i am trying to find a website on schizo or mutiply personality..also mood disorders?

Question

my daughter told me that a doctor told her she is shizo.. but he only saw her one time.. then she moved out of state and back home.. she never held a job for more than a few months.. she is 21..she has freinds that only she can see and hear.. her cousin can see and hear and touch her friends.. that are not there.. and when they get together there pretend friends talk to each other.. more than the cousins do.. my youngest daughter they think she may have schizo.. but her doctor is not sure.. dont want to diganoise someone 15 with that ..not at her age.. he says mood disorder..my mom see dead realitives.. she just told me about it.. i am kinda in shock.. and wonder if i am going to be next..i used to have a prentend world i lived in..when i married and bored to death.. once divorce that world ended and now i dont live in the tv land version of the world anymore.. but i just wondered.. am i next.. and what do i do about them

i keep thinking this would be a hell of a good book if i could write a good sentence.. but one look at the way i ask questions.. will tell you that is out of the ball park

wendy my mom has acted weird since i was a child.. she even broke some ones fingers onces by slaming a car door on there fingers because they threw a beer can out the door and she got a ticket.. threw someone threw a plate glass window when she was about 16

Answer 1

First, I want to say that schizophrenia most commonly appears in late adolescence or early adulthood, so even if it runs in your family, you're not at high risk anymore.

I actually think that Wikipedia is often a good place to start, so here's the Wikipedia article on schizophrenia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia
And a few other sites:
http://www.schizophrenia.com/
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/schizophrenia/index.shtml
http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis/p20-ps01.html
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/schizophrenia.html

Also, check your email - I sent you some questions to follow up on your last question :)

Answer 2

Hi Vis, I'm more than a little concerned about the psychiatrist who supposedly saw your daughter on one occasion. An out-patient visit? I'm a psych. nurse and have been for more than 20 years. Never have I seen or heard of a psychiatrist, or even a GP give a patient a psychiatric diagnosis upon seeing them only one time. Their professional associations and licensures strongly advise at least three interactions with the client before drawing up a clinical plan of treatment, including diagnosis and medical (medication) intervention.

Still, that doesn't mean your daughter doesn't have schizophrenia or at least isn't schizo-affective. Although the DNA evidence has not yet been found, it is known that mental illness (like Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, drug addiction, etc.) is familial - does run in families. Maybe she and her cousin are mostly having fun together, when together. Maybe it's mostly make believe; they way you played when bored and married. But maybe they both do hear and see entities that don't exist except in their minds.

The doctor is correct regarding your 15 y/o daughter. Unless something extrodinary occurred, she is much too young to receive the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Receiving the label could hurt her more than help her.

Your mom, on the other hand, I'm thinking is not schizophrenic or schizo-affective. She must be at least in her later fifties or early sixties, at least, right? Much too late to just be coming down with either disorder. If she's now really seeing dead people she's got some organic brain disorder going on. Does she use and/or abuse alcohol or drugs?

You're right, you don't live in the "tv land version of the world anymore." No, you're not next. If your mother does use and abuse alcohol and/or drugs, don't do the same thing. Your brain is just as suseptible to the same type of organ damage.

P.S. The book has already been written, many times.

Answer 3

You have Yahoo. in the search line above, type in schizophrenia or multiple personality disorder. Under MPD there are over 400 sites listed.

Answer 4

You can go on Google and type in personality disorders or schitzo--you can get all kinds of info.

Answer 5

You can try webmd.com