There are many, many options even after Clozapine fails.
There is a full list below, plus many people here are seeing success adding some supplements like Sarcosine and NAC, etc. which seem to target the same brain receptor as Clozapine - so another medication with the amino acids / supplements might be even more effective than Clozapine, without the Clozapine issues. See list of links below.
There has been quite a bit of good research over the past 8 years on a dietary supplement called Sarcosine (or N-methyl Glycine). It is a natural amino acid that you have already in your body.
Sarcosine seems to be the only thing that has some good clinical research data showing that it can help people who have schizophrenia and who suffer from some negative symptoms (the cognitive/focus issues, lack of motivation, and negative mood/depression issues that are common with schizophrenia.
We have a new summary of this research here that we encourage you to read:
http://www.schizophrenia.com/glycinetreat.htm
It is available from a number of online stores at different prices. BrainVitaminz a…
I take 200mg twice a day. It has certainly helped sleep. Also during the days I am finding it easier to leave the house. Funny thing is when I first took I thought ‘this feels like clonazepam’. Notmoses then went on to say this works on the same receptors. And as far as I understand it is non-addictive.
So my current supplement regime is:
50mg pregnenolone in the morning
3G lysine twice a day
1g of sarcosine twice a day
1g of NAC twice a day
200mg of theanine twice a day
1 multivitamin/multimineral a day
I am very happy birthday with this cocktail. I mean for me it is no substitution for normal aps but compliments them very well. But I don’t think I will add anymore on - think this i…
Sarcosine
D-Serine
N-Acetyl cysteine (NAC)
B-Vitamins
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