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Suggest treatment for schizophrenia and OCD
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Hi Doctor,My friend has been diagnosed for schizophrenia, OCD and has been treatment since last 6 years, but not much improvement. He has undergone ECT ( no : 5 ) in mid of last month with assurance of drastic improvement in his condition.Now, he is under medication of : Arip MT 15 mg : One tab in morning, Olimelt 5 mg : One tab in night and Pacitone 2 mg : One tab in morning. He is having issues of mind blankness, loss of memories to some extent, speech problem, weight gain ( 5 kg in last 21 days), getting irritated, feels weakness in morning. Do you feel that the last three problems i.e. weight gain ,getting irritated,  morning weakness  are side effect/s of present medication ?  Dear Doctor, would highly appreciate, if you could advise further course of action to my friend in his treatment.Kind regards,
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DearWe understand your concernsI went through your details. Please understand, schizophrenia treatment is a bit complicated. Many underlying conditions and symptoms needs to be taken care of. Illusions, paranoia, hebiphrenial symptoms etc needs to be analyzed. The present psychiatrist knows your friends mental condition very well and therefore, you should stick to his treatment. Opinions elsewhere differ mainly because many do not know the mental conditions perfectly. Work with the present psychiatrist for a better treatment. If you require more of my help in this aspect, please use this URL.  Make sure that you include every minute details possible. Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarifications.Good luck. Take care.