My husband is Psychotic , What Are signs of Schizophrenia ?

Answer 1

Keep in mind there are different forms of schizophrenia (Disorganized Type, Paranoid type, Catatonic, Residual, Undifferentiated) and there is also Schizoaffective disorder and Schizophreniform Disorder. Some medications can cause psychosis like symptoms along with stress and other things and only take what we say here as a basis, he needs a doctor to diagnose him as they will give you an accurate answer not anyone in here.
As for symptoms see the following list I've posted:

Delusions- convinced of things that are evidently not true, maybe that there are cameras watching her or her food is poisoned or people are following her.

Hallucinations- visual auditory and sensory, so smelling/tasting/feeling/hearing things no one else does, often it is voices, sometimes sound.

Withdrawal from society so often becoming less sociable to friends for unknown reasons.

Disorganized speech and behavior, so sentences may not make much sense or she will have a hard time trying to think.

Working things out and holding concentration often become harder than usual.

Random moodswings, schizophrenia is random NOT periodic like bipolar disorders.

Suspiciousness of things especially friends or partners

Sensitivity emotionally and to things like light

Fatigue or the opposite so sleeping more than often or less then usual.

There are many more symptoms and like mentioned before a doctor is the only one who can properly diagnose him and treatment is very important. If he does have schizophrenia make sure he NEVER goes off his medication not even when he feels well as it never goes away sometimes people only have a few episodes of schizophrenia in their life but if left untreated it can become chronic and it is degenerate so time without treatment he will become worse and worse until there is more illness than your husband.
Remember be there for him as his wife not as a nurse who's constantly putting pressure on him asking questions like "have you taken your meds? have you done this? that?" just be there for him and read lots of first person experience stories, I have found they always give you more information than anyone else you can find quite a few on amazon, goodluck with it all.

Answer 2

I am afraid you are assuming he is psychotic without even knowing the symptoms. Schizophrenia is a very serious disease and to label someone as such is to virtually cancel their life from then on. This is true even if they can function near normal after the acute phase. The stigma, that has been drummed into the minds of the public by a "bad press" has had the result that their ignorance of the nature of the disorder, serves to exclude them from most if not all employment.

Don't label him with this unless you are sure he has the disorder. Only a psychiatrist can diagnose the illness and prescribe treatment. Schizophrenics are no more violent than normal people contrary to popular opinion. So you have little to fear if he is so diagnosed. The symptoms can be found by typing in "schizophrenia symptoms" in Yahoo! search. A number of links will come up. Read them carefully.

If most of the symptoms seem to fit he needs to see a psychiatrist right away.

Answer 3

Schizophrenia [ meaning "split mind" ] is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and by significant social or occupational dysfunction. A person experiencing schizophrenia is typically characterized as demonstrating disorganized thinking, and as experiencing delusions or hallucinations, in particular auditory hallucinations. Although the disorder is primarily thought to affect cognition, it also usually contributes to chronic problems with behavior and emotion. Due to the many possible combinations of symptoms, heated debates are ongoing about whether the diagnosis necessarily or adequately describes a disorder, or alternatively whether it might represent a number of disorders. For this reason, Eugen Bleuler deliberately called the disease "the schizophrenias" plural, when he coined the present name. Diagnosis is based on the self-reported experiences of the patient, in combination with secondary signs observed by a psychiatrist, clinical psychologist or other clinician. No laboratory test for schizophrenia exists. Studies suggest that genetics, early environment, neurobiology and psychological and social processes are important contributory factors. Current psychiatric research into the development of the disorder often focuses on the role of neurobiology, although a reliable and identifiable organic cause has not been found. In the absence of a confirmed specific pathology underlying the diagnosis, some question the legitimacy of schizophrenia's status as a disease. Furthermore, some propose that the perceptions and feelings involved are meaningful and do not necessarily involve impairment. The term schizophrenia translates roughly as "splitting of the mind", and comes from the Greek σχίζω (or schizo, "to split" or "to divide") and φρήν (or phrēn, "mind"). Despite its etymology, schizophrenia is not synonymous with dissociative identity disorder, also known as multiple personality disorder or "split personality"; in popular culture the two are often confused. Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia are highly likely to be diagnosed with other disorders. The lifetime prevalence of substance abuse is typically around 40%. Comorbidity is also high with clinical depression, anxiety disorders, and social problems, and a generally decreased life expectancy is also present. Patients diagnosed with schizophrenia typically live ten to twelve years less than those without the disorder, owing to increased physical health problems and a high suicide rate. Resperidone is good idea in a way because it reverses all the 'negative symptoms' of schizophrenia such as affective blunting, withdrawal, and low motivation. These newer medications all appear to primarily influence dopamine receptors but they also appear to affect serotonin receptors that deal with frontal lobe functions

Answer 4

Schizophrenia is a serious illness. There is a lot of information on the internet and at the library about it. Start at the site below and good luck.

Answer 5

Go to Web MD to see pretty thorough research on a variety of topics. I think schizophrenia is characterized by hearing sounds or voices that are not really "there"...

Answer 6

Seeing things that are not there...hearing people talk or other noises when it is all quiet...talking to people when no one is there.

Answer 7

dillusions, hallucinations, uncoherent responses to questions,

google it there is a lot of info out there.