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Africa Life · 02-14-2008, 07:16 AM

I was on Clorpromazine for a while and it can have the side effects that your son talks of. Thankfully there is a side effect pill that can be taken and then the chlorpromazine is quite tolerable. The side effects can be nasty enought that you dont want to take the meds but something is definately better nothing and the doctor did diagnose it for a reason. From my experience it can take a while getting all the meds to balance out but it is so worth it and what you experience along the way are really technical difficulties but I do remember the feelings of desperation and panic that goes along with experiencing them until you find a balance. I had to go to the hospital once a month for meds and to see the doctor and it could be frustrating knowing that things werent going all that right and I still had another 2 weeks to wait.

I refused meds the first time i was hospitalised on release and when I was admitted the second time they kept me longer. I would have done anything to get out of there and in that state of desperation I realised that I would have to do something to not get incarcerated again and that was when I came to the realisation that the meds were the only foreseable way to get that not to happen again.

Thanks for letting me share.

02-14-2008, 07:16 AM	#8 (permalink)
Africa Life Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Cape Town - South Africa Posts: 47	I was on Clorpromazine for a while and it can have the side effects that your son talks of. Thankfully there is a side effect pill that can be taken and then the chlorpromazine is quite tolerable. The side effects can be nasty enought that you dont want to take the meds but something is definately better nothing and the doctor did diagnose it for a reason. From my experience it can take a while getting all the meds to balance out but it is so worth it and what you experience along the way are really technical difficulties but I do remember the feelings of desperation and panic that goes along with experiencing them until you find a balance. I had to go to the hospital once a month for meds and to see the doctor and it could be frustrating knowing that things werent going all that right and I still had another 2 weeks to wait. I refused meds the first time i was hospitalised on release and when I was admitted the second time they kept me longer. I would have done anything to get out of there and in that state of desperation I realised that I would have to do something to not get incarcerated again and that was when I came to the realisation that the meds were the only foreseable way to get that not to happen again. Thanks for letting me share.