i’ve been taking clozeril for about 15 years now. i have been on every other anti-psychotic there is. everything from haldol, thorazine, zyprexa, abilify, resperadone,etc etc. clozerile has been the only one that i can take effectively because it does not interfere with my Diabetes Blood sugars.
its really hard being a insulin dependent diabetic (type 1, juvenile). all the meds i took when i was younger no longer worked when i went on insulin. it took a very long time to find the clozeril, but since i have been on it i have had tremendous success. i know, also, that it is one of the meds that is specifically designed for schizophrenia. i take it along with another whole list of psych meds, but it is definitely the one thing that helps me get through the day. i still experience a lot of paranoia, but it allows me to have somewhat of a life. when i was on Haldol, i felt completely well, but it really knocked me out and i couldn’t remember simple things. i wanted to stay on it, but my family was dead against my taking it out of fear that i would get lost somewhere in the world outside my home. just wondering if anyone else here has had experience on it . all replies welcome. thanks, daisy mae