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Suggest Treatment For Being Psychotic With Symptoms Of Lack Of Concentration, Laughing And Crying At Once Etc After Childbirth?
My daughter is 41 years old. She became psychotic shortly after having a baby. She remains ill today. She is unable to concentrate, continually laughs and cries intermittently, she opens and closes her left hand continually, she speaks very little and is non-functionable. She lives in a group home and has lost and extreme amount of weight. She smokes small filtered cigars. Please help.
Fri, 31 Jan 2014
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Your daughter seem to have post partial psychosis and should see a psychiatrist atleast once. Had I been treating her I would go for either olanzapine 5 mg or resperidone 1-2 mg along with etizolam in day time.
some times when patient is very disturbed one may go for giving injectable antipsychotic , one - two shots, this helps in early recovery ( like: olanzapine 5 mg Intramuscular ).
The most common side effect of drugs is sedation, which will actually be very helpful for her, will calm her down.
The repeated hand movements are just part of psychosis and should not be worried about much, will get sorted out on its own with drugs.
The drugs would ideally be continued for 2-5 months, even though she will become better within few days.
Hope the reply is useful
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Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
Your daughter seem to have post partial psychosis and should see a psychiatrist atleast once. Had I been treating her I would go for either olanzapine 5 mg or resperidone 1-2 mg along with etizolam in day time.
some times when patient is very disturbed one may go for giving injectable antipsychotic , one - two shots, this helps in early recovery ( like: olanzapine 5 mg Intramuscular ).
The most common side effect of drugs is sedation, which will actually be very helpful for her, will calm her down.
The repeated hand movements are just part of psychosis and should not be worried about much, will get sorted out on its own with drugs.
The drugs would ideally be continued for 2-5 months, even though she will become better within few days.
Hope the reply is useful
Feel free to ask more questions
Dr. Manisha Gopal
MD Psychiatry
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