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Schizopernia
My sis in law(35yrs) is diagnosed with
schizopernia literally yesterday amidst this covid scenario..her meds are sizodon plus 5 mg and ativan 1mg
She was really disturbed but seems ok after she had a good night sleep.
My query
1. She is been sleeping almost this day,probably been awake only to eat food.so will she be like this everyday?
2. What are the Do's and don'ts for us to provide care?
Plz shed some light,really in desperate need of some advice
She is a mother of 4 young children youngest is just 2yrs old.
Please help
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Well to have a better assessment I would suggest a follow up with your doctor or consultation with psychiatrist.
How long has it been that she is on medicine?
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Be patient with person with schizophrenia. Support and help her in this phase. Supervise her medication.
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Try to make her do some physical exercises or involve her in some physical activities... and if it’s just the start of medicines then plz also start with the suggestions and see how things goes.
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Sizodon plus comes in a combination of 3mg of risperidone +2mg of trihexyphenidyl.
Sizodon and Ativan both can have sedative properties. If she is sleeping excessively, she may reduce the dose of Ativan to half but do not alter the dose of Sizodon by self.
Also what is the level of her schizophrenic symptoms? Is she able to take care of self and her kids? We might need to adjust the dose to make her as functional and independent as possible.
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Dr. Praveen Kumar
Psychiatrist
12 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Sizodon plus and ativan both are having sedation property. Combination may not be tolerable in some cases. So I would like to advice you to give half the dose of ativan 1mg
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give half tablet of ativan
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night doses to be given by 8pm
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Dr. Sahithi V
Neuropsychiatrist
8 yrs exp
Tirupati
Hi,
Can u tell me since when she has the symptoms and what are the presenting symptoms. Also sizodon plus doesn't come as 5mg.
Initially it will take sometime to adjust medicines because of which she might be having excess sleep. Gradually she will get better. Dnt worry. If she continues to have symptoms after 1week, you contact me
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Dr. (Major) Sriniwas Gupta
Neuropsychiatrist
14 yrs exp
Aurangabad
This is initial side effects of med which will go. Psychoeducation is must.
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