Well in the end I never got to ask my CPN about the lump, due to various problems with her. She says that the lump is definitely gone though, but asked me if I wanted the injection. I said yes because I wanted to know if it was either an one off thing, or something that happens every time, or something that happens on one side. Or alternatively it could be each time I have an increased dose.
Today I had my third injection, which was the same side as the test dose side, so I will see what happens. Right now I just feel tired and my jaw is a little bit stiff. But I guess that I will find out tommorow: since it was the case, that when I woke up the next day I had the increased muscle stiffness in my arms/legs and the lump appeared.
She said that the fact I had a massive lump is worrying. She said that in very rare cases that the oil (which most of the clopixol injection is made up of) does not actually go into the muscle, which means that the clopixol is not released into the bloodstream, and doesnt travels into your brain (and therefore doesnt work!). She said that also it looks like I am one of those people, which means I cant have any injectable antipsychotic.
Which means if that happens, I will have to discontinue the clopixol and increase the quetiapine. Unfortunately she is off on holiday next week, if a massive lump does appear she cant look at herself.
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