Hello, having nearly given up on medication (I’ve tried every possibility but one) I am hoping to try Clozapine. I am aware of many of the possible side effects like sedation however I am keen to hear about any positive experiences. What about Clozapine is good for you?
I’ve been taking clozapine for more than 5 years and found it helpful for my symptoms of
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Psychosis, help me with sleeping at night.
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i sleep like 12-13 hours on it. Also weight gain.
You should definitely try Clozapine, I was in the same situation that you are with none of the medications working, I tried clozapine as a last resort and it helped me alot! It has a tendency to work for non-responders to the other meds like I was. The side-effects are also mild compared to the other drugs and it has a lower risk of causing tardive dyskenisia.
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I used to collect reports from websites like this because I wanted to try this med. From what I’ve seen many people feel like Clozapine improved their life for the better and a few people feel like it did nothing for them. For others, the side effects were too intense. You will probably gain a lot of weight on it. Basically the same side effects as Zyprexa if you have ever tried it, Zyprexa is very structurally similar to Clozapine.
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didn’t do anything for me. Had to have weekly bloodwork got friendly with the nurses. its worth a try though, as it helped a guy I knew
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Just started it Monday…haven’t noticed any side effects seems to be helping…
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That’s good to hear… hopefully it will be successful for us both. My hallucinations haunt me 24/7.
@anon94153814. Are you taking any meds for it?
@clinic. I gained like 100 lbs.
Hi Loke, I currently take Latuda but I’m still paranoid and I now suffer extreme anxiety…
Fly, ask your doc about Klonipin. Propranolol also helped me.
Thanks but I’m keen to try a more effective drug. I’m taking lyrica but I think the anxiety is due to Latuda… it comes on one hour after taking it.