my mother in law was taking gardinal tablets before i got married and is now not taking them. she has some mental problem and was given treatment at NIMHANS. since the day i got married she has been harassing me mentally and none of my in laws tell me what is really wrong with her. im unable to bear her torture kindly help. has the tablet got to do anything with her behaviour
Hi.tablet cardinal [phenobarbital] is used to treat different types of epilepsy. If she was having epilepsy, and the treatment has control the fits then medications shut b stopped after 3 years of last episode of the fits.you have not described the symptoms, but if she does not have generalized tonic-clonic [strong contractions of the limbs and then gross movement of the whole body associated with unrolling of the eyeball, unconsciousness for 5 minutes, confusion for some time and urination during the fit] movements then she does not need to start this medication again. There are possibilities that the behavior disturbances you're complaining are part of her confusion following seizure, or it may be because of the psychiatric illness commonly seen in epileptic patients like, post octal confusion, INTERCAL psychosis like schizophreniform psychosis, personality problems, Gastaut-Geschwind Syn Chat Doctor. .behavioral syn