Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, MPH

Practicing since 1980

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Is it really schizophrenia?

One day a friend of mine was talking about the problems he faced in his everyday life and how it's good to forgive and the world will end soon. The next day he disappears and is put into a hospital and diagnosed with schizophrenia. But he was normal weeks before this episode. He's taking a medication called zyprexa and he told me it's affecting his memory. Will he lose memory for good and should he just seek counseling instead of being in a hospital?

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Schizophrenia is a serious mental health problem. The first step is getting your friend stabilized. After he is discharged from the hospital, he can then consider the use of other medications if he is still having side effects on Zyprexa. The memory loss is unlikely to be permanent. My advise to you is to support him in taking medication at this time because it sounds like this will be in his best interest for now. His outpatient psychiatrist should be able, then to help him explore other treatments, including counseling. It would be dangerous for him to stop his medication now.

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