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Diagnosed Psychotic, Was On Sizodon And Risnia, Now Arpizole. Is There Any Cure?

Hi,

My concern is regarding my sister as she has been diagnosed as psychotic. We started her medication 3 years back with Sizodon and later moved to Risnia as prescribed. Within this medication she got married and things were all normal. But last year she had a daily argument with her husband and hence we had to bring her back. We took her for check up in a dedicated psychatry dept of a reputed hospital where doc's kept her on observation and changed the medicine to Arpizole 15 mg. They kept her there for 21 days and all this time she showed good signs of recovery. Since the start of her problem she was reluctant to take medicine by her own and once back from hospital again she showed annoyance on being asked to take medicine. Anyhow my mother gave her medicine in juice or food without my sister's knowledge. Recently my sis wants to go to her husband's place and even he is ready to take her but he asked her to commit for medicine. She agreed instantly for that but could not keep her promise even for a day. She hasn't gone there yet, and is showing a real rude and aggressive behavior. Now she even knows that medicine is indirectly given to her so she has stopped taking anything cooked or served by my mom. After spending those 21 days in hospital she was really active and showed numerous improvement in her behavior, but now things are changing drastically. I want to ask you if there is any cure to this disorder and how we can help ourselves to understand her better.Regards.
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Welcom to HCM
We understand your concerns.

Your sister is doing well in hospital situation in itself is heartening and promising. Arpizole 15 mg is good and she is doing well for tht medcation.

About the second part, psychosis patients always are reluctant to take medications. They always say that they are normal and there fore why medication. Normally they will be insisted to consume medicine. But latest research shows that if they were convinced that the medicine is for their mental problems, they don't hesitate.

Try in that way.
Wish your sister speedy recovery.
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Diagnosed Psychotic, Was On Sizodon And Risnia, Now Arpizole. Is There Any Cure?

Dear Welcom to HCM We understand your concerns. Your sister is doing well in hospital situation in itself is heartening and promising. Arpizole 15 mg is good and she is doing well for tht medcation. About the second part, psychosis patients always are reluctant to take medications. They always say that they are normal and there fore why medication. Normally they will be insisted to consume medicine. But latest research shows that if they were convinced that the medicine is for their mental problems, they don t hesitate. Try in that way. Wish your sister speedy recovery.