WE LIVE IN POVERTY IN PHILIPPINES.MY BROTHER IS VERY SICK.WE DID SENT HIM TO THE PSYCHIATRIST DOCTOR,AND HE WAS ON 1YEAR MEDICATION.WE COULD NOT AFFORD HIS EXPENSIVE MEDICINES,SO AFTER 1YEAR OF MEDICATION,WE LET HIM STOPPED.AFTER 6 MONTHS HE WAS OK,BUT THINGS TURN BAD WHEN HIS CONDITION HAS A RELA...
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hi am shiwz. my husband is suffered from paranoid schizophernia and it is diagonised in last month
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Hello Leticia,
I take it he was placed on an atypical antipsychotic that could be upwards of $200 per month. Is there some kind of state-run health insurance where you live that he could apply for? I suggest you research this. Another option is for your brother to take a traditional neuroleptic like the one used in the CATIE study. I was on Stelazine for 17 years, and it worked fine, is one of the older medications. I don't diagnose or treat people, so I'm not saying your brother should go on a drug just because I took it. However, older medications often work just as well and cost less than the newer ones.
I hope you find help soon.
Regards,
Chri
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