My son is suffering of schizophrenia for last 2 years .he is under treatment of a psychiatrist .he is taking medicine par, kin,rospitni+3, dolteus2.5 pl guide me.

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There are a wide variety of symptoms depending on the type of schizophrenia. If he has the symptoms of a type called paranoid schizophrenia, it is the most common of the schizophrenias. There will be delusions of persecution and suspicion over everyone including family and other trusted ones. Paranoids are specifically tormented by abnormal fear. What they do however is that instead of dealing with that fear, they escalate anger over it and act violent. They are extremely sensitive to rejection or the anticipation of it. Their thinking can be quite illogical and distorted. They imagine everything with suspicion and withdraw into themselves. They must be put on medication and a lot of occupational therapy and intense psychotherapy are needed to mitigate the symptoms. Kindly do not attempt alternative therapy until a psychiatric evaluation has been performed and completed. A correct diagnosis must be made and prescription followed accordingly. It is very difficult to attempt treatment with other forms of therapy, which lack the tools to tackle this serious mental disorder. In fact, they may cause irreparable damage even with good intentions. 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. To me, your son is seemingly doing well without knowing many details. If you push the expectation on him at this juncture, you may reverse all the benefits, inadvertently. Counseling will help him develop coping skills that will stand him in good stead. The counselor will put him on some Cognitive Behavior Modification program and according to the improvement may suggest review of the medication with the psychiatrist. Now that is the way to go about this. Please do not even suggest to your son about reducing medication in any form. Let it come from the professional, ideally.

Saul Pereira · Accepted Answer

There are a wide variety of symptoms depending on the type of schizophrenia. If he has the symptoms of a type called paranoid schizophrenia, it is the most common of the schizophrenias. There will be delusions of persecution and suspicion over everyone including family and other trusted ones. Paranoids are specifically tormented by abnormal fear. What they do however is that instead of dealing with that fear, they escalate anger over it and act violent. They are extremely sensitive to rejection or the anticipation of it. Their thinking can be quite illogical and distorted. They imagine everything with suspicion and withdraw into themselves. They must be put on medication and a lot of occupational therapy and intense psychotherapy are needed to mitigate the symptoms. Kindly do not attempt alternative therapy until a psychiatric evaluation has been performed and completed. A correct diagnosis must be made and prescription followed accordingly. It is very difficult to attempt treatment with other forms of therapy, which lack the tools to tackle this serious mental disorder. In fact, they may cause irreparable damage even with good intentions. 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. To me, your son is seemingly doing well without knowing many details. If you push the expectation on him at this juncture, you may reverse all the benefits, inadvertently. Counseling will help him develop coping skills that will stand him in good stead. The counselor will put him on some Cognitive Behavior Modification program and according to the improvement may suggest review of the medication with the psychiatrist. Now that is the way to go about this. Please do not even suggest to your son about reducing medication in any form. Let it come from the professional, ideally.