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Posted by Jeroen on March 15, 2007, at 23:49:45
psychosis/schizophrenia, when occured at 14 years old,
when i had this in school, i taught i had cancer, unknown virus, gonna die, especially the cancer thing, and been in a depressive state
also, in panick and psychotic at school, scared of people witouth knowing the reason,
i have tryed like many meds, and i was cured for like 1 month with seroquel then i got sick again...
i am thinking of going to clinick and starting Clozapine, its hard sh*t but.. i am 200 pounds and overweight, i need to loose some weightso can lamicatal perhaps help this?
i think i can become good on Clozapine since its not a half life like seroquel and same sh*t lol .. yes
Posted by yxibow on March 16, 2007, at 3:04:30
In reply to psychosis/schizophrenia, when occured at 14, posted by Jeroen on March 15, 2007, at 23:49:45
> psychosis/schizophrenia, when occured at 14 years old,
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> when i had this in school, i taught i had cancer, unknown virus, gonna die, especially the cancer thing, and been in a depressive state
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> also, in panick and psychotic at school, scared of people witouth knowing the reason,
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> i have tryed like many meds, and i was cured for like 1 month with seroquel then i got sick again...
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> i am thinking of going to clinick and starting Clozapine, its hard sh*t but.. i am 200 pounds and overweight, i need to loose some weight
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> so can lamicatal perhaps help this?
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> i think i can become good on Clozapine since its not a half life like seroquel and same sh*t lol .. yes
Actually it does have a somewhat short half life, but longer than Seroquel, about 12 hours, so twice daily. It is vaguely similar to Zyprexa having a sort of benzodiazepine related structure but does have more other types of side effects and probably less EPS than Zyprexa or Seroquel.
You must have 6 months of white blood cell counting (approx 24-26 weekly blood draw tests) to prove against agranulocytosis (low white blood cells). Discontinuation is mandatory in around 2% of patients.
If any unusual fever occurs, testing for agranulocytosis should be done, if it is a high fever, doctors should evaluate promptly for Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.
The Lamictal would cover the chance of seizures on Clozaril which can be as high as 5%, so any AED or benzodiazepine would be appropriate for that. Can't say I've heard of Lamictal being used for weight. Maybe Topamax, for a small part of the population.
The clinic must cover all these blood tests and they should definately give you a baseline AIMS test and a test further into treatment to see any progress on TD.
It is weighted with side effects, but it is considered a gold standard for schizophrenia.
I'm sorry to hear that your onset was that early. However, early intervention is a key in schizophrenia.
I wish you luck in getting over the hurdles of this, but most all the above either should or must be done, I don't know if it is distributed in EU/EMEA by Novartis or another maker, but I imagine they have the same restricted policy.
-- Jay
Posted by linkadge on March 16, 2007, at 8:18:29
In reply to psychosis/schizophrenia, when occured at 14, posted by Jeroen on March 15, 2007, at 23:49:45
>when i had this in school, i taught i had >cancer, unknown virus, gonna die, especially the >cancer thing, and been in a depressive state
Are you sure you don't have psychotic depression, and not schizophrenia? There is a difference. Antipsychotics are not necessarily the best way to treat psychotic depression.
Linkadge
Posted by Phillipa on March 16, 2007, at 12:25:23
In reply to Re: psychosis/schizophrenia, when occured at 14, posted by linkadge on March 16, 2007, at 8:18:29
If it is indeed scizophrinia I saw miracles in the hospitals when patients were switched on it. Very tired as their bodies got used to it and yes the white blood cells counts weekly. But they made functional a lot who had failed all the other antipsychotics. If Belgium allows it go inpatient to start. Love Phillipa and good luck
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