After 35 years of being in the mental health system, I have been given many medicines trying to keep me sane. The first one was Haldol. It was given at too high a dose. I later started taking it again without the side-effects I had at the start. I was given Trazadone and that made me too groggy. All I could do was sleep. I needed a better medicine. One without side-effects.
I was given new medicines as they hit the market and sometimes before they hit the market. This is like Wellbutrin, Clozaril, Geodon, Zyprexa and finally landed on Seroquel. Seroquel is my miracle medicine. It has very low side-effects.
Many clients don't want to take their medicine because of the side-effects of those medicines. I don't want to take medicine that gives me side-effects. So, I fought. And I fought hard. "I'm not a schizophrenic!" "I don't see anything wrong with me!" "Why don't you just leave me alone. Let me go!" These outbursts are where I was at at 21 years old and in the system. I only got to be an adult for one month before I got locked up. And everyone gets started on Haldol. But if the first medicine was Seroquel, the tides will change and you just might have found the answer to your loved one's resistance.
With Seroquel there just might be less stigma and less denial. Start us with Seroquel. You may be surprised on the results of doing so.