Early onset schizophrenia, 17 year old daughter, resistant to medications

My daughter, is sweet, and loved by all who meet her, she works hard to do well in school and until recently we have been able to balance her diagnosis with her life. She has even been able to hold a job. She was diagnosed when she was just 11 years old. Her father was diagnosed the year she was born. I have been her primary care given for her entire life. I feel at this time as though I running into a brick wall, the medicines aren't working, she continues to have severe positive symptoms, and currently losing her ability to function in social situation. She is deeply depressed, and I put on the brave face. I have four children, and this angel requires a great deal of extra care, which has caused my other children especially my oldest daughter a great deal of resentment towards her sister. While I understand, it is difficult to watch as my daughter breaks from reality, while her sister watches with contempt. I know both of my daughters are desparate for help, but I must concentrate on helping my daughter with schizophrenia, for the time being. I know there must be other options, other drug combinations, different therapies, even alternative medicines. I went back to school, and received a degree in biology and one in psychology and then pediatric physical therapy, but I am losing her, and I just can't watch this happen without fighting for her. I can't lose her to the drugs or to schizophrenia. I am desperately trying to hold onto her sister, and teach her empathy and compasion, and right now I feel like I losing both of my daughters. I also have a son and another daughter, that are my step children both of which were born with fetal alchol syndrom; however, they are both doing well and are understanding of their sister's disease. Please if you know of any treatments, new information, or perhaps you have a similar circumstance, and can share any advice, I would be most appreciative.
I spent the first 10 years of her life caring for him, until it became obvious, that he had become paranoid to the point that he was becoming a danger to my children. I tried to keep our family together by enlisting the help of an outside agency to care for her father during the day while I worked and went to school, but his parents decided after ignoring us for 10 years that I was trying to institutionalize him and take his money. He was and is on SSI. There was and is no money. Guilt and anger does funny things to people, my ex in-laws have spent the last 7 years exerting most of their energy hating me and making my children feel guilty for loving both their father and me. I have full custody of my children, after my ex in-laws fought to be the representative parent in place of my ex husband as he was incapable of caring for our children. The kid's dad is a good man who suffers greatly and his controlled by his father, his checks go straight to his parents, who force him to live in their small basement. They refuse to admit that he has a severe disablity, which has caused my now disabled daughter great distress. She has choosen not to have much contact with her grandparents but continues to see her dad, which I believe is helpful. I give this information only so that you have some background information, that may give a better understanding of our circumstances and perhaps this may help.

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