QUOTE(guitarnoob @ Nov 4 2014, 10:00 PM)
Hello new member checking in
hi.consulting wat dr? good? i m looking for a good psychiatrist yo..
QUOTE(notmycupoftea @ Nov 8 2014, 11:22 PM)
would like to ask what causes panic attack actually? depression? misuse of medicine?
my mom was diagnosed having schizophrenia last 2 months. then doctor prescribed her with lorazepam 1mg on daily basis.
soon after she has been discharged from hospital, she is so dependent on lorazepam to the extent that she will have panic attack every 2 days if she doesnt take FULL lorazepam 1mg for a day.
very headache to see my mom having panic attack symptoms, and these symptoms can last more than 8 hours sometimes

i actually brought her to see doctor, doctor just changed the medicine to T.Xanax 0.5mg. however, we couldn't get the medicine because of no stock in hospital. so now my mom is still taking lorazepam 1mg.
i m sorry to hear tat.. does she take other meds? benzo alone is not enough to treat schizophrenia ..
i think she has grown dependence on benzo .. hv to withdraw fast, if not her body will need more benzo for same level of calming effect..
benzo is not the way my fren..
i think she is treated in a general hospital.. isnt she?
good luck..