tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post9076033376337047609..comments2023-07-13T05:01:01.343-07:00Comments on Holistic Recovery from Schizophrenia: Yet another crisis avertedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-33748475822715423892012-06-28T22:54:12.508-07:002012-06-28T22:54:12.508-07:00Thanks, JH!Thanks, JH!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-30212444861900350102012-06-28T22:53:10.605-07:002012-06-28T22:53:10.605-07:00Mark - I always appreciate the fact that you speak...Mark - I always appreciate the fact that you speak from the heart while speaking up for the person who is struggling.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-92089083727023353482012-06-28T22:51:16.643-07:002012-06-28T22:51:16.643-07:00Thanks for sharing your background. What you say b...Thanks for sharing your background. What you say backs up what Dr. Hoffer says - it almost makes me long for the good old days. Polypharmacy is a killer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06700295858497275586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-25734679060280383132012-06-28T11:21:00.750-07:002012-06-28T11:21:00.750-07:00Perhaps what I´m going to say it is not necessary ...Perhaps what I´m going to say it is not necessary because you already know or you consider that it is not appropriate. Anyway, I follow your blog and I am very glad that your son is off or near off the medications. <br /><br />I am an old mental patient who follow an orthomolecular treatment. I have had several relapses and one method that it´s good to me to avoid more relapses is that I write a daily record sheet to take account of several symptoms or relapses warning signs, like irritability, anxiety, recurrent thoughts and others, but the most important, the number of hours of sleep. In my case if I sleep less than three hours, I know that I enter in a danger zone and what I do is start taking two vitamines each 1 hour and half during the time necessary, besides the normal treatment that I follow. Another possibility is to start or increase an antipsychotic which I would prefer the old Haldol in low dose. The record sheet can be made with the help of a computer spreadsheet. You can see a sample in “The Bipolar Survival Guide” book of David J. Miklowitz PhD.<br /><br />Dr. Hoffer said that the atypical antipsychotics withdrawal was very much difficult than the classical antipsychotics. One evidence of this is what Dr. Alice W. Lee-Bloem said in her web page:<br /> "The most important is the" step-down process of removal "to download an antipsychotic medication that affects many different subtypes of neurotransmitters, such as Zyprexa, it is important to use a" step-down process, "decreasing the antipsychotic with the use of other antipsychotic that affects a smaller number of receptor sites. For example, when reduced to Zyprexa, gradually increase the dose of Seroquel. Once the individual is only Seroquel and has weaned safely and completely out of Zyprexa, then gradually lower the dose of Seroquel, while gradually increasing the use of liquid Haldol. Once the individual has come to Haldol and has been completely weaned from Seroquel, very carefully and gradually lowers the Haldol. At the same time, the individual must be the use of energy supplements and medications to facilitate the recovery process. The decrease of Haldol, the last step of "step-down process" will be much easier to achieve success that comes directly out of Zyprexa”.<br /><br /> At present the situation is more difficult because the common polypharmacy like antidepressants, stabilizers, benzodiazepines and sleeping pills, with the cocktail effect and with all its withdrawal problems. That, twenty five years ago didn´t happen.<br /><br /> So, I think, it is very good to know that your son is in a good direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-46626375371032480062012-06-28T10:04:42.142-07:002012-06-28T10:04:42.142-07:00I never really go to doctors, because they are all...I never really go to doctors, because they are all basically the same! There are some that have your best interest at heart and want to genuinely help you get better, but the other ones -- WATCH OUT!! Some medicines if not all can make you even more sick or lead to other illnesses, why would I want that! I always want to know what the root cause is, to heal it, not just mask it or take meds for the rest of my life! Good for Dr. Stern for seeing Chris as an individual and his progression, both good and bad.JHhttp://www.naturalhealingcollege.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2894514913516471357.post-22470280604644199152012-06-27T16:56:55.765-07:002012-06-27T16:56:55.765-07:00It is not "waffling" it is fear. Imagine...It is not "waffling" it is fear. Imagine yourself in his place with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. What rights do I have?<br />Only those the doctor decides to grant you. You must kiss the doctors ass.<br />How was I treated in the past? I can't recall his story , but I assume he has spent some time in prison , you call a hospital.<br />You have never experienced the prison (without a lawyer) nor the drugs effects on your mind.Mark p.s.2https://www.blogger.com/profile/10529811159862096782noreply@blogger.com