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Monaliza
08/20/08
Monaliza
Category: Paranoid Schizophrenia , Schizophrenia Drugs , Geodon , encephalopathy recovery

Does a schizophrenic recovering from anoxic encephalopathy experience symptoms&need antipsychotics?

My sister has paranoid schizophrenia.  On July 13, she was admitted to the icu, with anoxic encephalopathy.  After weeks of testing, they do not know what caused it, but do suspect it was related to her new antipsychotic.  After 3 weeks, she started to wake up and began talking,…

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