17 May 2011

Clozapine was prescribed after 3 other atypical meds failed to perform. I must state that the previous medication were not give amble time to determine their effectness. When I asked the doctor why did he not wait before he prescribed clozapine he shouted at me DO YOU WANT YOUR WIFE WELL OR NOT. His aggorance was unprofessional. In fact when he released her from the hospital I had no idea she needed blood test. His main goal was to get her out as soon as possible. To this day I think other meds could have served the same purpose if they would have treated her for a longer period of time. This has been a nightmare for both my wife and myself and by the grace of God and being married over 50 years has enable us to battle this disease.

—Posted by mcmurphy

10 May 2011

In 3 years our son has only had Risperidone. We knew nothing about the illness and unfortunately this med has not helped greatly. He is on B3, B6, B9, Vit C, Vit E, Manganese, Zinc, Selenium, Omega 3 etc as per Hoffer's Orthomolecular programme and he is getting better slowly. I also give him Seagreens. I have also just started him on Holy Basil, (omnicrom sanctum), which is an antioxidant with many other properties. Have just read about crushing 2 cardamom pods to make a tea with honey and using Borage flowers and young leaves to make teas to help, (not sure what is in the cardamom but Borage is antioxidant - I did read not to use that long term though). He loves Green Tea with honey and some juice - antioxidant and also Pukka Herbs Tulsi Tea. again with honey. There are other programs like Eck's hair testing in US and Dr Wilson who then does a tailor made vitamin/mineral/amino acid plan and diet. I have also just ordered a book about cerebral allergies from Amazon - wheat/dairy & gluten have been cut from our son's diet recently after I noticed a correllation with severity of symptoms. There is a lot of info but hard to find unless you have some pointers - hope this is of help to you Angela & Steven and anyone else who reads it. I have no faith in the Psychiatrist and nurse - I know they are just following guidelines but they dismiss my ideas as bunkum and have such narrow minds, I wonder if it would be the same if their child was affected?

—Posted by Fluffy 1

29 Oct 2010

Have leg pain and now have parkinson symptoms such as shuffling legs, slope back and unsteadiness. Need walker to get around and have shortness of breath. Thus I cant walk very far {10yards b4 I need to stop to catch my breath.

—Posted by mcmurphy