Depakoate is a mood stabilizer. Zoloft is an anti-depressent. Seroquel is an antipsychotic and I believe by psychiatric standards that is a subclinical dose (when I was on it 300 mg. was where it started working). Not sure what "the pill to calm her nerves" is? You mean an anti-anxiety medication? Although only a psychiatrist can determine medication dosages and which medication to use I'd suggest you inform yourself. NAMI has some good family and friend support groups and we have some websites linked such as "Depression Central" (for all mood disorders). She could have bipolar with psychotic features or schizoaffective disorder (ask the psychiatrist both have a mood disorder with psychosis). Clearly if she hears voices and has delusions its more than bipolar. The psychiatrist obviously has their own plans but I've not known Seroquel to work on psychosis at that low a dose. Why not ask them more about her treatment and become more involved?
The meds are going to take a bit to kick in, Holly wouldn't be put on a therapuedic dose right away, it has to be slowly upped in dose. Depakote takes a couple of weeks, Seroquel the same way. . Because she's psychotic, it's going to take a bit of time to settle her down. Only a psychiatrist can give a clinical diagnosis and because she's in that state, it's probably hard to see the other symptoms, she in a psychotic state, there is a fine line between being bi-polar features of psychosis and full on schizophrenia, so they are just probably observing her right now. I hope things smooth out. Unfortunately, these disorders don't go away on their own, like her cousin, the probability of life time meds is likely. I'm a rapid cycling bipolar albeit I've never had a psychotic break , but I need meds to stay stable
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