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At What Intervals Does A Schizophrenic Patient Hallucinate?
21 year old son was diagnosed with schizophrenia almost 2 years ago. For almost a year he has been taking a injection medication from his psychiatrist. He missed his last shot because he thinks he is not schizophrenic. Could this be true or part of the disease? Also how long will it take before he starts hallucinating again?
Fri, 20 May 2016
Hello dear Greetings
Regarding your son's schizophrenic disorder missing one shot of routine therapy I will suggest this is very unlikely a part of the symptoms of schizophrenia there are major and minor criterias and withdrawal from treatment is not part of it
Concerning how long it will start hallucinating again depending on how long he missed his drug prescription
If he missed it for one week then his hallucination will resume after one week time
I hope this helps Regards
Regarding your son's schizophrenic disorder missing one shot of routine therapy I will suggest this is very unlikely a part of the symptoms of schizophrenia there are major and minor criterias and withdrawal from treatment is not part of it
Concerning how long it will start hallucinating again depending on how long he missed his drug prescription
If he missed it for one week then his hallucination will resume after one week time
I hope this helps Regards
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