h3llo Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 if i made a similar topic about this i apologize but i just felt pressured to write how i immediatly feel before i forget and start obsessing on something else. back in i think october is when i told my psych doc i wanted to get off because i was feeling so sedated i couldn't get up before noon no matter how hard i tried. also i felt embaressed about the weight gain. whats weird is that i actually started dieting around november and since then have gone from 255 to 232. but now i can't lose anymore weight no matter how hard i try. my normal weight is around 200 and is one of the reasons im so determined to kind of shed my skin, but not just that i think i would feel so much more confident and i will when it happens. anyways i was originally taking 300mg when i came out of the hospital. its been slowly tapered off and now im at 100mg. i still can't wake up before noon though...even if i go to bed pretty early. i will say ive been feeling a little more energized and a little bit more anxious. kind of a wirlwind of unfocused energy unless i take my vyvanse. anyways i just wanted to know what the people on this site who have tapered off clozaril have experienced. so far i haven't had suicidal thoughts i really hope they don't come back but i guess we'll see... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indigo 'n dye Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Check http://www.crazyboards.org/forums/index.php/topic/56434-going-to-be-getting-off-clozaril/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Also it might take awhile to get completely out of your system when you eventually stop taking it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3llo Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 Check http://www.crazyboar...g-off-clozaril/ my bad. Also it might take awhile to get completely out of your system when you eventually stop taking it. thats ok as long as the side effects do go away eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Check http://www.crazyboar...g-off-clozaril/ my bad. Also it might take awhile to get completely out of your system when you eventually stop taking it. thats ok as long as the side effects do go away eventually. I'll be honest, my eating and sleep problems got worse on this med and never went away after going off it. Everyone is different though, so I hope for you they all go away after being weaned off of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3llo Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Check http://www.crazyboar...g-off-clozaril/ my bad. Also it might take awhile to get completely out of your system when you eventually stop taking it. thats ok as long as the side effects do go away eventually. I'll be honest, my eating and sleep problems got worse on this med and never went away after going off it. Everyone is different though, so I hope for you they all go away after being weaned off of it. i hope so. ive been doing everything right. are you saying theres a chance that after i get off the weight problems and sedation will persist? my pdoc didn't mention anything like that...should i ask her? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Check http://www.crazyboar...g-off-clozaril/ my bad. Also it might take awhile to get completely out of your system when you eventually stop taking it. thats ok as long as the side effects do go away eventually. I'll be honest, my eating and sleep problems got worse on this med and never went away after going off it. Everyone is different though, so I hope for you they all go away after being weaned off of it. i hope so. ive been doing everything right. are you saying theres a chance that after i get off the weight problems and sedation will persist? my pdoc didn't mention anything like that...should i ask her? When I went of clozaril completely, I continued to gain weight, until I had to be put on another med to control the food intake. I don't want to scare you but want you to know the truth, at least what happened to me. Everyone is different though, so you may lose weight after going off it. Sedation didn't persist with me; the opposite occurred and now I have very disordered sleep and insomnia. You could ask pdoc, but because everyone is different idk if s/he would tell you what would happen to you specifically. I was just saying how I am now because of the Clozaril. I know it was from the clozaril because those were the only things that changed (med-wise and everything else). IMO only, I think if you are aware of potential problems you may catch them early and correct them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h3llo Posted May 3, 2012 Author Share Posted May 3, 2012 Check http://www.crazyboar...g-off-clozaril/ my bad. Also it might take awhile to get completely out of your system when you eventually stop taking it. thats ok as long as the side effects do go away eventually. I'll be honest, my eating and sleep problems got worse on this med and never went away after going off it. Everyone is different though, so I hope for you they all go away after being weaned off of it. i hope so. ive been doing everything right. are you saying theres a chance that after i get off the weight problems and sedation will persist? my pdoc didn't mention anything like that...should i ask her? When I went of clozaril completely, I continued to gain weight, until I had to be put on another med to control the food intake. I don't want to scare you but want you to know the truth, at least what happened to me. Everyone is different though, so you may lose weight after going off it. Sedation didn't persist with me; the opposite occurred and now I have very disordered sleep and insomnia. You could ask pdoc, but because everyone is different idk if s/he would tell you what would happen to you specifically. I was just saying how I am now because of the Clozaril. I know it was from the clozaril because those were the only things that changed (med-wise and everything else). IMO only, I think if you are aware of potential problems you may catch them early and correct them. that sucks! i know this medication does effect metabolism which likely caused my weight gain...but it didn't mention in the pamphlet i got in the hospital about these problems persisting after you get off. it doesn't make sense that it would permanently screw up your metabolism unless that person was already heavyset to begin with, or already had eating problems...like i said i was in pretty good shape before all that happened. im tempted to call my doc but i dont know if i want to bug her..;/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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