Psychological Diagnosis (Adult And Child) Questions

Dear lybrate-user,
it is difficult to live with someone suffering from schizophrenia. They usually believe that they are normal needing no treatment. Regular clopixol depot injection will keep her anger outbursts under control. Those addicted to phone, don't sleep properly.

You are on many drugs which maybe interacting with each other to make you uncomfortable. Better to do serum sodium levels and ecg, then take another opinion.

You can test yourself for survival. If you do not get success in getting results, pl result to our ayurvedic approachand few months of treatment (preceded by cleansing at your home) you ll see yourself changed. Med may continue for sometime. Pl consult.

Hi, I can understand your concern for your brother. He must be going through the break up depression. De does need to be handled by professional psychologist and if needed for medical treatment. Many times counseling itself helps though it takes a little long. Family support is the most important key factor.

Fluphenazine, haloperidol (haldol), risperidone (risperdal) and pimozide (orap) can help control tics.

We need to first understand that why are you facing this problem,
there are several ayurvedic medicine that can be used to help you with your problem.
You can book an appointment with us for further evaluation.
Don't stress too much, we are here to help you.

Hi lybrate-user I think you should contact your doctor for these changes. 5 mg of axepta may not really help with anything. You should reduce risperidone further if you want but continue the axepta. Once again, refer to and trust your child’s doctor on this one
hope this helps

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2. Reduce body weight if over wt3. No smoking/ tobacco/drugs/ avoid pollution
4. Diet - no ghee/ butter, have mix of vegetable oils - mustard, til, ground nut, olive oil, have more green vegetables and fruits, have whole grain atta, no fried. Fast. Spicy / processed/ junk food. Less sugar, potato, rice. Less salt.
5. 30 mts brisk walk daily 6. Deep breathing exercise for 10 mts daily
7. Meditation daily for 10 mts. 6-8 hrs of sleep at night
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Hi lybrate-user,
risdone mt 0.5 mg is sub-optimal dose even in geriatric population, to treat schizophrenia. The minimum effective dose is around 2 mg per day. So, please discuss with your psychiatrist to consider increasing dose of same.