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.

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).

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Answer: Option B

Explanation:

Tardive dyskinesia is a problem raised due to side effect of the antipsychotic medications. These classes of drugs are used to treat the medical conditions like schizophrenia and other mental disorders.

In this problem there is an uncontrolled movement of the body parts.One might blink eye, movement of tongue in such a way that it appears like chewing food, waving the arms without any reason.

Hence, the correct answer is option B