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Now my great grandma had paranoid schizophrenia. Thought people poisoned her food didn't trust anyone, ect, ect.
But my mom knows schizophrenia can be hereditary, she even says that she knows it sounds crazy, but she swears she not.
Now I've done some reading up on this and the symptoms and everything, And it all matchs to hows shes acting.
So what do I do? How do I get her help? O did I mention I'm the only one shes trusts and can talk to? So how do I get her help without hating me or losing trust in me?View Thread
My mom has recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia...or at least I just found out. I believe she's taking her meds, but she also smokes a lot of pot. She's like a zombie almost all of the time.
I recently moved near her to keep an eye on her since my step-father died, and just realized all this was happening.
The main problem is that she does not remember any of her psychotic breaks, and will not accept that she has the disease. Can she get better if she doesn't accept what the problem is? And, either way, how can I help her?View Thread
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Since I have been I child, I have had so many bad experiences with uncontrollable laughter. It could be when I am with people or when I am alone. I am not mentally challenged, as my IQ is in the 130-140 area. I have been successful in my studies, but I have always lost my jobs because of those laughter episodes. People cannot believe someone who says that he cannot control his laughter and generally cannot be trusted, or is perceived as immature.It cannot solely be explained by stress, as I have been doing everything I could to manage my stress (countless hours of Yoga, exercice, meditation), and the episodes don't seem to be correlated with stress. They are totally random. Basically, I consider myself unemployable as my mind is acting like a loose cannon and most of the jobs I am trained for require social interractions on a daily basis and thus, I can be fired anytime by a boss who cannot believe I am sincerely not in control of my laughter and is getting pissed off. If I was living in the 17th century, I guess the diagnostic would be I am possesed by the demon or I am insane. I am living in the 21st century and I am guessing the right diagnostic would now be Schizophrenia. It could also be explained by other factors such as the fact that I had a serious head injury (frontal) when I was a kid and I am struggling with obsessive-compulsive behaviours. Can anybody help me? I am hopeless now, and it is not funny.View Thread
So I started secretly giving them to him as "vitamins" All is going well, but I want him to take them on his own, I feel guilty and I am worried if he finds out he will hate me.
Also we will run out soon, and since he doesn't think he needs them, I dont know how I can get more from the doctor.
Everytime we see a doctor, they convince him its important to take meds, but he changes his mind when the time comes.
I am out of sick time at work, and cant handle another hospital stay for him, so he needs to take them.View Thread
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for the past 11 months i have been having hallucinations, hearing voices in my head, and nightmares. they are so bad that often i cannot tell what is real and what is not. i often end up talking to people that i think are real, but they are not.
ive seen 4 different pshychiatrists and other mental health professionals, but they all dont believe me, so they do not give me any medicine at all. they did a test for schizophrenia, but they said i do not have it.
i do not know what to do, i can barely drive my car and study, because the hallucinations are so intense and they mess me up so much.View Thread
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