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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

Yes, that is true but you need a three year use of the medication along with therapeutic intervention to remain episode-free to then gradually wean you off of the medication. If you repeat psychotic breakdowns, it will only worsen the recovery process for the future. These are strong psychotropic drugs and need to be used as per prescription and carefully monitored by the doctor only when attempting to reduce the dosage. In counseling you will learn a lot of skills and tools to apply and regain ...more

Medications will help in overcoming widrawal symptoms if he trys to leave the drug, but for helping him to come out of drug intensive psychotherapy will also be needed.
Thus I would suggest the therapy sessions as well. The sessions will help him to understand the major core causes leading to his addiction and thus will help him to come out of it.

Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills, and eventually the ability to carry out the simplest tasks. In most people with alzheimer’s, symptoms first appear in their mid-60s. Difficulty performing tasks that take some thought, but used to come easily, such as balancing a checkbook, playing complex games (bridge), and learning new information or routines
getting lost on familiar routes etc are some of the symptoms of al...more

Abstaining oneself from any kind of addiction is not easy. You need to seek professional help and avoid self medication. Since I see you stay in bangalore I would suggest you to take your son to nimhans de-addiction centre or any psychiatrist near your vicinity. You can do a personal visit also if your son is not going.
Combination of medication and psychotherapy by a clinical psychologist will work wonders for him. All the best.

Hi, for bipolar disorder, mood stabilizer with antipsychotic (single is sufficient if in adequate dose) clonazepam should be tapper off in 4 to 6 weeks or can be taken sos so reconsult your doctor. Not be come in addiction if you take in proper guidance of your psychiatrist.

No bad effect and all, medications in pregnancy are given after discussing the risk benefit ratio. Kindly continue as per your psychiatrist advise. All the best.

Yes The psychiatric medicines like lithium carbonate tab and risperidone & trihexyphenidyl hydrochloride tablet can cause high SGPT and SGOT of liver and belly fat stomach and weight gain as well

Risperidone is pregnancy category c. Which means use if benefits outweigh the risks. Same for asprito. There are not enough studies to say that the drug is safe during pregnancy. Having said that mental health of mother during and after pregnancy is of utmost importance. So many a times medication is necessary and you should consult a psychiatrist for the same.
Hope this helps. All the best!

Hi, Thanks for writing in, welcome to the forum. Let us look at your scenario systematically. First, what is the likely diagnosis? It is difficult to say with the limited information available, but if one were to conclude with this information, I would agree with the diagnosis that was assigned to you (OCD). Your doctor is not using risperidone as an antipsychotic here, but as an augmenting agent. The dose of risperidone is on the lower side and that further confirms his intentions. The use of r...more