ever since i was dx with schizophrenia and i was put on thorazine, my diabetes blood sugars went through the roof (very very dangerous). i was put on many different meds to see if there was any hope of getting my diabetes under control. for years i suffered with elevated blood sugars and having to take very large doses of insulin to try and stay in a healthy range. finally, i found seraquil, which didn’t elevate my BSs, but didn’t do much in the way of helping my paranoia. so then i switched to haldol, which was wonderful at first because it completely cured my paranoia but i couldn’t put a complete sentence together; i just kept forgetting things and my family was afraid i would leave the house and not know where i was. then i finally found clozeril, and BINGO, i found the perfect drug. on a very high dosage (500mg) i was able to have moderate relief from my paranoia as well as having my Blood Sugars stabilized. i was able to reduce my insulin dosage and get my diabetes under control. also, on the clozeril i did not gain a pound.
does anyone have a similar story? thanks, daisy mae