Posted by yxibow on December 11, 2004, at 16:15:33
In reply to Re: IM AFFRAID TO TRY CLOZARIL!!!, posted by Jeroen on December 11, 2004, at 15:44:25
A number of people have made suggestions about the blinking, including myself in the previous forum period that it _will_ get better over time, and focusing on it will make it worse for you. It's not facetious or sarcastic to say that focusing on body ailments or disfigurations serves oneself no self-good. Biological feedback is a real phenomenon and you can think yourself into a number of situations if one tries hard enough.
This all being said... it does seem to me that you have posted taking or wanting to take half the medications in the PDR. I am not sure where you live, or how you obtain these medications, but if you are combining them, it is disastrous.
Clozaril is the medication of last resort... it is manufactured generic by one company in the us, Novartis, and requires constant blood draw to watch for agranulocytosis, which occurs around 2%. This entire cycle costs $9,000 a year. So I'm not clear where you are obtaining Clozaril, unless you finally do have a doctor who is sorting this all out. In this case he or she would have discussed that risk, plus the fact that it can cause urinary incontinence. The risk of TD is zero though. And yes, it can reverse some TD sometimes. But its like taking a sledgehammer.
So My 2c... life is worth living for the sake of it... you've obviously lived through now with the blinking. We all sympathize with it, it is uncomfortable. But things like that more than likely improve over time.
Holiday tidings and sincerity.
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