Suggest treatment for mental problems
Patient: Hi, i am amit, my mother is suffering from mental problem she is taking rispid and betacap medicine for last 15 years. She always thinks someone is going to harm her family. Her age is 49 now. She seems to have very little common sense too.She is upset today too.I would deeply appriciate any help or guidence.Thanks in advance, Doctor: Hello She always thinks that some one is going to harm the family. Such type of symptoms are seen with suspiciousness and paranoid ideation. Most likely she is having some psychotic disorder. She is on risperidone and propranolol (betacap).Risperidone is a good anti-psychotic drug and this drug help in decreasing the symptoms of psychotic disorder. As she is continuously taking the drug and you have also mentioned that she has vey less common sense or in other terms she can reason logically and abstractly. These type of symptoms are seen in negative symptoms of psychosis. Propranolol helps in improving anxiety symptoms.As per my opinion consult her psychiatrist again and explain the negative symptoms she is showing. Medicine like Amisulpiride is antipsychotic drug with good effect in negative symptoms. Discuss with her psychiatrist for any dose adjustments or any substitution of drug if needed.Hope this helps you, THANKS