Personal Narrative: Schizophrenia

anxiety and depression..” I couldn’t help but interrupt with a smartass comment. “Thank you captain obvious, now what else is wrong with me.” The doctor looked around and then continued with what he was saying. “It’s called mild psychotic disorder. Schizophrenia in short term. It explains why your friends come out of the blue and scare you so much.” I couldn’t help to think to myself “Great these people think I’m crazy.” On the brightside though I was finally able to go home. It took a while to get adjusted

“Not needed, my opinion is that she is schizophrenic, medicate for both the stupor and schizophrenia.” “No. I would like to wait, complete the CAT scan and spend more time with her. Medication should be our last resort not our first. We don’t even know her name, we have no medical history, we have no idea how she will react to any medication,

care when I was 15 years old. Scratch that I put myself in foster care when I was 15 years old. I bet you’re asking “why”? “Why would you do such a thing”? Well my mother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia also known as disorganized schizophrenia. Just in case you don't know disorganized schizophrenia is characterized by incoherent and illogical thoughts and behaviors, so when you are 15 that's not a good situation to be in. My mother couldn't keep a job therefore she could not support us. She

Before my husband died, our daughter, Veronica, was diagnosed with childhood schizophrenia. We brought her to countless specialists and nearly all of them came to the same conclusion. The condition is rare, but certainly not unheard of. We were devastated. The doctors suggested that we not start her on medication right away. They were concerned the chemicals might interfere with the development of her brain. At five years old, when proper brain development is critical, they didn’t want to chance

question themselves and the world around themselves. I’m not angry (mad). - Do you like it? Yes, I do like my studies. But for some reason, every semester I get one incompetent professor, and one amazingly gifted one. Which causes a mild form of schizophrenia.

I’ve been diagnosed with Schizophrenia, it is crazy, I know. Some would believe that being schizophrenic does make me crazy and sometimes I think I am. All the thoughts floating around, voices speaking to me, seeing things that aren’t really there, I couldn’t set priorities and not feeling “the right way” about many things. Before I was formally diagnosed, my family was very upset with me, my actions, and did not understand what was going on with me. I was having a very hard time caring for my

I have schizophrenia and I live with schizophrenia. This is my story. I remember being a teenager and loving every bit of life from school work, my family, my dogs and my friends. I was always known for my positive attitude and energy and being the life of the group. This all started to change around the age of 13 or 14 for me. The voices began one late afternoon on my way home from school. At first I thought it was just my imagination until I realized there was no off button for them. The voices

Remembering an Event: Schizophrenia “Junior! stop laughing”,” Junior walk normal”, “junior eat”, “Junior did you wash your clothes?”, “JUNIOR! Don't smoke in the house!” These were many phrases that I heard in my life when my schizophrenic cousin came to live with us. To this day were not entirely sure if he only heard voices, sometimes we think he saw things too. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his early twenties and I was around seven years old, I honestly don't remember him ever being

I am Simone Alexander. I have severe schizophrenia, but I take my medications regularly. I have been through a lot. Even in my condition, I still try to help out my community during the rough time I have been through. I care a lot about Hollywood, California, because I was raised here. I am such a high spirited, generous, and kind woman. I have been going through a 5 year hardship relationship with my on and off again boyfriend Lucas also known as Paw-Paw. Last night was horrific. The unthinkable

be diagnosed with schizophrenia. At least one of the points has to correspond with either of these symptoms: delusions, hallucinations, or bizarre thinking. The NHSI has the broadest definition of schizophrenia, and so it is mostly used for screening purposes. Because this method has such a broad definition, it is reliable and valid in diagnoses made for large groups of people. However, on an individual level, it is not very reliable or valid, as it only diagnoses schizophrenia correctly in a small