It is approved for the treatment of mania associated with bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression), seizures (epilepsy), and migraine headaches.

Clozapine is the most effective antipsychotic in terms of managing treatment-resistant schizophrenia. This drug is approximately 30% effective in controlling schizophrenic episodes in treatment-resistant patients, compared with a 4% efficacy rate with the combination of chlorpromazine and benztropine.

Mood stabilizers include lithium and the anticonvulsant divalproex sodium (Depakote). The antipsychotics and mood stabilizers will stop the psychosis and keep it from coming back, Viguera says. Therapy, besides the medications, is effective in managing psychotic symptoms and bipolar disorder.

Valproate (the active moiety of both valproic acid and divalproex sodium) is commonly used as an adjunctive agent for the treatment of schizophrenia. Among the anticonvulsants, valproate is the most extensively studied in patients with schizophrenia.

Side Effects

• Diarrhea, dizziness, drowsiness, hair loss, blurred/double vision, change in menstrual periods, ringing in the ears, shakiness (tremor), unsteadiness, weight changes may occur.
• You may rarely see partial tablets in your stool.

Caffeine is found in beverages we drink on a daily basis such as tea and coffee and is also found in a variety of different fizzy drinks and energy drinks. A number of different studies show the effects of caffeine and hair loss, and they’re positive. Caffeine does not contribute to hair loss or baldness.

Simple movements of your head like front-to-back and side-to-side are the way to go for this trick to work. An important part of Indian yoga, the breathing exercise Kapalabhati Pranayama, literally meaning ‘skull-shining’, can also aid hair growth.