What do you think about having a girlfriend or a boyfriend who is a schizophrenic?

Answer 1

My wife and I are both paranoid-schizophrenic, and we've been married for almost 11 years. It takes a lot of love, understanding, compassion, empathy,patience, courage, and most important, faith in God and Jesus Christ. You also have to be very mature (we were in our mid-30's when we were married-but maturity[or lack of same]can happen at any age.), mature enough that you don't leave your love hanging when a stormy situation happens.In other words, if you are not mature enough to handle a relationship with a schizophrenic, maybe it's you who has the more serious problem.So you have to do a lot of soul searching in order to "grow up",so to speak.

The best thing to do is to treat them like a king or queen, because they most likely have never been treated right in past relationships. But most of all be sensitive to their feelings and moods. It will take a lot of work, but all relationships take a lot of work in order to be worth their while.

Last, but not least, JUST LOVE THEM!!!

Answer 2

I think you need to be careful. I only say that because if that person doens't take the medication properly, things can change quickly. I know this from experience. My adoptive mother was schizophrenic and manic depressive, and it was most difficult to deal with, because she used it to her advantage. I know that sounds unrealistic, but...if things were stressful for her...bills not paid, or car broken down etc... she'd simply flush her meds, and go off to fantasy land, knowing full well that when she got out of the hospital...someone would have taken care of her problem.

You hear stories like this all the time. The Ohio sniper for example...was on medication for schizophrenia and stopped taking it. He KNEW he needed it...but wasn't responsible enough to take it and look what happened.

Answer 3

i do no longer understand. in this rhetorical difficulty, how plenty do i like them? And what style of schizophrenic? If that's an off-the-cuff dating, this could likely be the top of it. that's an somewhat no longer ordinary affliction to handle (or could be) and the consequent stresses would reason a destroy-up probable fairly unquestionably. If it replaced right into a severe dating, specific - for many schizophrenics, episodes could be controlled, tend to be episodes particularly than a hundred%, and could be controlled with the aid of medicine, ultimately.

Answer 4

my mother is a paronoid schizophrenic and i love her to death! they're not as crazy as people say. if my husband got it i would stick by him. he knows i have a chance of getting it and he says he'd stick by me and i know he would. he loves my mom and he is really good at being around her, even on her bad days. it is EXTREMELY hard to be around a loved one with this disease because sometimes they are very unreasonable and it can be painful to see them like that, but they need you. if you love this person, then it's worth sticking around!

Answer 5

Been there, done that... I call it history now. You'll need more patience than I have and make sure that medication is properly taken. Mood swings are regular occurrence, be ready to detect and react passively. If he/she admits and understand his/her condition, he/she is half way to recovery.

Answer 6

A question for you. What do you think about having a relationship with another human??? Now there's a thought.

Answer 7

It would be difficult, but if I really loved the person, I would do my best to be there for them and help them and offer them the love and support they need!

Answer 8

Twice the fun.

Answer 9

i would not want to date a person with schizophrenia. it would be confusing and frustrating for me.

Answer 10

Must be weird to have a threesome with one person...lol