nick le lievre

Hi a few months ago I was admitted to a hospital and diagnosed with
schizophrenia while in there I was given Haldol (Haloperidol) and started
having these strange occurances that can last for over an hour where my
heart starts racing and I feel like I`m going crazy and little things upset
me like ambient noise - I feel like I`m gonna do something crazy.

I can't relax I find I just have to lie down and ride it out - I usually
take a lorazapam which seems to help but sometimes it doesn't and I just
have to ride it out for a few hours.

Anyway after I stopped taking the Haloperidol these attacks seemed to stop
then lately I have had my Risperdal Consta injection upped from 25mg to
37.5mg and during the transition they gave me 3mg Risperdal oral medication
to act untill the new injection dose takes effect - they give me these for 3
weeks after the initial injection was increased and I have about 4 days of
meds to take now untill I stop the oral.

Anyway since the first night I took the oral Risperdone meds I started
having the attacks again and the last one happened yesterday - when I
mentioned this to my doctor he suggested an ECG but then decided against it.

I don't feel as though its a heart problem but is related to my meds as I
used to get them quite a lot when I was on Haldol in hospital. Could it be
then I`m getting them becuase of a high dose of Risperal ie the 3mg of oral
+ 37.5mg of injection or could there be another explanation.

Its really horrible when it happens I feel like a pyschopath.

canadagirl

I don't know what causes this, if Nom reads your post he might be able
to weigh in here. I just wanted to tell you that you aren't alone.
Haldol did the same to me on all three seperate occasions that I was
given it, so I am careful to let them know I react negatively to it when
asked for allergies.
I've had no problems, myself with risperdal though. Hopefully you'll
get some insightful replies as to why the anxiety related symptoms to
these meds for you!

nick le lievre

Yeah its really bad it feels like a panic attack (but no hyper ventilation)
I get a bit paranoid of the noises around me but am most concerned with the
rapid heart-beat and the feeling I`m going crazy. The pdoc doesn't seem to
have ever heard of this or know what causes it and the only thing they can
give me is Lorazapam which seemed to work yesterday but hasn't helped much
on previous occasions (its supposed to work in 15 mins). I`m really worried
about slipping into another one of these instances soon when maybe I`m not
at home or something and don't have people around to support me.

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try crossposting into lots of groups at once ,
that always fixes everything

nick le lievre

I crossposted becuase it might be relevant to people in all those groups not
just the anxiety-panic or schizophrenia groups maybe depressed people have
expierienced it as well ? Sorry if you were annoyed by my cross post but at
least its not spam.

humble.life

i still get all that and just have to fight for space and time-off
continually

john jones

They give haloperidol routinely in hospitals. My partner tore a strip
off the doctor because they gave it to her father who had a heart
condition. He went nuts on it, babbling, confused and angry. She made
them stop using it and all was well.

Of course if you are babbling, confused and angry or just 'not right'
on the drug, then we can all put that down to your self-confessed
schizophrenia and dismiss you and your reaction to the drug as simply
another crazy reacting bizarrely to normal drugs...?

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hi

john jones

They give haloperidol routinely in hospitals. My partner tore a strip
off the doctor because they gave it to her father who had a heart
condition. He went nuts on it, babbling, confused and angry. She made
them stop using it and all was well.

Of course if you are babbling, confused and angry or just 'not right'
on the drug, then we can all put that down to your self-confessed
schizophrenia and dismiss you and your reaction to the drug as simply
another crazy reacting bizarrely to normal drugs...?

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hi