Clopixol and Solian experiences

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Good morning. I saw my psychiatrist yesterday and I get to stop Abilify (which I am happy about). I remain on Invega, but he wants me to think about two other AP’s that he might want to try me on. Solian and Clopixol.

I just wanted to ask what your experience on either of these drugs has been. I’m not keen to try them. I would rather just stay on invega because I know what it does to me. I’m a bit worried that either of these drugs will turn me into a drooling zombie.

I still have hallucinations, delusions and paranoia but I think I am managing them well with just invega and I am still able to function (so long as I have valium on hand for emergencies).

Pdoc wants it all gone and talked about another drug which I can’t remember which is a last resort for when all other AP’s fail. The thing is that not all the hallucinations are bad and the most frightening ones I was having last year were sorted out with invega.

What if having hallucinations and the rest are just parts of what makes me, me? What happens, and who am I without them?

Sorry for the long post. I really appreciate that you took the time to read it and any feedback I am grateful for.

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Have no experience of either of those two, but the one that he mentioned as a last resort would have been clozapine.

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Thank you @zenmind have you tried clozapine?

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I was meant to be going on clozapine but in the end I’ve not needed it cause the olanzapine I started on works well enough for me

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Solian raised my prolactin and when I first went on clopixol I felt I was in slow motion.

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Have you tried the invega injectable? If you do well on the tablets maybe you can try the injectable, raises prolacting a bit, but it’s weight neutral and no serious side effects for me.

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Not on clopixol but on depixol depot. Although from the same family they tend to get used differently. The depixol is good for hallucinations… Clopixol I have heard (but only from fellow patients so don’t put much weight on it) makes people a bit more sedated.

Depixol has been great for me.

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Thank you for your responses. I haven’t tried invega injections, just the tablets. It is hard sifting through all the info online, it is nice to get people’s experience here.