I used Tegretol for a few years as a Mood Stabilizer and it worked fine. I didn't have hypomania, but full blown Manic Eps. Tegretol is an Anti-seizure med. Vraylar is a newer Anti-Psychotic med used off-label for Type I BiPolar. Funny thing about Vraylar, although it is an Anti-Psychotic it is not FDA approved to manage Psychotic conditions.

Using Vraylar and Haldol at the same time carries the same drug interaction possibilities of Cardiac Issues that your Pdoc had concerns with in Zyprexa. Using an Anti-Psychotic with another different Class of Medication may give you better symptom control than doubling up on Anti-psychotics that are going to work the same on the same symptoms.

Tegretol has a pretty low side effect rate for most people. But mixing anything with Haldol, which has a very long and severe list of side effects can exacerbate the side effects of other meds. if they have similar side effects.

I personally don't take Benadryl, it's always made me jumpy and irritable, so I avoid it.

I get your thoughts on "will sleep sometime" but that interrupted sleep schedule and your brain not getting the "downtime" it needs can cause hypomanic/manic eps. Like your body, your brain has to have time to shut down and re-charge, When the brain is sleep deprived you develop reduced metabolism and blood flow in multiple brain regions Reductions in blood flow and metabolism are linked to impaired cognitive function and behavior.

So trying to get your sleep back a to functioning schedule, even it its just a few steady hours a night, should be a goal.

Take care,
Kat

thanks she was thinking of stopping the haldol all together which i do not like i like haldol and it helps with depression the others are more geared to the mania which i am trying to control by myself sheer willpower and when it comes therapy tools i rarely go to mania now there is always the chance which is why i want haldol not going anywhere with that and it helps sleep when i do i try to stay in bed in the morning and sometimes catch a few hours sleep then never know i do rest and sometimes take a nap but most of the times it goes into days awake tried tegratol depacote and lamictal did not work so stopped all of them will probably just stick with haldol no side effects it seems to agree with me that was the 1st meds i was on and i think it may just be the best for me the so called voices may be me talking to myself and hearing it differently i am alone most of the time and they started in the hospital when i was totally alone and needed a friend so may be my own thoughts the brain is so weird

Haldol is one of those meds that most Pdocs don't prescribe outpatient, it's really strong and can be hard to manage. But if you've used it for a long time, if its what works for you, you're the one living your life day to day and you know best in that regard, but you do have to be careful what you mix it with.

I've always had conversations with myself and when I moved to living by myself they became more outloud conversations at times as opposed to "in my head"...I don't have a problem with that, and don't really care if anyone else does...I enjoy conversation with intelligent people! lol.

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having a problem getting out of bed in the morning always feel i will go to sleep and do not get up till 10 11 am wake all night again do not know how to get out of this stupid habit of staying i bed in morning sleep between 7 and 9 am and then do not want to get up may be a little depressed getting some exercise but not much not creating as much kind of lost since not creating as much downloaded and watched some tv shows from youtube last night but could not sleep again listening to music try to sleep just cannot

I've been on Tegretol for about 30 years and I like it.....

I'm on it with Seroquel now and at one time was on it with Perphenazine which is in the same category of drugs as Haldol

I tend to sleep in now to and am up late however I only really have to think about what I want to do at this point in my life … It used to bother me as I thought it wasn't the right thing to do.... Now I think it's the right thing to do for me

I get up at about 10 am and go to sleep usually between 1 and 2..... Big hug.....xo

thanks your right right now it is right for me i do not sleep until 6 7 am so i can stay in bed and do what i want to do later in the day nothing to get up for just used to it the tegretol is xl not the normal tegretol which did nothing so i do not know whether to try it or not i cannot run the risk 0gf a major episode now i will lose everything and that is not an option

"saw pdoc said voices i hear may actually be my own thoughts i have conversations with them which may be why meds do nothing for them"...

It is perfectly normal to have conversations with other parts of you according to many professionals and the number is growing rapidly. Google voice dialogue and Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy for a look.

Here is an article you may find interesting by the founder of IFS.

https://www.psychotherapynetworker.org/magazine/article/2/facing-our-dark-side

slept last night finally was getting ready for a long haul but took 2 benadryl and 2 haldol finally slept feeling better eating better think i may have found the right meds just haldol new psoriasis cream coming fri said a money back guarantee 190 days buy 1 get 1 free so will see if it helps coffee may be aggravating it may have to stop do not see how i can cut down again mainly drink it at craft club perked anyway otherwise it is instant that does not seem to be as bad decaf makes me hyper so cannot drink that oh well we will see