3 weeks of heavy sedation the clonazepam was decreased slowly until it was 0.5mg three times daily and I was fine with that. The 7th week I was there my haloperidol dose was decreased to once daily and I was fine with that. I was probably just getting better anyway. By the time I was discharged last Monday l was on: Clonazepam 0.5mg twice daily PRN (have only had to use about 5 times) Flurazepam 15mg PRN (never used so far) Quetiapine XR 800mg Lamictal 150mg AM 100mg PM Sodium Valproate 1800mg ( increased from 1600mg ) However my mood has dipped dramatically since Wednesday so the on call pdoc restarted me on fluoxetine 20mg yesterday and I am back under the care of the Home Based Treatment Team which means a nurse will call to my house every day and spend a while chatting and trying to encourage and support me and I have an appointment with my pdoc on Wednesday. Edited August 5, 2018 by rowan77 One big block of writing.....difficult to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Do you feel that is bringing back the mania? Cuz that can recreate the shitty cycle of AD brings mania- you get more downers to kill the mania- mania weans and then you're over sedated- now need antidepressants again- and restart the whole cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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