Reviewer: 25-34 Male on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Caregiver)

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My son suffers from schizophrenia and Bipolar. He has been taking this drug for about a year now. He has had GREAT signs of improvement. He originially was taking depokote, serouquel, and Clozaril. His meds are now decreased from 6 CLoz to 4 and no other meds. He is doing very well, is in school, and on his way to 100% independant. Of course continued medication management, regular therapy, ... Show Full Comment

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My son suffers from schizophrenia and Bipolar. He has been taking this drug for about a year now. He has had GREAT signs of improvement. He originially was taking depokote, serouquel, and Clozaril. His meds are now decreased from 6 CLoz to 4 and no other meds. He is doing very well, is in school, and on his way to 100% independant. Of course continued medication management, regular therapy, and case management keeps him on right track. Best of luck to all.
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Reviewer: Marcus, 65-74 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more (Caregiver)

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My brother has been on Clozaril for 12 years plus. He has been in and out of hospitals his whole life and this drug has enabled him to lead somewhat of a normal life. Now, we are unable to find a doctor who takes Medicare and will prescribe this medication. It has been devastating for our family.

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My brother has been on Clozaril for 12 years plus. He has been in and out of hospitals his whole life and this drug has enabled him to lead somewhat of a normal life. Now, we are unable to find a doctor who takes Medicare and will prescribe this medication. It has been devastating for our family.
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Reviewer: windy, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 10 years or more (Caregiver)

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Anyone seen this problem? Discontinued use after 20+ years. Restarted but seems not to be working as well. Also, seem depressed now but not before clozaril or while on it for all those years. A

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Anyone seen this problem? Discontinued use after 20+ years. Restarted but seems not to be working as well. Also, seem depressed now but not before clozaril or while on it for all those years. A
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Reviewer: N/A, 45-54 Male on Treatment for 10 years or more

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Reviewer: SunnyJ77, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 6 months to less than 1 year (Caregiver)

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My daughter has bipolar 1 and schizophrenia which I am told in combination is called "schizo-affective disorder." Going on 7 years we have had no success with any of the medications she has tried since day one. We were so-o-o-o hopeful to start Clozaril and went through all of the trouble of weekly blood tests etc. It was absolutely the only drug out of a dozen my daughter had tried in ... Show Full Comment

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My daughter has bipolar 1 and schizophrenia which I am told in combination is called "schizo-affective disorder." Going on 7 years we have had no success with any of the medications she has tried since day one. We were so-o-o-o hopeful to start Clozaril and went through all of the trouble of weekly blood tests etc. It was absolutely the only drug out of a dozen my daughter had tried in the past where she begged me to get her off of it. She couldn't exactly tell me why, just that she would never take this drug again and would be willing to go back to any of the others. We are know on something else brand new with equally disappointing results. I did learn one thing from reading almost every post mentioned online about Clozaril. You really can't go by anyone's success stories when you are talking about a "chemical imbalance." Clozaril either made people more psychotic and with suicidal tendencies who were never that way before or it was a Godsend and made all the difference in quality of life. Mental illness is very frustrating and each case is very unique it seems. We will continue to try everything.
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