It is. In fact it may become the bulk of my treatment cocktail.
More later when the shock wears off.
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I am glad some of the things i have read on the family forum didnât happen to me by my mum and dad, my mum would encourage me to go to the shops once or twice a week and take the dog with me (the dog helped) but I was in fear for my life thinking I was going to get stabbed,
My family have been very good actually, maybe we were lucky, my dad researched everything when i became unwell and he fought to get my mum an operations so she could hear.
My Sister has also been pretty good now she is a bit older and doesnât have kids running around, I can call her now and then and she is helpful but not in a crisis ( i tried calling her when i was panicking and she just couldnt help) so i call the professionals when iâm like that now.
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I think Iâm pretty high functioning, compared to other schizoaffective people I know IRL (my sister and my mom). My mom, especially, is not doing well⌠She doesnât follow treatment and is completely absorbed in her severe delusions and hallucinations. She stays up until 4 AM, every night, talking to the voices via prayer.
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Yea there some abandonned the schizophrenics. Honestly without my parents I wouldnât be on meds now homeless or maybe dead.
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That must be hard for you.
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i think most parents try and do what they can, do what they think is best, sometimes however what they think is best and what actually is best are two very different things,
people make mistakes and that includes parents, no-one is perfect but i think we should try and forgive them if they realise theyâre mistakes and seek solace.
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U theenk i halp otters?
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Can I have a tagline on the family forum?
âI have schizophreniaâ
Without the quotes
My username is the same on that forum. @Headspark
We arenât mods on that side @Headspark . Sorry. I donât know them at all.
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I think otters couldnât get along without you.
@anon4362788, Do I use the same username and password I use here to log into the family forum? Because I tried but itâs not letting me log in.
Totally separate forum.
I remember back in the day we had a bi polar forum too that was under our umbrella. Correct me if wrong but that didnât last too longâŚWe survived which is indiciative of the people involved and I too think we are high funcitoning in the scheme of things. Yeah that isnât compared to normals or anything close because we have our issues and many of them.
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U are te oter alf of te equatun.
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What criteria are being used to judge the level of functioning?
Patting your head and rubbing your tummy at the same time.
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In 2004 that was me - including the jail part.
2013 it was just as bad, but not jail that time
I think youâre judging people at different stages of their illness
There is however probably a large percentage that do not have the capability to use a computer
It took me 9 years to find this site on my journey
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It took me about 18 months of being online to find this site. That was in 1998. Previous to that I used the increasingly notorious alt.support.schizophrenia ng. From 1998-2002 I used both. It took me that long to fully come to my senses, and realise how much of an unhealthy environment it was.
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I think a lot of people take for granted the moderation we have when if it was poor, more people would be upset by it and just simply leave
The rules I donât like too much, but I appreciate why some things are off topic
If you guys saw some of the stuff we have rejected and the peopleâŚman. I had no idea before.
Itâs been mostly quiet, but a year ago or so, we were being inundated by some weird and bad stuff.
And I donât like being so strict, but I keep to the rules as close as I can because I donât want things to go bad. And it can. Iâve seen unmoderated forums. Iâve seen poorly moderated ones. The fighting and trolling is ridiculous.
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I donât agree. I was told I wasnât high functioning. But then again I have had varied opinions on my functioning.
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