We are going to see a psychologist as soon as we can get in, but I am gathering as much information as I can in the meantime.

First off, the only mental conditions in my family are that my oldest daughter and I both have been dx'ed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder. She used to be on Zoloft for it, but learned coping skills and hasn't needed meds in 5 years. (She is now 18 ). I am taking Cymbalta. I have a hunch my hubby is OCD, but that is undiagnosed. But there is no schizophrenia in the family anywhere.

My middle child will be 14 in July. She tells me that she hears voices about 4 times a day, more in the late afternoons and evenings. They have occurred in different places but are worse when she is in her room. They order her to leave her room, she says. Sometimes they tell her to hide. She doesn't do what they say, though. They have never told her to do bad things, but they have told her there is an earthquake that is going to happen. She doesn't know where, or when. She also said she thinks there are cameras in our air vents and always feels watched. Last night she informed me she "knows" that she can open up a portal in her closet. I asked her if a voice told her this, and she said no. She doesn't know how she "knows" she can, she just thinks she can. She is a gifted child and has continued to make straight A's every report card. She used to be able to read for long periods of time. She LOVES to read, or used to, but lately she says she has to read the same paragraphs over and over but they don't make sense and she cannot concentrate at all. She will stop talking mid sentence and just stare and then forget what she is going to say. She says sometimes she will see people who are there one minute but not the next. I know teenage girls can be drama queens, so I don't know what to think. But I do want to listen, and I don't want her to feel like she cannot talk to me! She doesn't normally try to seek attention. She is very well loved and cared for and has had a great, very happy life until now. But all of this is really starting to make her depressed. She is scared that she is losing her mind, and is asking for professional help...which we are getting her. I just need to know others' thoughts for now.

Do you think she could be schizophrenic?