I really dont want to play Doctor, but Aloperidin alias Haloperidol is problematic.
Couldnt You ask the Doctor if it is possible to choose another one ? At least risperdal, which is a hammer as well. I tried it for a short period and can confirm that the motivation is hijacked and the anxiety to a good extend increased through this types of meds.
One of the problematic thing on haloperidol is, that it increases tardive dyskinesia more than other antipsychotics.
I dont know what do you exactly looking for, but I hope I can help a bit with this.
Ok here some suggestions from what I know (but for safetys sake i dont guarantee anything. better talk allways with a Doc for consultion) :
- try or look after, something antioxidant while using antipsychotics. Because on of the mechanism that causes tardive dyskinesia is oxidative damage.
Antipsychotics are on their self prooxidant to the brain.
Ashwaghanda is according a study capable to reduce it to a good extend. Maybe N-acetyl cysteine too, but thats just my theory..
Of course there are other plants, just look at ncbi/pubmed
- The problem with Ashwagandha and other exotic herbs is, that some of them do thinn the blood.
Per se not a problem, but if you take Ashwaghanda(an anticoagulant) with e.g. cucurma( a cox 1and2 blocker) you could "maybe" get spontaneus bleeding or inner bleeding. Dont want to advertise, but the Sensoril extract of Ashwagandha doesnt seem , at least to me, to thinn the blood.
- be careful about your sources of these herbals. Ordering e.g. direct from india doesnt mean to be safe because of high ammount of pesticides or heavymetals.
- I know and tried 2 chinese herbs which have an antipsychotic action.
The milder one is polygala tenuifolia with afaik a stronger action a serotnine receptors
- And the other is corydalis yansuhuo, which contains tetrahydropalmatine (THP) a molecule which is, afaik, more active at dopamine receptors.
-For calming I would suggest mellisa officialis extract, salvia officialis extract or sole rosmarinic acid. It impairs the degradation of gaba
Which calms the mood.
At least i have good results mixing this with ashwagandha for sleep.
Stronger than this would be Kava kava, its a natural valium but without causing addiction. It is said that a liver damage could occur, but this is controvers afaik only the aerial part is hepatotoxic but it is not sold anyway.
Edited by Flex, 17 June 2014 - 01:52 AM.