what is your opinions/thoughts on schizophrenia?

Answer 1

I think with the right medication one could live a normal life. Though I also think that just because one has an mental illness does not make them a bad person. I don't believe that it is the persons fault that they have schizophrenia and that it is sad if someone has it and doesn't get treated.

Answer 2

I have had it (and been diagnosed with it) for over 40 years. Except for the first few years I have had therapy and medications (neuroleptic drugs) to rely on. I am now symptom free and have been for over ten years but am still on medication. I believe with such treatment a person can live a nearly normal and productive life.

There is still a lot of misunderstanding of the disorder by the public and even the mental health proffesionals but the overall situation in this country (the USA) is a lot better than it was before effective medications were discovered. The chief benefit of this medication I think, is the attention and care that go along with a regular regimen of drugs. It is vital for every human to know they matter and are loved and for a person who is "hearing" voices (mental "alien" voices) which are derogatory and destructive it is even more important. Drugs are not the "magic bullet" but they do help.

There are still many in the USA who are afflicted and untreated. There are many who become homeless or are thrown into prison because their behavior is odd or even illegal but who could be salvaged. The cause of the disorder is still not known.

There is a need for further research into the disorder both from a physical perspective and a view toward investigating the delusional content of those afflicted; this latter is largely ignored at present. There might be a pattern in the content of a large number of the afflicted that would give some better understanding of the disorder (Why, for example, are the voices and other hallucinations mostly negative or derogatory?).

To all those who are afflicted and to those who want to understand the disorder I say: good luck, good mental health, peace and love!

Answer 3

The jury is still out on it. It seems that different illnesses are lumped together as "schizophrenia". Paranoid Schizophrenia is quite different from Disorganized Schizophrenia in onset, course, symptoms and response to antipsychotics. I believe the Schizophrenias are biological, physiological and often hereditary brain diseases. The brain is so mysterious and complex that we're only beginning to get insights into its function.

Answer 4

well i have it and its a very difficult illness to take control of for me i had it for so long before i was diagnosed that i started to loose track of what was real and what was not my thoughts were radical and i would do very random things and was often told i was like a walking time bomb i would go of and know one would know when.

in saying that people with schizophrenia aren't violent people towards others but they are known to hurt them selves because they cant handle the way they feel and cant control their thoughts also about 40% of people diagnosed with schizophrenia will commit suicide as a result.

if you take medication though it can be controled and you can go on to live a normal life and for me i have learnt to controll my thoughts and what is crap and what isn't and now i am off my medication.

if you have it your self or know someone who does there are alot of good sites you can find through google that will help you understand all aspects of it.

Answer 5

there are many different types of schizophrenia and i think that if people get on the right meds and get the right therapy that people with it can live fairly normal lives. i have known some people with schizophrenia and they are great wonderful people and a lot of fun to be around. hope this helps

Answer 6

Its a terrible mental disease. My daughters father whom I never married, committed suicide last October from this. The whole thing was so sad. I don't believe his sister could help him very much either since she has the same thing. It scares me knowing its all through his family . I have to pay very close attention to my daughter. She's 21 now and I've been told it never really "hit" the people in his family until late to mid 30's.

Answer 7

It's a divided way of living. Presence in this moment may interrupt, slow down, or reverse and cure it.... although I'd very much recommend doing this with a bandaid (medicine).... or you'll just bleed all over.

Answer 8

It's a terrible thing to have to live with, not only for the sufferer but, the whole family.
The effects of the disease affects everyone.

Answer 9

It's mostly drug induced symptoms read Robert Whitakers Mad in America book for a view on this.