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still_crazy
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Default Feb 25, 2017 at 08:10 PM
 
its your body, your life, etc., but...personally...I decided against clozapine when a doctor brought it up. Everyone is different, but for me making some changes in my life and adding a low dose of Lamictal to ongoing treatment proved to be the way forward.

From what I know about clozapine, the main use is for treatment resistant schizophrenia. I forget the exact rules, but if a person doesn't adequately respond to a certain number of different drugs from both the newer, "atypical" antipsychotic group and the older, "conventional" antipsychotic groups, then clozapine is considered. The adverse effects can be severe. People have died due to clozapine treatment.

I hope you find something that works for you.
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