Thread: I Don't Think I Have BP
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Old Aug 01, 2017, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by escapeartist View Post
My "symptoms" started in high school. Who doesn't have crazy moods/behavior in their teen years? I feel like the meds go around kept me symptomatic for the past few years. In the past couple months I've tapered my clozapine dose from 250mg to 150mg. I do feel more alive and people say I look good. I don't think I need clozapine because I don't think I'm bipolar (or schizoaffective or anything like that). I want to try going med free for a while and hopefully the rest of my life.
I do not know where you are; in the US Clozapine is a last resort AP - very serious reasons must be in place to have a prescription for it and regular blood tests are needed. Usually other drugs would need to be tried and fail before you are prescribed Clozapine. Has that been the case for you or are you not in the US?
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