Information and opinions on health from moonlight at HealthCentral.com. HealthCentral.com is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/872851/index http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/872851/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/profiles/c/872851/index http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/872851/123162/excellent Thu, 28 Oct 2010 10:55:09 -0400 moonlight I recently read a book, The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness by Elyn R. Saks (Aug 12, 2008).  It is about a very successful woman who had schizophrenia.  It turned out she went to Oxford and Yale Law School, then was a professor at UCLA, all while being schizophrenic.  Very well written, and gives a great insight into how someone with schizophrenia has it;  I would recommend it to anyone.   Amazon... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/872851/123162/excellent http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/872851/122166/medication Fri, 15 Oct 2010 21:50:23 -0400 moonlight We met with my son's psychiatrist today and he agreed to take my son off Zyprexa, since we were going to do that anyway down the road;  we also increased the Seroquil;  he's on a low dose (200 mg) and this will be upped to 300 mg and eventually we'll get to 600 mg/day.   My son really wanted off Zyprexa;  it had almost become an obsession with him, he hated being on a weight-gaining medication, and I think this thinking was... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/872851/122166/medication