My daughter is 34 Years old and schizophrenic for 14 years. Is this curable?
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It seems that she had illness when she was 20. Still she is having symptoms. If she was treated and improved and then continued on treatment despite that she was not reasonably cured. This makes her case as cronic schizophrenia. It is managable. Patient can lead reasonably good life with continued medicine probably for life. But it will be worth for family and her to get adequate dose of available medicines and even a course of ect. If she is cooperative in taking medicine then there is lot of hope for a better life. New medicines are better effective in making person lead almost normal life.
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Hello, I believe you might be knowing a lot about schizophrenia after being a care giver for your daughter. But let me start with what it is all about, schizophrenia is a disorder of brain that affects the thought process & most commonly appears in late teens or early adulthood. The symptoms might vary from hallucinations to delusions( positive symptoms ) or irritability to anxiety or intense fear. These are relatively easy to to treat. Early intervention might always give or yield good results, but in people with long standing illness there are greater chances of developing a deficit syndrome or negative symptoms. That are lack of initiative or drive to do any activity, indifference towards people or surroundings, decreased responsiveness & decreased self care. These symptoms lead to deterioration of the personality of the individual. Dealing with this syndrome is a great challenge for the treating doctor & is equally or more difficult for the individual & care givers to overcome it. Drugs alone would not help alleviate this condition & a combination of medicines & psychological measures with a persistent effort from the care giver is required. Now coming to your question is it curable? the answer is. It is treatable. Treatable here means controllable or transformable, like in an individual with diabetes, the blood sugar levels can be controlled with some measures, here the symptoms can be controlled to restore a normal life or based on the severity can be managed to improve the quality of life & performance levels of the individual. Please discuss with your treating psychiatrist about the various aspects influencing the treatment. Starting with the patients understanding of her problem, the need to adhere with the treatment protocol, the improvement which is acceptable or achievable & various factors influencing the outcome in your daughter. This would help the doctor individualise the treatment & also will help you in improving the functionality of individual. Which will in turn contribute to a better quality of life.
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