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Schizophrenia,depression

2016-04-22 12:42:35
Diagnosed with schizophrenia from age 18,ie almost 6 years ago.currently taking aripiprazole 5mg and fluoxetine 20mg daily.is it possible to increase dosage or change medication so as to improve feel-good factor?
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Hi, here we need to know what are problems patient is facing currently, according to that we can adjust/ increase dosage . Here we have option of increasing dosage may not require to change medication bcz what you are getting now small dosage for both drugs, if needed better option could be increase dose.

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