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Re: 1mg Haldol/Serenace - the side effects... » jms600

Posted by yxibow on May 24, 2008, at 15:02:24

In reply to 1mg Haldol/Serenace - the side effects..., posted by jms600 on May 23, 2008, at 17:49:29

> Hi everyone
>
> My psychiatrist gave me a prescription for Haloperidol today - 1mg per day, for severe anxiety.
>
> My question is can I expect to get the movement disorders and/or restlessness commonly associated with these type of drugs??
>
> I am only on 1mg per day (500mcgs twice a day) so will the movment disorders and restlessness manifest themselves, or am I 'safe' with such a small dose??
>
> Thanks!

See my posting

http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20080519/msgs/830896.html


That doesn't mean you're in the 25% category, as you said you're taking a low dose. What is most important is the MED, the minimum effective dose, although I'm curious why he didnt give a prescription for Risperdal at that low dose, but I'm not going to second guess your doctor.

Yes, movement symptoms can affect anyone -- which is why people are migrating to using atypicals -- and then there's the whole CATIE argument (a bit long for here, you would have to look it up -- basically saying that there isn't a difference in effectiveness, true --- but side effects of atypicals are more humane in my opinion for a lot of patients).

In the short run if you haven't taken a lot of antipsychotics, Haldol at that range -- I'm not a soothsayer, I wish I had one for all my symptoms :(, shouldn't be a long term problem but you may experience EPS (side effects -- yes, the restlessness, akathisia) after a while which can be addressed with other medications. It will probably make you very sleepy at first.

hope that helps

 

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