Posted by HappyGirl on March 29, 2005, at 19:42:28
In reply to Re: schizoaffective??, posted by banga on March 29, 2005, at 17:40:23
Hi:
I didn't ask him regarding his med. combo. RECENTLY, however in my guess through a good friendship along with 'common' bond/M.I., he's been taking Zyprexa/high dosage, Effexor(now, seems Lexapro)/also, high dosage, Prozac(?) along with mood-stabilizer, something like 'Lamictal' or some form of M.S.(but, not Lithium) along with other 'sleeping aid'(I can't remember the name of med.). First off, he went to 'institution' because of 'public' tresspassing along with a few police records. All of those incidents were due to 'psychosis/delutional' episodes. After about 4 to 6 months' stay in the Institution/hospital, he got to know how to deal with his problem. Basically, he's a quite smart guy, then he learned a lot of 'coping-skill' during his stay there. Besides this, he seemed to get a 'terrific' therapy who helped him get back on his feet. Since then, however he had a 'bad' manic episode just 'once,' on which he ended-up in the psycho.-ward, but eventually he managed to get back his work related to medical field.In the beginning of his dx with shizoaffective disorder, he had an older anti-psycho. med., 'Haldol' and other meds.(I can't recall all of those). Also, he went through several different med. combo.(trial and error), until his pdoc. found a right med. combo. with periodical dosage adjustment.
H.G.
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