Dear Sir/Madam,
My son is 20 years old and three years ago
he started to show signs of schizophrenia.
The illness at him is manifesting with
closing him up in himself. On the
beginning he was losing his apetit, he is
not present in the conversation while he
is some company, losing interest for
everything, depression and similar.
The first couple of months he was moving
all the time when he was sitting on a
chair, but with persistence of my family
we succeed to convice him to lose that
habit. All the time he is superstitious
and he thinks that someone is making some
kind of “bad magic”.
I must mention that in this three years in
different periods his condition was
changing. Sometimes I was thinking that my
son was cured, and sometimes I thinked
that there is no cure for him. Frequently
he is in crisis, especially when he is
alone, when he is not accepted in a
company and in a lot of other situations,
the depression is very frequent.
Terapy
On the beginning he started to take pils
“Respiridon” or “Riset” from 1
mlg, and a stage by stage, the doctor-
psychiatrist was increasing the dose, so
now he is taking 5 mlg on a day, and he is
taking 3 mlg on the morning and 2 mlg on a
night, and plus 3 mlg of “Mendelex”.
This couple of last days he is taking a
new medicine: “OLANZAPIN” and he now
is not taking “Respiridon” and
“Mendelex”, but only this
“OLANZAPIN”.
Additional Terapy
As a additional terapy for some period he
was taking “aquasource” (or so called:
seaweed) and from this he was feeling
better. Now as a additional terapy he is
taking “PABA” (Para aminobentoic acid
: 500 mlg), and this was recomendet from a
doctor- psychiatrist, and he said that it
is really good for this kind of
situations, but said to say my son
doesn’t fill any effect from it.
In some periods he was taking also
“zink”, and also a lot of teas and
similar medicines.
Please can you tell me your opinion about
the regular and the additional terapy, is
there any alternative and what is it?
What is your opinion about the medicine
“PABA”, does it have any use for this
kind of diagnose?
Will it be any kind of use if my son is
going on classes for “JOGA”, and what
kind of it, with a goal that it will have
a positive influence on his condition?
Thank you in advance.
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Georgia59
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Posted: 12-10-07 14:19pm
Hi janbla- I'm not a doctor, but I can
throw in my two cents.
Your son will be fighting with
schizophrenia for a long time, there is no
'cure.' However, it sounds like he is
being well taken care of. It is possible
to treat schizophrenia if you find the
right medication for him. Some medications
work for some people and not for others,
and he will just have to keep seeing his
doctor until they find one that works.
Medication is definitely the #1 treatment
for schizophrenia. For your son, therapy
(talking to a psychologist) would also be
helpful to deal with his depression. To my
knowledge, no herbal supplements or
vitamins/minerals have been shown to have
an effect on schizophrenia, or Joga
(yoga). However, if he enjoys activities
such as yoga, it could be a good thing for
his depression.
If your son isn't getting better on the
medications your doctor has provided, let
the doctor know and get him on something
else. There are many different medications
for schizophrenia and some might work and
some probably won't, you'll just have to
try them and see.
Good luck! It can be hard to see a loved
one deal with an illness like that. We're
here for you.
