I’d be happy to!
Our journey together had plenty of ups and downs. Luckily, she was medication compliant most of the time. We have seen the same psychiatrist for years. The psychiatrist prescribes these meds. It took many years and plenty of patience, but ultimately we settled with these meds. She’s been taking these meds for about 2 years now.
- Morning: multivitamin, Clozapine 50mg, Ashwagandha
- Evening: Caplyta 42mg, Clozapine 350mg, Sertraline 150mg
- Take as needed for extreme anxiety: Clonazepam 0.25mg (rarely takes anymore)
Once a month, I take her for a blood CBC to monitor her Neutrophil levels, etc. The CBCs are required because she takes Clozapine. When we started clozapine, she had to do a weekly CBS for 6 months. Then, she did a CBC every 2 weeks for another 6 months. After a year, she has to do a monthly CBC.
She takes Ashwagandha (our choice) because I have seen it help with cognition skills. To me, it helps improve her disordered thinking (pretty common for schizophrenia). I take Ashwagandha too, and can validate the cognition and analyzation improvements.
Finally, she still hears voices. But these voices aren’t as criticizing/cruel as the used to be. She rarely gets upset at the voices anymore. She is unable to work and her medication makes her sleep 12 hours each day. She is happy and healthy which is all that matters! ![]()
Take care,
Deb