Daughter Is Schizophrenic And Paranoid Posted: 03-04-06 14:45pm
We have a daughter who is 39. She has
done all sorts of drugs, is an alcoholic
and is hiv. For about a year she has
imagined(hallucinated and heard voices)
cia, fbi, president bush, etc.... She
thinks she has been inplanted a couple of
times and still has these devices in her
body.I could go on and on and all,
everybody in all hospitals, doctors are
all the enemy.
Now she is saying she has lice all in her
house on her and all of her clothes. I
read up on this and lice can only live 24
hrs unless it is on the individual or on
an animal. Yet she keeps treating
herself and the house.
We live in one state and she lives in
another. She will not accept the fact
that none of what she hears, feels, etc.
Is real.
We are at our ropes end.
Anyone have any ideas?
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slam
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 100
Posted: 03-05-06 22:10pm
A good therapist who specializes with
people labeled "schizophrenia" can help
her. Contact mindfreedom, go to their
website.
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mystic316
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Joined: 29 Oct 2005 Posts: 27 Location: PA
Hello... Posted: 04-05-06 07:51am
I am so sorry to hear you are at wit's end
with your daughter. I know how you feel
I am pretty much there with my fiance...He
is 27, and is diagnosed paranoid
schizophrenic. He has been in
counseling, psychiatric facilities,
rehabs, on many many medications...And
nothing seems to help. He functions
normally when he takes his meds as
prescribed, but he doesn't seem to ever
want to continue to take them. So we
always have weeks where he functions fine,
and then weeks where he appears to be all
out of sorts yet again. I know my finace
has problems with drugs and alcohol and
the paranoia only seems to be worse when
he does those things. But as he has told
me he gets so messed up on drugs and
alcohol cause they make the voices stop.
I really feel for you cause this is one of
the worst mental illnesses to suffer from.
I can't help but feel bad because people
who suffer from this illness honestly
think that what they see and hear are
truly real. His maternal grandmother has
this illness as well so we know it was
somewhat caused through genetics and made
worse through a very very unstable home
life as a child and teenager. Does it
ever get better, and by that I don't mean
a cure but people who suffer from this do
they ever reach an age in their lives
where the episodes of paranoia lessen?
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal
with daily life, anyone on any new
medications that maybe I could mention to
my fiance that might help him, any new
treatments that are offered? Please
help, and if anyone would like to talk I
am here to listen.
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BlueGirl
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Joined: 14 Aug 2006 Posts: 1 Location: Ohio
Posted: 08-14-06 02:22am
I have a sense of what you are going
through. We are going through the same
with our son who was just diagnosed last
november, 8 months ago now. He got
better on the meds but stopped taking
them. It has been a roller coaster ride
ever since. Unfortunately, that is the
biggest problem with those with
schizophrenia--they don't keep taking the
medication. I think you can only do so
much, living so far away. I feel for
you. Our son is just now out of the
hospital again, staying with us
temporarily and so is taking the meds and
keeping his appointments; however he is a
grown man who will move into his own apt.
Soon, and then I fear the whole thing will
start all over again. I am trying to
prepare myself emotionally. This is
hard, no two ways about it.
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yoshi_kl
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 05 Feb 2007 Posts: 6
Posted: 02-05-07 20:18pm
People here, does ur schizophrenia son and
fiance all pls reply me, do they have
sleep problem?
