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Suggest Treatment For Paranoid Personality Disorder

Posted on Wed, 24 Sep 2014

Question: Hi Doctor,My mum is 58 this year and since last one year she has started severe thoughts of fear of someone trying to kill her including our neighbours. She even thinks that people follow her where she goes even to the extent that when she travelled from XXXXXXX to overseas to stay with me. Even when we go out she keeps on saying this is the person that we saw there and they are following me. I got married this year and she has also started saying my wife is mixing something on her food and she is talking to our neighbour in our mother tongue where bya ll our neighbours are non XXXXXXX Language speakers. Where ever my wife goes she will follow and when she goes to toilet she says she hears that my wife is talking to somebody. I seriously believe this needs medical attention as I tried explaining to her earlier and I couldnt convince her to understand the situation.

Answered by Dr. Psychologist K. V. Anand (25 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Paranoid personality disorder and Schizophrenia

Detailed Answer:
Dear
Welcome to HCM
We understand your concerns

The symptoms you detailed here are corresponding mostly to schizophrenia and paranoid personality disorders. Your mother suspects your wife out of paranoid personality disorder arisen out of anxiety which is quite common. She feels that your love towards her could be lessened as you are married now. Such a thought is quite common for any mother in law.

But from your description, I can see that you mother is suffering from problems like hallucinations before your marriage itself. Such hallucinations and paranoid personality disorders combines together in schizotypal disorder.

Online prescription of medicine for such a complicated situation is not possible. Complete physical as well as mental evaluation is necessary which is not possible online. I sincerely request you to take your mother to a Psychiatric facility where clinical psychology, psychological evaluation and psychiatry is available.

Hope this answers your query. Available for further clarification.

Dr. K V Anand PhD.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju

Follow up: Dr. Psychologist K. V. Anand (49 minutes later)

Thanks Doctor. I will briing her to a Psychiatric Doctor.

Answered by Dr. Psychologist K. V. Anand (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
God bless for early recovery

Detailed Answer:
Dear
Thank you for the follow up query.
I sincerely request you to take your mother to a Psychiatric facility where clinical psychologist, psychological evaluation and psychiatry is available.
God bless for early recovery.

Dr. K V Anand PhD

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E