I’m up to 300 mg of Clozapine per day – 100 in the morning, 200 at night.
It has not erased my voices, or what I call the “monster” (demon, whatever), and the “wall”. it’s made it so that I am aware they’re not truth. Which means I’m slowly starting to do things again, between this and the ECT. (Which is amazing, except for the memory loss!)
Anyway… I have to get bloodwork done to check my CBC every week. Once I hit 6 months on the med, apparently I can drop to bi-weekly bloodwork. At a year, it will be once a month.
This medication – I have gained soooooooo much weight on it, and it makes it impossible for me to get up at a reasonable hour
And
Dealing with the doctor’s office and getting them to fax over a prescription every week… I( am constantly on the phone with them, and with Walgreens – Walgreens is always behind. There’s always a delay. They know – or should know – who I am by this point, and be able to take care of the prescription without my having to call them, constantly, every week. And I feel bad about it – like I’m a bother. But they’re not doing their jobs unless I, basically, harass them.
Anyone else have Clozaril/Clozapine issues?
Or find another AP that works well? I’ve tried several others.
I was overweight on clozeril but didn’t feel hungry, I just was in the habit of eating a lot and drinking alcohol every day ( which can cause seizers). I worked on clozeril and was doing well. I went off my meds after trying risperidone. Couldn’t return to work because I had broken in the meantime. My body had broken. I’d had three years of no voices. When they returned they were mean. Do you have night sweats too, nightmares, sweating?
@rbrogan3 So far, what it’s done for me is help me realize that the voices are not real/I don’t have to listen to them. But I still have them to a certain extent.
Now im on clopixol and its been the best one so far but i cant lose weight, haven’t gained just can’t shed any weight. Numb anhedonia voices schizophrenia
I prefer clopixol though and side effects are preferable
