I refer of course not to my mental health but that of hubby (though of course it does impact on mine) ! So what do you do when the Schizophrenic is on a dose of 1600mg a day of Sulpiride + 30mg Citalopram and he nods off frequently at home ? You every time his Sulpiride dose is dropped even by 100-200 mg he becomes paranoid. However yes he is stable on the 1600mg, but he doesn’t appear to have much of a life especially at home, which impacts on his family – ie wife and two kids ! I have in the passed mentioned his sleepiness to previous CPN, to which she reckoned maybe his meds should be changed, only for Shrink to up the dose ! I know I am lucky that hubby can work and that he doesn’t have to be hauled off to hospital at a rate of knots. But I cannot help thinking that the professionals do not look at cases from an holistic point of view – you know the bigger picture ! I am now considering whether to contact current CPN , though whether it’ll do much good I don’t know, although at least it’ll give me the chance to get my concerns and ever sliding mood out in the open !
Getting the balance right in treating Schizophrenia.
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