Hi, yes thats convenient. I am looking into antipsychotic medicines
I have heard aripiprazole is milder with side effects, what is the lowest dose you can take? I unfortunatly can be mildy in a state of psychosis that is harmless but effects my functioning, I have improved with counselling but would consider a medication if I have the option that my dr believes that it can be short term and I can recover

My mom is suffering from acute dementia.. Unable to do her daily chores... Completely bed ridden with a broken hand and leg... Now always in an agitated state.. She is taking donapzil. Memantine 10.. How to keep her under control... Any more medicines needed.. Age 65..

I have been taking gabapentin for sleep. I have very bad insomnia and I wonder what else I could substitute the gabapentin with as it does not work very well any more.

I take abilify for depression and have gained so much weight. I have tried resperidol which was not better.
Is there an antipsychotic that does not cause weight gain and hunger? I cannot tolerate seroquel.

MY DAD WAS INJURED BADLY AFTER BRUTALLY beaten in afghanistan.was in coma revived but became psychotic about 15yrs back since then was on antipsychotics ,recovered quite well. But some 2yrs back fell in fractured neck of femur.under went surgery ,prosthesis tried but not successful hence removed a year back .Hence for last 2yrs he is bedridden n emaciated.coughs a lot with sputum.cant eat smoothly.how can i make him walk again

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Hello Dr Sharka

I did not close the question, I do not know what happened!!

Anyway to continue with our question…

You said that people have an “idiosyncratic reaction to haloperidol (similar to allergic reactions)”, does this mean that once you have tried the drug and have not experienced any bad reaction that you never will?

One side effect I have read about for haloperidol and quetiapine is irregular heartbeat, which I understand though not life threatening, can be dangerous. Under what circumstances could this side effect become fatal? Also, once you stop taking the antipsychotics would your heartbeat automatically go back to normal or not?

I have bipolar disorder I. My meds have worked for over twelve years, with very minor snags. Overall, a good outcome. However, over the last six months I have had more and more trouble sleeping, and this is accompanied with mild hypomania and psychomotor agitation (which I call "twitching"). Since I live in Canada, the time to see a psychiatrist is 9 months or more, which leaves my family physician in charge of keeping me sane until I can see the specialist. She consulted with a psychiatrist briefly and he added a new atypical antipsychotic at bedtime, to hopefully get me the all-important sleep I need. The fatigue I feel during the day is stultifying, and is accompanied by minor dizziness and the occasional pounding headache. I can provide a list of drugs and a more detailed history if you think you might be able to guide me.

How safe is trifuoperazine in the long term? The net says it can cause irreversible eps, is it true? If yes, at what dose and after how long?

Dear Doctor,
My father is 68 years old, he never auffered any health conditions, however he has always been anxious about his own health state. He had a pain which he didnt disclose about since last october untill we forced him to go visit a doctor and it turned out to be hernia, the operation was carried out last january.. He was anxious about it, but the main problem appeared after the operation. When he started to get more depressed and more worried about what he may suffer next. Hence a family member insisted that he should seek a psychiatrist help as his appetite was very low and he started losing weight. The psychiatrist prescribed Remeron/ mirrazapine 15 mg for 2 weeks, today is the end of the course. My question is he has got some psychotic thoughts just after taking remeron, hallucinations and dellusions which were not there 2 weeks ago, he is withdrawn, low appetite and careless about everyone and about his ownself too. Is that psychotic features accompanied with severe depression? Or this is due to hallocinogenic properties of mirtazapine? What do you suggest? Many thanks