My dad had sz. He had all the symptoms although he was never formally diagnosed.
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I don’t know where those problems would be put on the DSM. In my case my addiction problems overtook any other psychological malady. The central aspect of my life was that I was an alcoholic. One time this counselor in a treatment facility said that once a person reached the point where their entire life revolved around their addiction the only way they could recover was if they made treating their addiction the central issue of their life.
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Dad had binge drinking problem. He is sober since last 15 years. Have family history of bipolar.
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My mothers family don’t have much going on
I don’t know my father or his family.
Suspect that’s where it may have come from
Wonder sometimes if my father was mentally ill.
He killed himself 30 years ago, and I doubt there was as much support then compared to now, or he just escaped the system
Either way he saw no way out.
It’s a shame. I wish he’d been here, but it wasn’t to be
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I think my mom might have ADHD,my dad suspects she’s bipolar.
My paternal grandma very likely has adhd, and my maternal grandma has some sort of mood dysregulation
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Mom and Dad both had it. Also on both sides with their siblings.
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Both my parents take benzos and antidepressants
No psychosis but horrible anxiety…sure.
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My mother has mental illness and my aunt and sister have depression and anxiety
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So. Sz from Mums side. Two Aunties of my mother with sz. Mum thought her mum, the sister, was on the apsergers spectrum and she was there for sure with my uncle, mum’s brother.
Depression. Dad’s side for sure. Dad not but he drank alcohol for years and lots but all three of his siblings…two girls and a guy were on antidepressants…but male is now parkinsons and that sux way more than sz…
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My dad was hospitalized in his late teens. He never divulged what he was diagnosed with. He lived without medication. He found routines to help. He joined the army for the structure, which is weird because he was never a tough man.
I had an uncle who killed himself in a state hospital institution that I was later to go to. He was a physicist and I heard he had some crazy scientific theories.
I was going to become mentally ill no matter what happened to me though it was brought on by a traumatic experience. I heard voices as a child and lived in my imagination and was very religious in a secular family which is unusual.
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Interesting @Jinx
I wish youd talk more about your past and things because its interesting to read.
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my mum’s cousin was in hospital all his life, never diagnosed
my sister was schizophrenic
Both my dad and his mom probably had sza. Although neither were ever diagnosed. My grandfather on my moms side had depression. I have sza, bipolar. My sister will only admit to “situational depression” although a pdoc has prescribed Depakote and Prozac for her before so, she is more than likely bipolar. My niece is bipolar (my sister’s daughter). My grandniece is sza, bipolar. My son died of paranoid sz. My brother had severe depression.
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My mom has schizoaffective disorder. My dad doesn’t have any mental illness.
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Mental illness runs on my dads side of the family. My dad has had major depression for decades and my aunt has anxiety/panic attacks. When it comes to my moms side, no one has mental illness thankfully.
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Well — my mom says my dad has MI and my dad says my mom has MI
Who knows. 
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no.
not a mother or father.
they were both fine and had carreers. had a grandmother who attempted suicide her mother succeeded in the 30s. apparently a few recluses like me.
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My mother was bipolar and very likely schizoaffective.
My father is an alcoholic, have never gotten to know him so i don’t know what is in his line.
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My dad has bipolar too, and my mum is an alcoholic. It was difficult to watch them struggle growing up, and I worry about my daughter seeing me struggle too. I try my best to be healthy, for her sake.
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I’m pretty sure my mom was farther down the autism spectrum than I am. Likely some personality disorders as well.
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