hi. i declined clozapine back in the day, and I'm glad I did. sorry about your situation. some people take provigil or, less commonly, ritalin with clozapine (and other tranquilizers, too), to help w/ sedation and such.
if you want to try a different tranquilizer, or drop the tranquilizer(s) altogether, maybe a skilled family doctor could help do a -slow- and -gradual- taper? clozapine, in particular, has a definite "discontinuation syndrome," on top of what one gets from stopping any major tranquilizer. not good...tapering has to be done skillfully, carefully, slowly.
i take abilify, but even w/ that, i feel like im missing out on things. at times, im there...but not there, if that makes sense. vitamins help me, personally. orthomolecular...i tolerate the tranquilizer better, less dypshoria, etc.
sorry things are rough for you right now.
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