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Asked for male, 50 years old from Jagdalpur
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Dear Sanjay,
Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder. The drugs needs to be adjusted periodically depending on her improvement and side effects. She is still taking the previous century's drugs. Now a days second generation antipsychotics are available. They are more effective with less side effects. Please consult your doctor without stopping these tablets. Shifting to newer drugs will be done gradually, depending on the need.
Schizophrenia is a chronic disorder. The drugs needs to be adjusted periodically depending on her improvement and side effects. She is still taking the previous century's drugs. Now a days second generation antipsychotics are available. They are more effective with less side effects. Please consult your doctor without stopping these tablets. Shifting to newer drugs will be done gradually, depending on the need.
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Asked for male, 31 years old from Chitiradurga
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Asked for female, 25 years old from Bangalore
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Hello. Consult a psychiatrist in person. Your mother will require a mental health assessment including investigations (if required) and treatment review. If she is not showing any improvement then either drug dose needs to be optimized or a new drug will be introduced. Thanks.
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Asked for female, 25 years old from Nalgonda
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Asked for female, 27 years old from Hyderabad
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He should not sleep that much. Itis time you visited your doctor again and inform him of this development. Schizophrenia can be a very crippling disease, if treatment is tampered with by amateurs or by lay people. You must strictly follow doctor’s instructions. If you push the expectation on him, you may reverse all the benefits, inadvertently. Instead of worrying about changing medication, I recommend that you put him on some counseling along with the medication. This will help him develop copi...more
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Asked for male, 59 years old from Bangalore
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Your wife could be suffering from paranoid schizophrenia and not depression. Ask her to consult a psychiatrist at the earliest
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