User:GunnarBear0875/Psychotic depression

Antipsychotic medications
There is insufficient evidence to determine if treatment with antipsychotic medications alone is effective. Patients do better with small amounts of symptoms of Schizophrenia since there is not cure. Medications are used to keep symptoms manageable for the person. With proper medications it allows people with Schizophrenia to have fulfilling lives. Antipsychotics medication are prescribed to reduce symptoms by blocking of different chemicals in the brain that are causing schizophrenic episodes. Olanzapine may be an effective monotherapy in psychotic depression, although there is evidence that it is ineffective for depressive symptoms as a monotherapy; and olanzapine/fluoxetine is more effective. Quetiapine monotherapy may be particularly helpful in psychotic depression since it has both antidepressant and antipsychotic effects and a reasonable tolerability profile compared to other atypical antipsychotics. Typical antipsychotics medication may cause shaking/trembling, muscle twitches and spasms in patients. The current drug-based treatments of psychotic depression are reasonably effective but can cause side effects, such as nausea, headaches, dizziness, and weight gain.