So I have depression on dad’s side and sz on my mum’s side. Kinda would have helped when I ran into the mental health system years ago. Even at 23 my shrink thought I was paranoid and had some behavior that way…
So years later find out that my maternal grandmother had two sisters who were sz! Thanks for the non information. Anyways my mum always thought her mother was on the Autism spectrum but undiagnosed of course…
Anyways. Uncle on mums side got back to us today. Seems my maternal grandmothers Uncle shot his mother then himself on a farm a long time ago…I wish I’d known about all this a long times ago!
I only know my mothers side of the family. My dad came from a family of 13 on a council estate that was pretty rough. That’s about all I know about them.
I am assuming they have some issues but cannot be certain.
My mothers side of the family there have been a few of my aunts who suffer from anxiety and depression, but not sz.
I blame my fathers genes and my environment growing up for why I got sick. Society did me no favours when I was a teenager, and look what has happened.
Yeah so many things just weren’t discussed. It’s so important for diagnosis. All these things were there in my genetic history and my mother was never told!
I’m good. It’s just one of those things. Could have gotten me to help much sooner. I wasted a lot of years from 23 till 29 before diagnosis. Antipsychotics have been good for me but that is life. Bit hard to act on information that you don’t know about and the post depression world had lots of problems from the world wars…They hid lots of things…
Information people! It’s so important we talk in our families and even my family it’s important that they know I have sz.
Unfortunately it seems that help is always slow in materialising in mental health no matter what the circumstances. We get there in the end but it’s a tough journey to have to take.
I’m schizophrenic and alcoholic for sure. I have five siblings all of whom have children. I wanted to share my diagnosis with my nieces and nephews, but my siblings did not want me to do that.
I suffer the loneliness of Cassandra. That is, Cassandra could predict the future, but no one would believe her.
The problems I have are the problems to which human beings are prone.
Yes. Who else but someone expert on the subject on medications and treatment? It frustrates me that people still think like this. Your a good dude and I’d imagine a good brother. To deny that is just silly and such attitudes cost me lots of time.
The biggest thing in our lives is time! Getting treatment as early as possible is so key to future outcomes. It should be taught in middle school in my honest opinion!