Haldol & Cogentin (What is your medication of choice?)

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Anyone here ever take Haldol or Cogentin? Also, what is your medication of choice? Of what are you on and do you like it? Side effects? Please feel free to discuss any Meds here. I have tried so many since 1970. Currently I only take a small dose of Fluxotine.
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Bill

I'm taking Haldol and Zoloft right now. The Haldol is for delusional thinking and the zoloft is for depression and anxiety. So far I've been taking them for about 10 months now and they do their jobs but they make me very tired and lethargic. I've also been on Celexa, Prozac, Paxil, Abilify, and Geodon in the past but they all gave me more severe side effects so i'll just stick with the Haldol and Zoloft combination for now.

I'm on 300 mg of Effexor XR for depression and social anxiety. I'm on 150 mg of Seroquil for anxiety and sleep. I'm on .5 mg of Clonazapam for anxiety which I take 3 times a day.

I like to be on my medication because if I wasn`t I`d be a nervous, suicidal wreck. I get side effects like body twitches, decreased sex drive, zoning out effect, dry mouth... When I first started Effexor I was really sick for a few weeks, it felt like I was going crazy. I lost my appetite and I lost weight from not eating but it came back after a few weeks. If you stop any of the meds cold turkey, get ready for the nightmare of your life including hallucinations, tremors, body twitches, increased anxiety, night sweats, nausea, etc.

Now that I`m on these medications properly I`m content and stable.

I was on Haldol for a short while. I slept for most of the time and didn't feel like myself at all when I was awake, and then it gave me Parkinsonism which was one of the worst experiences of my life, so I stopped taking it after that. I was on a couple of SSRIs for a while, but the only thing they did was make me put on some weight. These days I avoid medication if I can. Of course I'm not psychotic or delusional, so I don't need the strong stuff. I mostly struggle with anxiety, mild depression and some obsessiveness which I'd rather handle myself than risk the side-effects of medication.

Paxil and Risperidone.

I rather enjoyed stratera but it became way too much for me to handle. We tried a higher dosage and I simply burnt out on it after the dosage increase. Many side effects, increased aggression, etc....

I was happy I think for a couple months, until it all imploded... and I realized I wasn't happy, mostly just drugged, and sleep deprived.

Fluvoxamine and risperidone