In my case this question was important because of how severely unwell I have been
I’ve spent almost a year and a half in hospital, spent 5 years in florid psychosis
Yet my 2 sislters have had much worse schizophrenia
Because of non compliance.
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Bit more info
I dI’d not include parents, in my case, but my mum suffers still, living and caring for my sislter
So she has had a terrible experience
And our middle sister died
While I got married and had a late long remission
Ha no. The most normal of the siblings who has never had any issues mental or substance use wise is my oldest younger brother. It’s scary how stable that boy is. He has a lot of talents and makes himself handy.
Second place is probably my 2nd younger brother. He was weiiiird as a kid and had a lot of issues, and some mild depression as a teen, and he got into vaping and weed and drinking. He quit vaping though and only smokes weed and drinks occasionally now. Aside from that he is now very, very normal. Kind of boringly so. Is in a business frat, majoring in finance or something related. Has always done pretty well in school.
I was an absolute hot mess for the longest time but amazingly kept up outward appearances for the most part and did decently well in school, got stable and pretty happy. My youngest younger brother is still pretty much a hot mess, unapologetic drug user, pothead, has struggled w major depression, hospitalizations & I suspect possibly psychosis in the past, pathologic liar, steals money from my parents, has been failing classes and almost being held back since forever, etc. He is definitely the hottest mess of the family.
My little sisters are still too young to tell. I hope they end up ok happy and as normal as someone from our family could be.
My mom has been falling apart lately. My dad has grown into an amazing person compared to who he was when I was growing up, but he is an absolute ball of stress.
That about sums it up.
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Well, so far things have been good. Only one other person in my family has schizophrenia, my uncle, but i have nothing to do with him. Nothing bad, we just never saw each other while i was growing up. He was too unwell. The rest of my family appear to be doing well, so that is always a blessing.
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Yeah, drink and drugs affects my family as well
It’s a very much almost parallel to schizophrenia in disruption
My dad is probably the most happy and stable of my family. I would say I’m happier than my mom and brother but they refuse to get proper treatment for their mental illnesses
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I consider myself lucky and happy, but I am far from being the most well member of my family.
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I would count myself in the worse 50% of people with schizophrenia on this forum, or people in general with schizophrenia and with the doctors assessments that is also what I’ve been told
I had an incredibly bad prognosis age 30,
it could have gone either way but I had a depot of an old fashioned med which I still still take but in tablets
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I consider myself pretty lucky. I expect my luck to run out one day soon though.
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My youngest sister had such a chip on her shoulder about growing up age 11 with 2 schizophrenic older sisters
How hard luck on her, how no normal family could possibly have such a hard time
Now shes Been psychotic for 7 yrs with raging alcoholism until 5 months ago she gave up cigs and drink
Now I go around calling Like a witch about sisters three
Nah always be lucky
Just don’t stop being careful
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I am the worst of all my family. They’re all healthy and drug free. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong family bcz I am so different than them.
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I know twins who both have severe sz and they often refuse meds from their parents by throwing it in their face. They destroyed their home walls because they rage. They can’t work or manage money so all they do is eat, sleep and play PlayStation.
I was like them but now I am slightly better than them because I accept taking meds but still can’t work, manage money or have friends. I have no income because in Canada they don’t give disability money if you live with your parents.
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My brother wanted to kick me out for having a mental disorder and because i spent a few months at home 10 years ago after having a psychotic episode… yeah he wouldn’t let it go… doesn’t understand at all… until yesterday he said sorry… yeah he has it quite severely too… i think none of us well in my family not even my relatives its almost like we all come from another planet.
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I definitely am. 15151515
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Those Things will come with time…
Not a normal perfect life but stay stress free and you will have friends and a part time job sometimes for a while
Do not strive too much
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Yeah ish, I relate to that
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Nah, I’m actually the most ■■■■■ d up one
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Your parents sound like really good people.
My father backed off early
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