A lot of what she says she is paranoid about and her delusions change from week to week and also depending on who she is speaking to. It has gotten quite serious where she has contemplated suicide, but she seems to forget which version of her story she tells which person, so it just makes me wonder if deep down it's just an attention seeking tactic (which is working) ?
2007-01-01 19:05:14 · 12 answers · asked by skiv_77 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
If she's been seen by a psychiatrist or a psychologist I would be willing to bet they have the right diagnosis. They usually administer certain diagnostic tests which have fail safes thrown in to weed out the people who are trying to get a certain diagnosis. Most doctors are trained enough and knowledgeable enough to be able to spot someone faking an illness when it happens. If you're really worried though get a second opinion.
2007-01-02 02:36:56 · answer #1 · answered by evilangelfaery919 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems possible that he is using his WOW to give him an alternate to reality. I think you need to get him off the game and try and improve his social life. I am guessing that he has a low social life and that is what cause the disease. People don't understand how important it is to have friends, interact with people and have someone to talk to. He might find talking to you, or hanging out with you weird as you are his sister, however I think if you can get him some friends, it will help him. I think you are right about the lack of motivation. I think your mum needs to help as well. She seems to be giving up without a fight. There has been cases in the news of schizophrenic murderers and things, and although this is in extreme cases, I think you need to try and keep your brothers schizophrenia under as much control as you can. Other extreme cases also included things like suicide if the character on-line dies or the account is hacked or something. Remember to follow the doctors advice, and research on the topic will always help to control the disease. Good Luck :)
2016-05-23 05:28:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think so, but you have to be really careful with that.
I dunno I have a friend I have know for many years, and she is a true method actress and over the years, has amassed an arsenal of pills and she does alot of drugs. But I dont think she is serious, and no, I dont believe her and her many evolving never ending diagnoses, self or otherwise. I have talked until I am blue in the face and all I can do is watch in wonder and amazement.. Luckily I no longer live near her.
Some might say she is schizophrenic, and many people have said that. I know her well enough to know that its methodical.
IF thats the case, then it can be a very clever attention getting tactic. And that would be the trait of a highly manipulitive, and possibly dangerous, person. Yes, it is highly effective.
However, the irony of it is, most people like that wind up....crazy.
2007-01-01 19:07:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
To answer your question, NO! I feel I have to answer this question because I have been diagnosed as schizophrenic paranoid (DDD) over 40 years ago. There is a lot of misunderstanding and prejudice about "schizophrenia", (DDD) by most people. Becuse of this the label "schizophrenic" serves mainly to cancel the life of the person to whom it is affixed. The condition often results in suicide because, if she is hallucinating,, the "voices" sometimes tell one to kill oneself. Perhaps I should explain the use of the term DDD.
A group of British psychiatrists have formed a "Committee for the Abolition of the Schizophrenic Label, CASL". They did this because of the prejudice for persons having the condition. Some of them propose calling it Dopamine Dysfunction Disorder, DDD, for those who hallucinate.This is a more scientifically descriptive term than the label "schizophrenia". You might want to ask your doctor about this.
Medication with neuroleptic drugs helps alleviate Hallucinations. These are unwelcome "voices in the mind (hearing voices)" and sometimes seeing things or other sensory deviations. The DDD patient tries to understand what is happening to him or her and the explanations they come up with are called delusions. They are not lies because, if they hallucinate, the "voices" and seen images are just as real to them as actual sounds and objects are. Fear of the unknown is a part of the DDD patients life.So is depression because the patient knows they are abnormal, usually because of the "strange way" others act toward them because of "their strange behavior". This gulf of misunderstanding can lead to loss of affection by and for others, depression and suicide.
Many DDD patients recover with medication and proper psychotherapy but the disease, although it comes on severlly and suddenly, may abate to a background phenomenum and require meds for life.
2007-01-01 20:43:59 · answer #4 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew a 14 yo who was abused at home... was having trouble getting anyone to listen to her... was called a liar by her parents... and she just kept running away... so she was sent off to a camp where she could learn some social skills, some life skills, and have a chance to makes some friends...
I was asked to be contact person while she was away at camp as her parents were at that time not permitted to contact her and her grandparents who were caring for her were going away on a holiday....
I got a phone call to come and collect the girl... and when she was collected I was handed a referral to a psychatrist...
the upshot was the kid didnt want to go to camp... she had wanted to spend the time at my place.. but was told she couldnt by her grandparents... (I had once been a family friend but that broke down when I confronted the parents on their treatment of the girl).....
basically she got what she wanted but also got a referral to psychiatrist based on the delusions she had while at camp...and the fact she was creating completley contradicting stories and artworks while at camp and sigining each one with a different name,,,,,,,,everyone was convinced she had multiple personality disorder.....
I knew better... this kids parents bookshelfs included such wonderful titles as "Sybil" and "When Rabbit Howled" both books about people with multiple personality disorder and she had read those books....
Her behaviour while in my home was perfectly normal, taking into consideration what she had been through.... there were no voices, no visions, no extra names......just her...
So I took her off ot the psychiatrist as requested.... and once in the doctors office this kid put on a performance worthy of an oscar... I dragged her outside and said "What the heck are you doing?"
Her answer.... "Giving my parents what they want... a mental case for a daughter."
what can I say.... this poor kid was returned to her parents, all charges against them were dropped, and she found herself spaced out on psychotropic medication......
The psychiatrist did not want to admit they had been fooled by a kid so refused to hear what I had to say about the matter and as I was just a friend what did I know??
Yeah it can be compulsive lying.... but it can be a real mental illness too....
who knows...
2007-01-03 12:40:34 · answer #5 · answered by wollemi_pine_writer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schizophrenia and compusive lying can go hand-in-hand. I doubt anybody would fake schizophrenia to get attention. Anybody who would know enough about Schizophrenia to pull a fast one on the doctor, would also know enough that they would choose not to fake it.
Only an insane person or a guilty person would ever WANT to be crazy.
2007-01-01 19:08:34 · answer #6 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the immediate question you should ask and that I also have is, is she taking her medication? Or can you ask yourself when she is taking it do I see a change? If so there could be a legitamite (sp) illness. Even if she has the illness, you should be concerned with the fact that her treatment doesn't seem to be working. Let that be the first step.
2007-01-01 19:07:47 · answer #7 · answered by Isabella O 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! this is a serious and well known medical illness, it should be treated seriously, not mistook for anything as casual as being a compulsive liar.
2007-01-01 19:06:49 · answer #8 · answered by Keiko 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a psychiatrist would be able to determine if your family member were attempting just to get attention. PS is a disease that is just as debilitating as cancer or AIDS. if your family member was diagnosed with lung cancer, would you say "oh, shes just pretending to have cancer to get attention"? i doubt it. so, honestly, id keep the gossiping to yourself and let the professionals do their jobs.
2007-01-01 19:35:53 · answer #9 · answered by bigwoodenhead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the person who diagnosed her is a proffesional. do you actualy think they would confuse someone who is psychotic as a lier??
2007-01-01 19:07:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋