Patient: My daughter was born in April 86, she is 22 years old, she had an attack in August 2005, she was an employee in a Japanese factory in Guangzhou, sometimes on day shift, sometimes on night shift, her main symptom is: when she was taking a shower in the dormitory, she saw someone watching her shower upstairs and heard her cursing, she went upstairs to look for someone, she couldn’t find them, she waited downstairs, she waited until late and was found by the security guards before she was sent back to the factory, she She thought there was a boy named Chen Yong who liked her when she was a senior high school student, but he didn’t pursue her, he just called her by her name a lot, she thought Chen Yong was also in the factory where she worked, she looked for Chen Yong everywhere in the workshop during the night shift, the workers were off duty but she was still looking for him everywhere in the workshop, she thought Chen Yong was in the factory, the director of the factory personnel department checked her file and told her there was no such person as Chen Yong, but she didn’t believe it. She also often talked to herself and often laughed to herself. After she resigned from Guangzhou in September 2005, I took her to Shenzhen Kangning Hospital for electrocardiogram, electroencephalogram, liver and kidney function, routine blood tests, and so on, all of which were fine. The liver, kidney function and blood tests were all normal. At the end of September 2005 in Shenzhen Kangning Hospital doctors prescribed the drug is Vistone, the doctor said to eat half a tablet a day to adhere to eat half a year, but she ate a few days later and said to go back to the factory for a few days, she would insist on taking the drug but she did not eat for three days in a row and then fell ill again, she said Chen Yong is across the building, after increasing the amount of drugs to eat a tablet a day, but she always thought she was not sick, often secretly vomit medicine, and then increased to a tablet and a half after turning sick, eat After a few months, the doctor asked her if she still had hallucinations, she said no, the doctor said to reduce half a tablet to eat a tablet, but then turned over once again, three years before and after turned over six or seven times, her job is often changing the job can not be changed for a few months, some work for a few days and then quit, but also now take two tablets a day, but she said every day is still a bit of hallucinations, the disease has not been controlled. She also called the principal of the school when she was studying in high school to check the file, there is no one named Chen Yong, a principal is her father’s friend also Bang she checked the file there is no Chen Yong this person, but she always think there is this person, I told her because she has this disease will think so, but she said there is this disease also have this person. I often say this more she is now a little suspicious, but she said to ask the doctor, Dr. Jiao do you think there is this person? What can I do to remove this demon from her mind? My daughter is 22 years old and has been treated for three years, but it’s not even fully controlled! What kind of disease does she have? What kind of medicine can she take to get cured? How many more years of medication does she need to take to be cured? Does it take five years to turn the disease once and three times to take the medicine for life? How to be completely cured? Doctor: Hello: According to your description, your daughter is suffering from schizophrenia! Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness, mainly manifested as mania, paranoia, depression, fear and anxiety, hallucinations, sensitivity and suspicion, obsessive-compulsive impatience, disorganized thinking, babbling, wrecking things, impulsive injury, and inability to control oneself. Patients may have unfounded misconceptions, suspect that someone is trying to harm them, firmly believe that their spouse is having an affair, hear people talking about them, accuse them, threaten them, see strange images, smell unpleasant odors, taste food with a special smell, and other illusory perceptions, and eventually commit suicide out of pessimism and despair, causing great harm to the family and society. Causes of schizophrenia: To the best of our knowledge, there is no single cause of schizophrenia, and research has focused on several possible causative factors. These factors include genetics (inheritance), imbalances in chemical balance, and complications during pregnancy and childbirth. Schizophrenia is more prevalent in the same family, and those with a close relative with schizophrenia are more likely to develop the disorder than those without a close relative. For the patient’s family, the following three points should be noted: First, they should believe in medicine and not in witchcraft. There are still people in remote and backward areas who are suspicious of such phenomena as mental illness, which aggravates the condition and delays the cure. There are no gods and ghosts in the world, but the patient has lost his mind, and only medicine can cure the disease; second, careful choice of treatment and medical units, many patients’ families are eager to cure the disease, seeking medical advice everywhere, and the result is that they have lost all their money and not cured the disease, as family members should calmly analyze and compare the treatment, and even appropriate a little medical knowledge, which is conducive to more reasonable treatment of patients; third, the treatment of Patients should be patient and find ways to create a relaxed environment for them, especially when they are ill, they must not be impatient, they must not think like normal people to judge right and wrong, and they must not lose confidence in them and give up treatment. The treatment of schizophrenia mainly relies on medication. According to the vast majority of global and domestic treatment experience and research. Western medical treatment is a very effective means of treating schizophrenia (I will not comment here on the treatment of some so-called Chinese medicine and so-called ancestral recipes because I have not seen evidence of treatment with a high degree of credibility and advise caution). Because the cause of schizophrenia is unknown, it is not yet possible to treat the cause. The current treatment is only symptomatic. There are many new medications available for symptomatic treatment. Vestrone, which your daughter is taking, is one of the better medications. However, the medication for schizophrenia is more complicated. Once again, I cannot explain them all. It should be done under the guidance of a professional doctor. This is one point that needs to be mentioned is that the current principle of treatment for schizophrenia is adequate medication. It is the main means of recovery and relapse prevention. As for how long it takes to maintain medication should vary from person to person. The general guideline is that it was originally thought to be 1-2 years for the first episode and 3-5 years for the second episode. Three or more episodes of lifelong medication. Now it is considered that the first attack should be treated indefinitely. Even for life. It sounds hopeless, but that is the current state of treatment. I urge you to persevere, your daughter needs your patience. Don’t listen to the so-called root removal treatment. Because it is not known where the root is yet.