I was really looking for genreal answers or what you really know about all treatments for schizoid.
Since few ppl ask, I recently found out that my sister has schizophrenia. She does the paranoid talk that drive the house crazy with her. It is very stressful to hear all the stuff she says and very off topic. We don麓t know where to start and where to find help. We live in a very small town in Brazil and no help has been found.
My siuster is very young, I hope to find assistance and treatment before it is too late.
I do look for affordable treatments... Hi--
Treatment:
Medications:
Antipsychotic drugs, also known as neuroleptics, are the cornerstone of medication treatment for adults with schizophrenia. Until the 1990s, antipsychotics generally were much more effective in controlling positive symptoms than negative symptoms. A new generation of antipsychotics provides more effective management of both positive and negative symptoms. These antipsychotics include clozapine (Clozaril), risperidone (Risperdal), olanzapine (Zyprexa), quetiapine (Seroquel), ziprasidone (Geodon) and aripiprazole (Abilify).
In August 2007, the Food and Drug Administration approved risperidone (Risperdal) for the treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents, ages 13 to 17. This is the only atypical antipsychotic drug approved for the treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents.
According to the American Diabetes Association, certain antipsychotic drugs may increase the risk of diabetes, obesity and high blood pressure. For this reason, people who take Clozaril, Risperdal, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Geodon or Abilify should be screened and carefully monitored by their doctors.
Smokers may need higher doses of antipsychotic medication because nicotine interferes with these medications.
Newer antipsychotic medications have fewer side effects. For example, for most people there's a lower incidence of tardive dyskinesia (TD) with the newer drugs than with the older medications. TD results in involuntary movements of your mouth, lips, tongue and other parts of the body. Other possible side effects of the older medications include interactions with other medications, risk of seizures and reductions of the white blood count. The new drugs represent a real advance in the treatment of schizophrenia and have led to greater independence and a higher quality of life for many people with schizophrenia.
In general, the goal of treatment with antipsychotic medications is to effectively control signs and symptoms at the lowest possible dosage. The appropriate medication and dosage vary widely from person to person. Even with good treatment, you may experience relapses despite ongoing drug treatment, but medications may reduce the frequency of relapses.
Failing to take medications is a problem
Although the newer-generation medications have fewer side effects and better adherence rates, nonadherence with medication schedules remains a difficult problem. Unfortunately, some people with schizophrenia fail to adhere to treatment recommendations and deny that anything is wrong with them. The nature of the disorder may prevent them from seeking help or adhering to treatment on their own.
Nondrug therapies:
Although medications are the mainstay of treatment to reduce signs and symptoms, many people with schizophrenia also benefit from nondrug therapies. These may include:
Individual therapy. Cognitive therapy involves a therapist helping you learn ways of coping with stressful thoughts and situations to reduce your risk of a relapse. You may learn to change negative patterns of thought and behavior into ways that put you in control of your thoughts and feelings. Your illness may have made it more difficult for you to do things in your daily life that people without schizophrenia may take for granted. A therapist can also help you comply with your schedule of medications.
Family therapy. Both you and your family members may benefit from therapy that provides support and education to families. Your symptoms have a better chance of improving if your family members understand your illness, can recognize stressful situations that might trigger a relapse and can help you stick to your schedule of drug treatment. Conversely, you may not do as well if family members distance themselves from you and are less understanding and more critical of your illness.
Rehabilitation. Training in social and vocational skills necessary to live independently is an important part of recovery. With the help of a therapist, you can learn social skills such as good hygiene, cooking and traveling. People with schizophrenia who are in programs to train them in social skills or for jobs 鈥?and help them find and keep jobs 鈥?seem to experience much greater improvement in symptoms than do those who don't receive vocational training and job placement.
Today fewer people with schizophrenia require long-term hospitalization because more people respond positively to medications or other forms of treatment for schizophrenia. Could you be more specific?
I know that there are anti-psychotics, and newer, atypical antipsychotics, like clozapine, which have fewer side-effects. They work by reducing the amount of dopamine in the spaces between your nerves, reducing dopamine signalling in your brain. sorry man, you got to give a little more detail. Like why you want to know, modern or past and such. Nothing, sorry. My other half fought a case of "little schizophrenia" off with will power. I don't know how I had this case of "little schizophrenia" though, and I'm talking bout this body before I started holding it.
And I got to know all about the person that stole this body from him. I think that I know that because he cut him up in to little pieces, and that's why I know about the internet a little bit. Lobotomies have been illegal for decades, so people with SZ in the USA don't have to worry about that anymore. There are plenty of antipsychotic meds out there, but different meds work differently for different people. Also, a person with SZ should stay in touch with a therapist, at least once a month.
Also, keeping the mind active will help to keep the Schizophrenia from getting worse as time progresses. <<< What do you know about Schizophrenia treatments? >>>
Anti-psychotics are the main line of treatment. Examples of such are clozaril, zyprexa, risperdal, abilify, invega, seroquel, geodon.
These medications work by blocking dopamine and serotonin receptors in the brain.
There are risks with the anti-psychotics. The one of the most problem is weight gain. They attribute that for their affect on histamine. Weight gain is not as much of a problem with Geodon or Abilify and it's been found in 1 study that switching from another anti-psychotic to geodon actually made some patients loose some of the gained weight from the other anti-psychotic.
One main concern also with anti-psychotics is the risk of Tardive Dyskinesia, (muscle movements that cannot be stopped or controlled). These symptoms happen mainly in the facial area. It's believed that the risk increases with the total dose taken so the lowest effective dosage will be given and not more than.
Also another risk is diabetes. Again using the lowest dose may help to decrease the risk but it seems to be inevitable with these medications.
I know it's long but I hope it helps. Best of luck,
Andy... |
