[pollywog]

Tardive Dyskinesia is practically inevitable if a person remains on the drugs long enough.

This just breaks my heart to even read....

Long story.

We took a foster baby almost 30 years ago.He was deaf and had autism...we were at the mercy of neurologists not having any knowledge at all about the medications that he was being given.

Bottom line is he was " experimented with"...and we have had to go through a living hell with him ...and yes, he developed Tardive Dyskinesia because of the meds, NOT because of his conditions.

Would to God we had known. It breaks our hearts. He can hardly walk now. I hate these meds...

oh and the meds he was on for 5 years before we began to see the effects was Haldol!!!!

Now he can't get off of them. We have him in a special needs placement now. Broken hearted in Los Angeles...

Polly

[bdeaner]

Broken hearted in Los Angeles...

God bless you, Polly, and your family, especially your son. Stories like yous keep me energized in my fight to alert people like you to the dangers of anti-psychotic medication, which continue to be minimized by psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry. It's time for the lies to stop.

[Zevonismymuse]

I hate these meds...

Your story breaks my heart. There is a time and place for Haldol in the short term management of dangerous psychotic behavior but I do not think it should be used on a long term basis and it should never be used to manage what might be called annoying behavior, especially in the very young and the very old whose cells are so fragile. My sincerest condolences.