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Suggest Treatment For Schizoaffective Disorder

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my daugher who is an md in medicine is suffering from schizoaffective disorder with probably hypomania & had 3 episodes in the past 4 years. She is currently under treatment with a private pschiatary doc. Is this disease cureable & will she take med. throught herlife.
Tue, 2 Sep 2014
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Schi0-affective disorder is psychotic disorder and it has episode tendency. If she remains asymptomatic for many years, then she could be off treatment. This all depends upon her improvement with medication. In case, you have more query, you can ask.

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Psychiatrist Dr. Abhishek Kapoor's  Response
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Schizoaffective disorder is a episodic illness and duration of treatment depends upon number of episode. If she have had more than 3 episodes in last for years, in that case, she would take medicine for more than 6 to 7 years. If she remains asymptomatic for more than five years, then psychiatrist could try to stop the drugs. If you have more query, you can ask.

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Suggest Treatment For Schizoaffective Disorder

HI Thanks for using healthcare magic Schi0-affective disorder is psychotic disorder and it has episode tendency. If she remains asymptomatic for many years, then she could be off treatment. This all depends upon her improvement with medication. In case, you have more query, you can ask. Thanks