Take Clozapine as my AP?
The side effects put me off, but I have few options left
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Don’t sell out on the side effects till you’ve tried it. I came here years ago and heard all the horror stories of zypexa but finally after trying it it’s worked well for me. You just never know and it’s worth a shot.
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I guess you’re right…
My problem is I have always been highly sensitive to meds.
Really don’t want to be sedated and put on the weight
Also switching APs will be very difficult
Has Amisulpride outlived its utility?!?!?!?!?!
Taking them at nighttime might help you with the fear of sedation, you’ll be asleep anyway so no harm no foul. You may dribble a little but that’s a great toss up for a clear mind the next day. 
Also it won’t just happen over night but you got to start somewhere!
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This is what I am afraid of
Starting all over again on a new AP scares me
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Hi there I just increased my clozapine from 250 to 300 tonight hoping for the best. My weight is up to 145lbs. Im in bed 12 hours a night trying to get that down to 10.
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Are you giving up or are you just attacking from a different direction?
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It is not as bad as Zyprexia in terms of weight gain.
There is more sedation, though. Drooling at night too. I also got acid reflux from it and would cough and cough because of it.
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Clozapine totally destroyed my sense of balance. I would be standing still, and I would be in serious danger of doing a nose dive into the carpet.
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Giving in. I have rejected this treatment for years
Great framing 
I went on Clozapine in 1998 for half a year.! Was on 600 mg a day. It totally wiped out my psychosis. I got of it because I couldn’t handle the side effects. I also have been on Amisulpride that wasn’t as effective on the positive symptoms like Clozapine: I was on 1200 mg of that: If you have been on all kinds of antipsychotics under the sky with no success I will recommend you to go on Clozapine:
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