Hi Sir, Boy of 23 is suffering from schizophrenia since 6 years or more. He is not able to concentrate, gets thoughts while doing activity. During his speech many times there is not continuity of subject. Gets excited, dosent like anyone. he is on medication sulpitac. Are there any natural remedies? Alternate to allopathy? Is ect useful. What is success rate? Side effects?
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Schizophrenia is a very complex disease and to as large extent it is a permanent condition with improving functionality if you combine medication and therapy. Compliance to prescriptions is very critical for improvement. 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. If you push the expectation on him at this juncture, you may reverse all the benefits, inadvertently. Instead of worrying about changing medication, I recommend that you put him on some counseling along with the medication. This will help him develop coping skills that will stand him in good stead. Medication may be reduced, subject to certain conditions, but if you are thinking that he could be taken off of it, I seriously doubt that. 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. You may use alternative as an adjunct and strictly recognized approaches only. All psychotropic drugs have side-effects, some less and others more. ECT is used as a last resort and for severe conditions too. He does not seem to be there as yet.
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Hi Greetings, I want to know if he is diagnosed by a professional? If it's actually schizophrenia then he will have to be shown to a psychiatrist for treatment. He should be on anti psychotic and that's the best treatment Along with this counseling and therapy can help Consult with me or any psychologist for therapy and counseling or any doubts about the disorder Connect with me through text or audio on Lybrate app.
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Dear Lybrate User, Boy - 23 years schizophrenia on antipsychotic - want natural remedy - alternate to allopathy ECT n its success rate Dear Dilip Hello Thanks for the querry. He seems to be in good hands of psychiatrist n with the treatment of Amisuloiride. Hopefully he is improving .please continue that other treatment which can be added are. If unable to give medicine daily. Then long acting antipsychotics. Injection to be given once in 15 days of in a month can be given if more recent therapy is required then RTMS therapy can be given (fro details see google images n video) if not improving then Ultra Brief Pulse Therapy can be given. 6- 8 times if you think psychological problem has initiated it then psycho analysis of the problem n personality can be done followed by Psychotherapy by the psychotherapist to the child or to the family or both or towards the stressors. Do not forget to add dietary supplement. Which help a lot. Even then if not improving than feel fee to contact us we have all the above therapies for early recovery.
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