Comments on: The Haldol Injections http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/ certifiably insane! Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:02:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Haldol Injections: After 10+ Years « kristinbell.org http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-11164 Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:59:37 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-11164 [...] I first wrote about taking my Haldol injections back in 2007 in http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/. [...]

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-9172 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 08:18:19 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-9172 There is no cure for schizophrenia at this time. If your boyfriend is having bad side effects, he should talk to his doctor about switching to a different medication. You are right, being crazy does NOT mean he isn’t a good person. A lot of crazy people are good people at the same time. He will most likely have to keep taking medication for the rest of his life if he wants to stay sane and not have psychosis. :(

]]> By: MARILYN BRITANICO http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-9169 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 19:49:43 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-9169 I want to know if one persons taken haldol(injection)is for all life?what are the effects? my boyfriend was taken this injection for 10 years,i didnt know before that he is sick as mentally,i know him 3 years,just i know 1 year that he taken haldol because he is taken pills for 1 mos. instead of shot ,that i see the person he is,you know he is so crazy mentally but i like it he is a good person that i’m pitty for him.you know i”m to much pitty for him,for the injection that he take its hurted him to much he is vomiting,the eyes becoming big moving,the jews also moving.the back feel so hurt,he is so lazy,he don”t want to work,all the time drinking and smoking.i think all side effect he got it.i want to ask if they have possibility to cure or theraphy for this.please help me,tell m what to do…ty!

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-3236 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:34:30 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-3236 Hi there!

I don’t know if you will see this in email or on the web, so I’m going to post it in both places. :)

The injection has been a life-saver for me. It has stabilized me more than anything else ever did, and I tried a LOT of different meds.
There are side effects. Your p-doc would have to watch out for tardive dyskinesia and other extra pyramidal symptoms. Also, the side effects may be the same for you as the oral meds, but I find that the oral meds are more sedating…probably because you have to take more of the oral meds to get the same effect. The injections don’t have to go through your digestive system, so you can take less medication overall. Plus you only have to get the injection one time every four weeks.

There are other meds in injection form. I know of risperdal for sure and I think they might have a zyprexa one by now. Haldol has worked for me.

And, the injections don’t hurt if you get them in the hip/butt area. I got one in the arm and I didn’t like that so much, but in your rump it only amounts to a slight poke. It really isn’t bad at all. I have had hangnails that hurt more! :)

It seems scary at first to get the injections, but they are way easier than oral meds. I wish I could get one or two injections with all my meds and be done with it! heh Actually, the biggest pain with the injection is having to wait at the doctor’s office for someone to give it to me. It is sooooo boring!!! lol. The injection really only takes about 2 minutes to administer though.

Well, let me know if you have any other questions.

Have a nice day and good luck!!!

:) kristin

]]> By: Tash http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-3235 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:17:32 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-3235 Hi Kristen

Have watched your youtube videos, and have found this site so am going to read it. I have schizophrenia, im newly diagnosed, im 24. Ive taken so many different anti psychotics and am now on abilify and zyprexa, my pdoc said if these fail to work he wants me to try the injections. Ive tried oral haldol and had terrible side effects one being my periods stopped whilst on it, do you know if this is a side effect of the injection form? Do you know of other types of injections? Does it hurt when they inject you (thats the bit im most worried about lol).

Thanks
xxx

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-3110 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:48:18 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-3110 I became ill and was acting strange and couldn’t take care of myself, so my parents took me to a doctor. Or if you mean, how did I learn things about the illness, well, many years of studying and gathering information.

]]> By: Alex Dias http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-3109 Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:27:43 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-3109 Greetings From Brazil

Hey Kristin

How did you find out about your illness ?

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-1587 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 05:54:20 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-1587 Jeanne Marie: I’m so sorry about your brother’s condition. Yes, the injections do last for four weeks! It is hard to tell if they are maybe a little less potent in the last few days…but I’m on a pretty low dose. Actually, I just got my recent injection on Friday and I’m feeling really good! My heart breaks for you and your family. If I had been born earlier in the century I dare say my fate would have been much more like your brother’s. I do hope the injections bring some relief and I hope he can stay where he is if that is the best for him. I’m sorry this illness has been so hard on you too. I’m sure you deserve a medal of some kind!

If he can’t thank you, I will…I know his life has been better for having a sister that cares!

]]> By: Jeanne Marie http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-1586 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:40:00 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-1586 Kristen,

My brother is terribly schizophrenic—he is 67 and it’s been going on since he was 20. Life is very hard for him and me. He is subject to horrible delusional spells. He is just now getting on the 4 week injections. Do they really last 4 weeks…or do they start to wane off. He is in a truly great facility. My only and greatest goal is to be able to keep him there…it is the best option. Bless you!

]]> By: Dinko Ceric http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-1302 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:42:47 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-1302 I am getting Haldol injection 75 mg for about 4 years. In start I feel bad and after taking allergic.
All this time I feel under any pressure,explosiv
not so relaxing at all,paranoid,panic disorders like
I would drop down on the ground be dead something
excepting to happen scare and always congention or stress in chest,problem with balance while walked and lose interest and scare bad minds, reactive to verbal conflicts, think people bad make with me.I am smoking too much, taking vitamins and that is all.Appetite is good.
Sleeping not so well because of smoke or whatever, not so bad. During day I fell lack mental energy to work something or simple stand or walk and forced to rest on bed.
Do you know more about this tell be what to except,advice, do not tell me to increase dose
Whatever I speak with doctor they do not listen me
and almost all my appoitments were unnesesery

The true is I went to doctor to get pills for sleep because I had bed sleeps, and real noises
produced from neighboors
irritated me. Doctor told after second appoitment I have scizofrenia and give me zyprexa then zoloft+risperdol
Never any psycho medication help me even 5 minutes
in my life. I spend this more then 8 years. The true is I smoked and taken medication. Then stop both, fall to coma,could dead, and after this they put me on haldol the rest you know from above.

Also how to improve my situation. I am also forced to take Haldol because I am getting some benefits.
How is Haldol bad for heart how for brain.
How many times it takes is this all life

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-17 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:22:21 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-17 Mark! I forgot to say: Thank you for looking that up and for bringing the information over anyway. I appreciate you taking the time and effort to do that! And thanks for visiting! :) kristin

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-16 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 06:17:48 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-16 A) The source is from the internet, so I don’t give it high credibility.
B) “May” and “Linked” are not definitive. It doesn’t say that it definitely or even likely is caused by Haldol. There are a few different ways to describe things in scientific terms. When someone uses the term “linked” it means it “may be correlated” this does not imply or mean cause and effect at all.
C) They don’t even say what part of the brain is supposedly shrinking and it isn’t even certain that the brain does indeed shrink with schizophrenia. All they know is that in a relatively few people who have been studied there appears to be more fluid in the brain in certain parts where there is usually grey matter. These studies are not conclusive and more tests are needed.
D) WAY MORE data and testing is needed for anyone to start saying or implying that Haldol actually shrinks the brains of patients. There is no scientific data to support such a statement. That is why they didn’t say: Haldol shrinks patients’ brains! So, if the scientists aren’t saying it, neither should you!

]]> By: markps2 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-15 Sat, 28 Jul 2007 05:03:45 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-15 from the internet

Haloperidol, not Olanzapine, Linked With Brain Shrinkage in Schizophrenia: Presented at SFN

By Roberta Friedman, PhD

NEW ORLEANS, LA — November 11, 2003 — Haloperidol may exacerbate the shrinking of the brain that scientists are beginning to link with schizophrenia. Findings of a multi-center study comparing first- and second-generation treatment for schizophrenia were announced here November 9th at Neuroscience 2003, the Society for Neuroscience 33rd Annual Meeting.

The rates for tardive dyskinesia are astronomical. The latest estimate from the American Psychiatric Association (1992, p. 68) indicates a rate for all patients of five per cent per year, so that 15 per cent of patients develop tardive dyskinesia within only three years.

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-13 Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:35:52 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-13 Thanks for stopping by Mark, but Haldol does not shrink and damage patient brains. :)

]]> By: markps2 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-11 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:48:16 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/07/23/the-haldol-injections/#comment-11 re:used more often in Europe.
Hey I’m big in Japan, don’t you know?
You can say lalala now as I tell you Haldol shrinks and damages patients brains.

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