Posted by Bonnie_CA on February 8, 2008, at 0:06:08
In reply to Oh and ..., posted by Maxime on February 7, 2008, at 10:52:21
Ok, I was just wondering, because I'm pretty sure that is what was going on with my uncle before he ran away and died alone in the woods. My uncle was a bonafide schizophrenic, and I asked my grandmother what his last medication was, and that's what the bottle said. I'm pretty sure it was a monotherapy, because there was no mention of multiple medications. I'm still pretty angry about it, because it's as if that doctor ignored a diagnosis that had been correct for 39 years (he was 56). November of 2006 he ran away without proper clothing on, and we'll never know how he passed away. His bones were found in December of 2006, and there is no evidence of foul play.
This is just an example of gross negligence on a doctor's part. I couldn't find any evidence that Depakote was good for schizophrenia either. My uncle wasn't the type to research or question anything. He has always done anything the doctor says. This was a new psychiatrist for him. I miss my uncle a lot, and I think it will be a long time before I find closure to this. It was one thing when my old pdoc prescribed Effexor and Prozac to me, because I am at least sane enough to understand what is going on. My poor uncle, he was very ill, and when he was off his meds, he didn't understand what was going on.
Thank you for your feedback. I guess I just wanted to know if someone else could find something about it that I couldn't, because as far as I could tell, it was completely wrong. I was bowled over when I found out what the medication was.
-Bonnie
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