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It depends on the medication. To be general we can split up schizophrenia medication or antipsychotics into new generation and old generation. Old generation are dopamine blockers. The side effects included drowsiness, dizziness, dry mouth, orthostatic hypertension, skin photosensitivity, and the major side effect- tardive dyskinesia. New generation medications are dopamine specific blockers and there side effects include weight gain, glucose elevation and type II Diabetes, increase in cholesterol, and an increase in triglycerides.
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What body part gets touched by schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia mainly affects the brain.
What area of the brain does schizophrenia affect?
A type of schizophrenia known as catatonic can effect the skin (with insensitivity to pain) and can effect muscle control. Generally, the other types of schizophrenia effect only the mind.
Is arteriovenous malformation one of the causes of schizophrenia?
Arteriovenous malformation is not one of the causes of schizophrenia. Arteriovenous malformation affects the heart and blood vessels, not the brain.
Can one have both schizophrenia and aspergers?
Yes because aspergers is a syndrome and schizophrenia affects a different part of the brain, possible but very rare.
How smoking affects you mentally?
Smoking affects you're mind by triggering pychiatric conditions such as major depression, schizophrenia, mood swings and other mental issues.
What illness affects the mind and reduces a persons ability to function?
stress, mental disorders, bipolar, schizophrenia, cancer
Can u tell me everything i need to know about schizophrenia?
What you need to know about Schizophrenia is that it is a mental disorder that results from a breakdown of thoughts, behavior, and emotion, leading to withdrawal from reality and always affects people with stigma.
What is schizophrenia and how does it relate to the biological approach?
Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder or group of disorders that affects the normal functioning of the brain and severely impairs thinking, emotion, and behavior. Doctors do not know the specific cause of schizophrenia, but both environmental and genetic factors do play a role. The symptoms of schizophrenia are delusions, hallucinations, flat affect, and disorganized speech, thinking, and behavior. Schizophrenia relates to the biological approach to psychological disorders in that it is a primarily biological disorder. Schizophrenia is sometimes caused by an excess of the neurotransmitter dopamine, and there are brain defects associated with schizophrenia. Because of this, schizophrenia can be said to be a biological psychological illness.
What is a psycho affective disorder?
A disorder that affects your brain in any way such as ADD, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia, and/or Psychosis.
What is a psycho-affective disorder?
A disorder that affects your brain in any way such as ADD, ADHD, Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, and/or Psychosis.
What is levothroxine?
side affects of levothroxine
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