Can a paranoid schizophrenic live a normal life?

It is possible for individuals with schizophrenia to live a normal life, but only with good treatment. Residential care allows for a focus on treatment in a safe place, while also giving patients tools needed to succeed once out of care.

What is geriatric schizophrenia?

Those individuals who are diagnosed with schizophrenia at the age of 45 or older are classified as late-onset schizophrenia. Our center has included both middle-aged and elderly persons with schizophrenia, those with early or late onset. The average age of our cohort is around age 60 and we use no upper age cutoff.

What is remitted schizophrenia?

Thus, remitting schizophrenia has much in com- mon with reactive psychosis, toxic psychosis, and manic-depressive psychosis. The more these factors are present, the greater the likelihood of a full remission (Stephens 1970 and Vaillant 19646).

How do you positively cope with schizophrenia?

Your attitude towards schizophrenia treatment matters

  1. Accept your diagnosis.
  2. Don’t buy into the stigma of schizophrenia.
  3. Communicate with your doctor.
  4. Pursue self-help and therapy that helps you manage symptoms.
  5. Set and work toward life goals.
  6. Turn to trusted friends and family members.
  7. Stay involved with others.

Can schizophrenic person marry?

Schizophrenia is not curable condition, but is certainly treatable so that the sufferer can lead a near normal life. Marriage is also not prohibited, but she must marry a partner who understands her condition, need for treatment and need for support.

Why does schizophrenia get worse with age?

In older adults with schizophrenia, extrapyramidal symptoms occur at lower D2 receptor occupancies than in younger patients. Older age is also a risk factor for antipsychotic adverse effects such as parkinsonism, tardive dyskinesia, falls, and metabolic syndrome.

Which medicine is best for schizophrenia?

Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic in terms of managing treatment-resistant schizophrenia. This drug is approximately 30% effective in controlling schizophrenic episodes in treatment-resistant patients, compared with a 4% efficacy rate with the combination of chlorpromazine and benztropine.