Just wanted to tell you that as I was dealing with all the changes as I went off the last bit of Seroquel and was starting to ramp up the clozaril dose rapidly I was talking to the dr about how fast I should feel better and was told any time now. I then suddenly remembered the question I"d meant to ask all along, which was that at home I was on 12 mg of Emsam (my AD). I was having to cut patches to get that dose though and the hospital doesn't stock the drug so I have to provide my own and they can't cut the patches there so along with everything else my AD dose dropped during the transition. The dr said that was not a good thing at all, that with this adjustment one change at a time (really 2 b/c I had to be put on much more gabapentin than before), was all my body should have to handle. So pretty definitely you were put through way too much way too fast and that's too bad because while I don't exactly feel good I do know I'm responding and have hope of feeling better sometime soon and honestly I think that the IP approach was the only way I would ever agree to do something that drastic again.
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, GAD, OCD.
Clozapine 250 mg, Emsam 12 mg/day patch, topamax 25 mg, ,Gabapentin 1600 mg & 100-2 PRN,. 2.5 mg clonazepam., 75 mg Seroquel and 12.5 mg PRNx2 daily
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