My cousin is suffering from schizophrenia for 5 years. Doctors suggested sizodon 1 mg 1 tan per day. He is suffering from restlessness and anxiety and weaknesses.

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There is no doubt that this disease is debilitating but you must persevere not only with the medication but also with counseling. The counseling gives him an avenue to work with his emotional issues and he will develop skills in coping with the everyday challenges that life throws at him. I hope his visits to the psychiatrist were regular and the medication has been frequently reviewed during these five years. He needs to be occupied and fit into a routine of interesting activities every day. Yoga and meditation are also necessary to train his brain to be disciplined. Exercise always plays a stabilizing role and is the most holistic medicine besides. If he has a paranoid mind he will be regularly perturbed by unreal fears, a reality check through counseling will help him discern fact from fiction. His socializing and maintaining steady relations is the hallmark of a good recovery program. If I am to assume that there were no relapses during this period, then that is a good sign too. This means that his condition has remained stable all of these years! Now go to the next level along with therapy and you can look forward to a more functional and productive lifestyle. Schizophrenia is a debilitating disease, if neglected by the functional people around, and if the person is allowed to do whatever he feels like doing. He should not be let to wallow in his condition and if so the only way is downward. Quickly get him for therapy (it will be a long-term exercise) and have him put on a tight time-schedule of activities and functions. If you support and are firm with him, much work and action can be gotten out of him. He will become dysfunctional and passive, day by day. Under these conditions, he will internalize his thoughts, which could only be highly distorted, and this could worsen his condition. He should be active enough to support the work of the psychotropic drugs, and develop some coping skills with the counseling.

Saul Pereira · Accepted Answer

There is no doubt that this disease is debilitating but you must persevere not only with the medication but also with counseling. The counseling gives him an avenue to work with his emotional issues and he will develop skills in coping with the everyday challenges that life throws at him. I hope his visits to the psychiatrist were regular and the medication has been frequently reviewed during these five years. He needs to be occupied and fit into a routine of interesting activities every day. Yoga and meditation are also necessary to train his brain to be disciplined. Exercise always plays a stabilizing role and is the most holistic medicine besides. If he has a paranoid mind he will be regularly perturbed by unreal fears, a reality check through counseling will help him discern fact from fiction. His socializing and maintaining steady relations is the hallmark of a good recovery program. If I am to assume that there were no relapses during this period, then that is a good sign too. This means that his condition has remained stable all of these years! Now go to the next level along with therapy and you can look forward to a more functional and productive lifestyle. Schizophrenia is a debilitating disease, if neglected by the functional people around, and if the person is allowed to do whatever he feels like doing. He should not be let to wallow in his condition and if so the only way is downward. Quickly get him for therapy (it will be a long-term exercise) and have him put on a tight time-schedule of activities and functions. If you support and are firm with him, much work and action can be gotten out of him. He will become dysfunctional and passive, day by day. Under these conditions, he will internalize his thoughts, which could only be highly distorted, and this could worsen his condition. He should be active enough to support the work of the psychotropic drugs, and develop some coping skills with the counseling.

Jagadeesan M.S. · Answer

Schizophrenia is a major mental illness, usually life long treatment is required. Discuss these anxiety, restlessness issues with your psychiatrist, adjustment in medication dose can give remedy.