When children are diagnosed with a psychotic disorder, doctors very commonly prescribe a newer atypical antipsychotic medication instead of an older, typical antipsychotic medication. Part of the reason for this is that there is an assumption that these newer d...
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Christina Bruni
Thursday, October 09, 2008 at 04:33 PM
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Dr. Paul Ballas:
As you may know if you've read my SharePosts, I was on Stelazine for 20 years and it halted the positive symptoms of the schizophrenia so that I could return to full-time work. Now I'm on Geodon because the Stelazine stopped being as effective as it used to be. I consider myself lucky that for 20 years the Stelazine worked well.
I'm a big fan of trying the traditional neuroleptics to treat schizophrenia. I refuse to consider any atypical that causes weight gain or memory loss, and I've written this into my psychiatric advance directive.
Regards,
Christina Bruni
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