Son Taking Clozapine,depressed And Sleeping All The Time (Top voted first)

my son started taking clozapine a month ago. He is supposed to be taking 300mg a day in three segments. I can't even get him awake long enough to take all of it. When i tried to give him the 200 at nite he gets sick and throws up. He won't eat befor he takes it either, very rebellious. He also takes depakote, xanax, propranalol and paxil. He has high anxiety levels and is still delusional. He wants to be delusional when it is fun, but it's not always fun.He is totally secluded except for his family, which is only mom,dad and sister. He has no interest in nothing since he started taking it.

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Have you talked to his doctor about these issues?

I'm not a doctor myself, but from what I know about medications, it certainly sounds like he might need some medication adjustments made, either different dosages, or trying different ones.

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his doc is full of it, he don't care. This is a small town and doc's are limited. And not but so many take medicade. I figured out that taking the reg regiment of xanax was causing it. So i am weaning him off of it. I always have to do things at trial and error because his doc does things that do not work. I have cut back some too on the clozapine and giving him smaller dosage during day time. He cannot take more than 100mg at a time he gets real sick on his stomach and nervous. So i give him 50 mg morn, 50mg mid day and 100 at nite along with depakote and propranalol for side effects. It works good in the last few days. His reg doc will help him with his meds when the psy. doc won't . thanks

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clozapine is a god send for many like your son and could turn his life around if you give it some time. The extreme sedation does get better, but is complicated because of the multiple medications. If Clozapine works for your son you may be able to wean him off all the others

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thanks so much for the reply, it was very helpful. He does seem to be staying awake a little more. Today i talked with his primary doc and he is gonna order testing for pyroloria, prob. not spelt right but anyway it's a disorder of nutrients in the body , mostly high copper levels in the brain. You can reverse this somewhat by taking zinc and other things. You can look it up, very interesting, some and most that have this still take a small dose of their meds. Let me know what u think and i will keep posted on the test results. thanks, mom

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e same time? Pls.reply.thanks, am suffering from anxiety and sleepless nights.

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