Risperdal Consta shots. I’ve been obediently taking these shots for the last 13 years and the whole while I have been struggling away at the piano and not succeeding, feeling like I’m bashing my head against a brick wall over and over. Before I began the shots, everyone said I played “beautifully”. Now, no one does.
The problem is, Risperdal Consta works. So does Zyprexa but I absolutely refuse to go on that again, ever. Abilify makes me super paranoid. I’m already on max dose of Geodon. I’m already on Seroquel and even a small dose of that gives me akathisia and I can’t tolerate more Cogentin. Risperdal pills skyrocket my prolactin and that’s too dangerous. The typicals don’t work on me. My son died on Invega. And all the other atypicals are too weak.
So, that leaves Clozaril. I’ve always been afraid of it but I’m going to have to get over it.
I like clozapine so far. I think it has been the best for my cognition. My last psychiatrist seemed to like it but I don’t think my new psychiatrist likes it as much. My neutrophils dropped as I increased the dose but they bounced back up. I am taking 200mg.
Off meds I hear a smart girl saying 100 and 1 quite a bit. Sometimes words. I also get paranoid thinking. It makes sleep difficult. Clozapine stopped the paranoid thinking and I only hear things like once a day and it puts me to sleep at night.
No I don’t know. I just know that compared to risperidone, vraylar is safer when it comes to side-effects. You could always try it? Vraylar is used both in bipolar and schizophrenia.
My Dr wanted to prescribe me Clozapine. I refused bcz of the need for constant blood tests and because its a much more weight gainer than my current med Risperdal 6mg.
I had a pdoc that wanted to put me on clozapine but I refused. I got a new pdoc and he put me on Lurasidone and I never looked back. I’ve been on it for about 2-3 years and it’s worked out great.