Can a patient who was diagnosed schizophrenia & is under treatment of Oleanz RT20 (01 tab/day) can recover fully? Although things have improved a lot than of the past, but still looks to be dull or you can say ; doesn't appears to be normalized as was in his childhood i.e. Very talkative, naughty, intelligent, witty & affectionate. Now, avoids crowd, relatives, doesn't talk over phone, becomes plane faced (w/o any reactions) if counters any strangers, tries to avoid even the near & dear ones. Pl.help us as we want to see him a successful person in life & to feel him like he had been in the past.
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Based on your description he seems to have negative symptoms. Schizophrenia is not a single disease, but a syndrome with variable presentations. It has positive, negative and cognitive symptoms. Oleanz acts well for positive symptoms, but after improvement is changed to other drugs because of weight gain and other changes. There are also medications for other group of symptoms. Discuss with your psychiatrist (experienced) and get remedy.
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Schizophrenia is mental disorder which occurs due to chemical imbalance in the brain. Its is treatable. Schizophrenia has varied of symptoms. It is possible that patient is currently experiencing negative symptoms and cognitive symptoms which can be treated with medications and therapy, to enhance his social skills, social skills training can be helpful. Also medication review needs to be done. All the best.
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