Mam what is meant by cognitive behaviour therapy can you explain briefly .my husband suffering from schizophrenia .and taking tolaz la 210 mg inj frext cr 100 tablet while using this medicine he tells that he has a confusion about some daily life activities for example he was forgetting what he was did today some times he remember .by taking this injection nd tablet he became lazy nd very sleepy I told to psychiatrist but he told that these medicines not make sleepy .i didn't understand my husband sleeps 12 to 14 hrs.

Mr. Rajan PPsychologist31yrs exp

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Lybrate user, the symptoms you have mentioned are quite common in patients who are being treated for schizophrenia. If the treatment is discontinued because of these kind of side effects, the impact of this disease will be so severe that will negatively affect his and your life as well. You have not mentioned how long he has been on this treatment. If it is started only recently (just before a month), there is nothing to worry. It will take a few months to get well-adjusted with these meds. If not, pls consult your doc. for a change in treatment. Cognitive behaviour therapy is a psychotherapy technique which has been widely used for a no. of psychological problems. Its principle is that 'HOW WE THINK ABOUT A SITUATION AFFECTS HOW WE FEEL AND HOW WE BEHAVE' . In other words 'people are not disturbed by the situations, but by the meaning they attach to that situation'. And, emotions are difficult to change directly. so CBT targets emotions by changing thoughts and behaviors that are contributing to the distressing emotions. In your husband's case, medicines are most important than any other form of treatment, including cognitive behavior therapy. CBT can help persons with schizophrenia only to a small extent, such as modifying some kind of problem behaviors. Keeping him engaged with some interesting physical activities can help overcome his sleepiness and dullness. 

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