Health State | Description |
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Stable schizophrenia – No side-effects | Base-Case Stable Conditiona |
 | • I am in my mid-30's, living alone with no dependants. |
 | • My condition puts some limits on my daily life including the necessity to take regular medication. I have no problems with self-care and am able to complete household chores, but I don't meet too many new people. |
 | • I am able to work at a part-time paid or voluntary job. |
 | • Sometimes I hear things that no one else hears. I think someone is calling my name but when I turn around, no one is there. The things they say aren't scary, like when I was really sick, they are just calling my name. |
 | • Sometimes it feels like there are other people in my house that shouldn't be there, or that people go through my things without asking. I don't think about this most of the time though. |
 | No consequences from the treatment |
Weight gain side-effect | Base-Case Stable Condition plus |
 | Consequences from the treatment: |
 | • In the last six months I have gained more than a stone in weight and it makes me pretty depressed as I find it very hard to lose weight by diet and exercise. |
 | • The extra weight has restricted my mobility and breathing and made some of my clothes too tight. |
 | • I am worried about my weight gain because I have heard that that this might cause diabetes, heart problems and make me lose a year or two off my life expectancy. |
Diabetes side-effect | Base-Case Stable Condition plus |
 | Consequences from the treatment: |
 | • Since taking treatment I have been diagnosed with diabetes – my doctor says that it may be due to my treatment. |
 | • I have started to feel tired and need to urinate more often. I also seem to feel nauseous and get sick more often. |
 | • My doctor told me to change my eating habits so I have a more balanced diet, as well as drinking a maximum of two alcoholic drinks per day and taking my oral medication – otherwise the diabetes could get worse. |
 | • The doctors are also telling me to exercise a lot more than before. I need to always make sure that I have my medicine and something sweet with me in case I get dizzy or faint. |
 | • I need to test my blood sugar levels every day by pricking my finger with a pin and putting the blood on a paper strip. |
 | • My doctor told me about research showing people with diabetes might lose more than five years off life expectancy |
Hyperprolactinemia side-effect (Male) | Base-Case Stable Condition plus |
 | Consequences from the treatment |
 | • I feel less interested in sex and when I do have sex, it is not as good as it was before I started treatment |
 | • My doctor tells me that there is also a good chance that my breasts will be bigger than other men's and that a little milk might sometimes come from them. |
Hyperprolactinemia side-effect (Female) | Base-Case Stable Condition plus |
 | Consequences from the treatment |
 | • I feel less interested in sex and when I do have sex, it is not as good as it was before I started treatment |
 | • My doctor tells me that taking the treatment may make my periods not come when I think they will. The doctor also tells me that I might also have a little milk flow from my nipple when it shouldn't. |
EPS side-effect | Base-Case Stable Condition plus |
 | Consequences from the treatment |
 | • Since I started treatment it seems as though I don't have full control over my muscles. |
 | • Often I feel that my muscles are quivering and I just can't seem to sit still, while other times it actually feels at though my muscles are undergoing spasms. |
 | • Other times it seems as though my body is moving when I don't want it to, and I do things like thrusting my tongue, marching up and down on the spot and humming. |
 | • Sometimes people say that I shuffle rather than walk, and that my face doesn't show any emotion. |
Relapse | • My condition has forced me to go back to hospital for treatment, and not many people come to see me – not that I want to see anyone |
 | • It depresses me that I seem to have gone back to where I started before treatment, it seems as though there was no point in taking all those medicines |
 | • I am not able to work at the moment and I am worried that my employer will not want me back |
 | • I hear people calling me names and telling me to do things, just like I did when I was really sick |
 | • It feels like the other people in the hospital are watching me, and talking about me behind my back. |