Medically Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD on November 12, 2024

Speak up about any side effects from your schizophrenia medications

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Lisa Guardiola
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Lisa Guardiola started hearing voices in the late 1990s and was officially diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2004. Her family encouraged her to get help after she struggled with suicidal ideation. Fast-forward, she now works as the vice president of NAMI South Suburbs of Chicago (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and blogs for WebMD. While treatment is available, she says, recovery after psychotic breaks requires intense work. Drawing on her own lived experience, Lisa helps people find their "new normal" with schizophrenia.

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Lisa Guardiola, vice president, NAMI South Suburbs of Chicago. 

Laura Yoviene Sykes, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine; director, STEP Learning Collaborative, New Haven, Connecticut. 

World Psychiatry: “Management of common adverse effects of antipsychotic medications.” 

FDA: “FDA Approves Drug with New Mechanism of Action for Treatment of Schizophrenia.” 

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