Valiant Richie

BBB so much bad luck, hope all goes well mate

merry_miller

Christ just never ending for you is it. You have my sympathies, don't know anything about it at all though so can't be much help.

ericcantona7

bloody hell, I had voices in my head once, they were blaming me for the demise of Ajax, but after a bit of sleep they went away, and it wasn't my fault , honest

Bugsy Malone

With Schizophrenia so you see people as well or just hear them?

Icelander83

Well, a mate of a mate was diagnosed some years back. He's fine most of the time and the only lapses are (mostly) only noticable to those who know of his condition. Those few who have been told of that condition since always think it's a really bad mannered joke, takes a lot of convincing.

(can't resist throwing this along, as ill mannered as it could be perceived)

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
I'm a schizophreniac,
And so am I

Big Geordie

Mart - sorry to hear that. I don't have any personal experience of what must be a very scary illness. I'd have thought that it can be managed with the right meds and support ?

Big Geordie

No - it's just voices in your head, IIRC. I think psychosis is when you see/hear things that aren't really there.

Retro

Schizophrenics can have hallucinations and it is actually a form of psychosis.

The term Psychosis is characterised by the breakdown of a person's sense of reality and their ability to exist in a social environment, and schizophrenia falls under this.

Vane

Yes, two family members, both got it under 50...and still receiving treatment years on. My neighbour had it too (30s) and topped himself a few years ago.

It's the usual stories - police after me, MI5 after me, the radio/ TV's talking to me, etc... Then there's the suicidal behavour too. Taking drugs/ drinking to oblivion. Terrible stuff really.

Retro

That's the other thing, there are a few different forms of schizophrenia... paranoid schizophrenia being the most infamous.