christiaan Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 I decided to lower my dosage of clozapine and then quit it simply because I hate the side effects. I been taking it for 6 years now and people might say that I am fine for along time because of the drug and that I could fall into a relapse if I stop taking it I dont want to talk about that I made my decision I am sticking with it its the god damn side effects when I dont take my medication even a small dosage of 25 mg no matter what time I fall asleep I be wide awake at 7 am but in the morning espeically I am experiencing blurry vision and I feel the sedation is worse I dont even know if you can call it sedation its like everything seems to be in a another world its sucks when does it get better?I want this drug out of my body I been taking 25 mg for 2 months now and I am fine I want to go completly off it but I am not looking forward to the insomnia not been able to sleep at all it seems sure dont sound like fun have you ever gotten of clozapine what was your experience Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifluous Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 i was taken off during the course of having ect for refractory psychosis...and i sadly don't remember much about coming off. i DO remember the horrible side effects i had on it (i think my highest dosage was 325) so i can appreciate why you'd want to. have you talked to your doctor about a possible sleep aid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmiwinks Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 just wanna say: be careful with making medical decisions like going off a med by yourself (yes, I did read the part where you say you made your decision already; I'm just... let's say I'm thinking aloud) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 just wanna say: be careful with making medical decisions like going off a med by yourself (yes, I did read the part where you say you made your decision already; I'm just... let's say I'm thinking aloud) ^THIS. Does your pdoc know you went off of it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 I'm going to move this to antipsychotics. You'll get more replies here and a member suggested that to us. I'll leave a link in the Schizophrenia forum, too, so you can still find it. Make sure your pdoc knows of the change, and meli has a really good suggestion for you, as well. Thanks meli. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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