Posted by Jack Smith on May 13, 2003, at 16:50:35
In reply to depression, posted by maisie on May 13, 2003, at 16:16:11
> my husband has suffered with severe depression for approx 4yrs.he has tried many anti depressents but none worked.he has now been prescibed olanzapine.does this mean he is schizophrenic?
NO. Depression is very different from schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia almost always shows up by a person's mid-20's and I have never heard of a doctor misdiagnosing schizophrenia as depression (though it is not beyond the scope of possibilities) and moreover keeping up a misdiagnosis for FOUR years.
There are plenty of people on this board taking olanzapine for depression.
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