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I need to talk to you about my sister 35yeats, she is on 2 medicines tab Aripiprazole 10 mg and tab Amesulpride 50mg both 1 tab each at night, so she stopped laughing and unrelevant talk with these 2 medication, but she sits silent for many hours at one place, no shower for few days and eat very less, she takes irregular medicine so suggest us. She is on this medicine for 2 years but irregular. She was diagnosed as schizophrenia
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Poor self care is a symptom of schizophrenia. She needs to take medication properly first and get assessed for any side effects. She needs what we call ‘non- pharmacological management’ along with medicines. Consider it like a type a therapy. That’s what helps negative symptoms like poor selfcare etc
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Dr. Kaustubh Gosavi
Psychiatrist
11 yrs exp
Bangalore
Looks like negative symptoms of schizophrenia and yes the treatment is right atypical antipsychotics
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Dr. Vishal Bhatt
Psychiatrist
6 yrs exp
Rajkot
It's a chronic condition in which medicine should given for longer time , even one medicine for lifelong , need to gradually adjust doses as this doses r not enough for her current symptoms
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Dr. Mohd Abrar
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15 yrs exp
Srinagar
Increase dose of amisulpiride and give it in morning
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