Question

Adrian is recovering from schizophrenia. She has been taking high doses of antipsychotic medications for a very long period of time and has begun to experience uncontrollable movements of her mouth and tongue that make her appear as if she were chewing food in a very exaggerated way. Adrian is experiencing the symptoms of:__________
a) angina.
b) tardive dyskinesia.
c) blepharochalasis.
d) scleritis.

Answer 1

Answer:

Tardive dyskinesia.

Explanation:

Schizophrenia may be defined as the condition in which the individual is unable to accept reality and interpret the reality in different ways. The symptoms are hallucination, disrupted speech and nehativity.

Tardive dyskenia is the medical condition in which the individual cannot control their hand and body movements. This condition might occur due to the medication that have been taken to treat the schizophrenia. The drugs inhibits the effects of dopamine that causes tardive dyskenia.

Thus, the correct answer is option (b).

Answer 2

Answer: b) tardive dyskinesia.

Explanation:

Tardive dyskinesia is a kind of side effect of the antipsychotic drugs.  Such kind of drugs are used for the treatment of psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia and other mental health disorders.

The side effects includes the uncontrolled movement of the body parts repeatedly and blinking of eyes.

According to the given situation, the high doses of antipsychotic medication has resulted in symptoms of tardive dyskinesia.