I can't be the only one. I suffer from Schizo-Affective Depressive Type. I hallucinate regularly, though bi-weekly shots of Haldol help a lot. I'm also on it by mouth as needed. For depression, I'm on 40mg Prozac and 300mg Welbutrin daily. I was on 450mg of Welbutrin, but didn't like that high a dosage, so I split it up. I am on propranalol for tremors due to the amount and length of time I've been on Haldol. I was on benztroprine, but just like Celexa for depression, I had prostate side effects. I'd rather be off of prostate effecting medication, than have to take prostate medication as well.
That really effects male sexual function. I'm also severely ADHD inattentive type, but that can't be treated as it would affect my anti-psychotics. What broke me was basic training in the army. They tore me apart emotionally and mentally and were unable to rebuild me. I've been horribly broken ever
since.

Tell us about your mental health journey and issues!

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On 10/30/2025 7:27 PM, Shurato wrote to All:

I can't be the only one. I suffer from Schizo-Affective Depressive Type. I hallucinate regularly, though bi-weekly shots of Haldol help a lot. I'm also
on it by mouth as needed. For depression, I'm on 40mg Prozac and 300mg Welbutrin daily. I was on 450mg of Welbutrin, but didn't like that high a dosage, so I split it up. I am on propranalol for tremors due to the amount and length of time I've been on Haldol. I was on benztroprine, but just like
Celexa for depression, I had prostate side effects. I'd rather be off of prostate effecting medication, than have to take prostate medication as well.
That really effects male sexual function. I'm also severely ADHD inattentive
type, but that can't be treated as it would affect my anti-psychotics. What broke me was basic training in the army. They tore me apart emotionally and mentally and were unable to rebuild me. I've been horribly broken ever since.

Tell us about your mental health journey and issues!

Thank you for sharing! I did 24 years as a Police Officer. Luckily there is little that
affected me, but there are a few things that I recall that did emotionally affect me.

It would be too gross for me to mention most, but there is one thing that I will
remember until I die. I witnessed a man commit suicide while working for Detroit PD
back in 1979. He jumped off a bridge into the icy waters and left behind his running
vehicle which contained 2 uncashed paychecks from Ford Motor, a wallet that contained
a picture of his young bride and a picture of his one-year old daughter.

Of course the story made both the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press.

Earlier this year, some 46 years later, I got a phone call out of the blue from an unknown
number. It was that one year old child who spent years trying to track me down for
trying to help her father, though unsuccessfully. She was crying and so was I. I was
very cathartic for both of us to speak about it.

My wife and I Zoomed with her about one month after that, and she showed me how
she used ChatGPT to track me down. She also mentioned that when she was growing
up, her mother explained to her everything about the mental problems that her father
endured after serving in the Army, stationed in Viet Nam.

We now consider her as our daughter and speak frequently.

Sometimes good things can come from bad. We all do what we can to make every day
the best day possible.

Mike Dippel

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