Posted by jamesr2 on June 26, 2008, at 13:03:29
In reply to Re: to james, posted by jamesr2 on June 26, 2008, at 12:31:18
Jeroen,When I was in the hospital they started me out
with a good dose of Haldol, which works fairly
quickly (a couple days for psychosis/paranoi), then they slowly raised my Clozapine. As the Clozapine dose became high enough, I stopped the Haldol.Maybe you could do the same thing? Your doctor
probably can prescribe a more tolerable med than
haldol (abilify , geodon, zyprexa, risperdal, etc) to take while you increase the clozapine.James
> > hi, how long did it take to kick in?
>
> I don't remember how I increased the medication
> the last time. I think it took about 2-3 weeks
> to get to the full dose. Once at the full dose
> Clozapine would work fast to help with psychotic
> thinking, paranoid delusions, etc. As for help
> with depression, I don't know much about clozapine's efficacy.
>
> Good Luck,
> James
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