Is this Schizophrenia?

OK, a person goes to see the Psychiatrist with these symptoms which appear
to be Schizophrenia.
Symptoms are hearing voices, seeing people that are not there. Beleiving
they are being followed by MI5, beleiving they are being monitored by tv,
suspicious of doctor poisoning them etc. All the signs are there.

The doctor will not commit himself to say its definately Schizophrenia and
says he will reserve judgment till the patient is seen again, however the
doc gives the patient Risperidone and after 2 weeks the patient is feeling
much better, less paranoia, no more voices etc.

Now, does this indicate the patient DOES have Schizophrenia and the tablets
have worked??????

Or what is your opinion on this please?

Sounds like it's sz and the tablets have worked.


penguin

On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:12:36 +0100, informer wrote:

> OK, a person goes to see the Psychiatrist with these symptoms which appear
> to be Schizophrenia.
> Symptoms are hearing voices, seeing people that are not there. Beleiving
> they are being followed by MI5, beleiving they are being monitored by tv,
> suspicious of doctor poisoning them etc. All the signs are there.
>
> The doctor will not commit himself to say its definately Schizophrenia and
> says he will reserve judgment till the patient is seen again, however the
> doc gives the patient Risperidone and after 2 weeks the patient is feeling
> much better, less paranoia, no more voices etc.
>
> Now, does this indicate the patient DOES have Schizophrenia and the tablets
> have worked??????
>
> Or what is your opinion on this please?

The recovery was too rapid, anti-psychotics take 6 weeks min. in drug
niaeve patients. He probably had a temporary drug psychosis.

"Christopher L Chatfield" <me@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4hHAi.83169$p7.52276@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.u k...
> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:12:36 +0100, informer wrote:
>
>> OK, a person goes to see the Psychiatrist with these symptoms which
>> appear
>> to be Schizophrenia.
>> Symptoms are hearing voices, seeing people that are not there. Beleiving
>> they are being followed by MI5, beleiving they are being monitored by tv,
>> suspicious of doctor poisoning them etc. All the signs are there.
>>
>> The doctor will not commit himself to say its definately Schizophrenia
>> and
>> says he will reserve judgment till the patient is seen again, however the
>> doc gives the patient Risperidone and after 2 weeks the patient is
>> feeling
>> much better, less paranoia, no more voices etc.
>>
>> Now, does this indicate the patient DOES have Schizophrenia and the
>> tablets
>> have worked??????
>>
>> Or what is your opinion on this please?
>
> The recovery was too rapid, anti-psychotics take 6 weeks min. in drug
> niaeve patients. He probably had a temporary drug psychosis.

Thanks Christopher

When you say he probably had a temporary drug psychosis, what does this mean
please??

This is probably schizophrenia, but doctors are afraid of telling patients
the truth.

While they say it takes 6 weeks for the anti-psychotics to work, for some
victims, like myself, an anti-psychotic can work in just hours.


"informer" <informer.@plusnet.com.as> wrote in message
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> OK, a person goes to see the Psychiatrist with these symptoms which appear
> to be Schizophrenia.
> Symptoms are hearing voices, seeing people that are not there. Beleiving
> they are being followed by MI5, beleiving they are being monitored by tv,
> suspicious of doctor poisoning them etc. All the signs are there.
>
> The doctor will not commit himself to say its definately Schizophrenia and
> says he will reserve judgment till the patient is seen again, however the
> doc gives the patient Risperidone and after 2 weeks the patient is feeling
> much better, less paranoia, no more voices etc.
>
> Now, does this indicate the patient DOES have Schizophrenia and the
> tablets
> have worked??????
>
> Or what is your opinion on this please?
>
>
>
>