Schizophrenia Support Group

thanx...now we all feel good. its not like we planed it. people get cancer, people get aids, and then people like us have schizophrenia: ITS LIFE! deal with it AND WOMEN: "there is alot of us who leads normal life". IM A STUDENT AT A UNIVERSITY AND I HAVE HAD SCHIZOPHRENIA SINCE I WAS SMALL. stop being a drama queen. and I dont think u understand that we dont live in a perfect world.

but now she will be institutionalized forever, ina facililty!! taking meds for her schizophrenia, living like a lil child for the rest of her life!

:O

what happened?





...stop being a drama queen. and I dont think u understand that we dont live in a perfect world...

celest, you FAIL.

LRN2 Have Manners.

you are rude.

:P

SuyB isnt a drama queen.

No Poor SuyB is a drama queen. She's a grown woman not a child that you're talking to, so don't beat around the bush. She has to realize that her daughter having schizophrenia isn't a choice and if the SuyB and her daughter want to have a normal life they can instead of blaming it on an illness. SuyB both of you can have great, fantastic lives, but you going to have to stop crying and help your daughter when she's in need. And also don't treat her no differently than anyone else, because if you do then she's going to act so accordantly on how people treats her throughout her life, especially her childhood. So give her a lot of love, support and keep her child hood as great as possible.

well "poor", u dont even have schizophrenia...u dont have a clue...what are u doing on our site?

and this is a schizophrenic support site, NOT A HATE SITE. get lost

yes, that's true. schizophrenia is not a choice. And no we don't live in a perfect world and yes I do believe I attach alot of drama to this.
Idk why, but sometimes I do forget these things....really, I just don't think, I just spurt at times.
My daughter is 26 yrs old now, will be 27 Nov..... idk what to do for her birthday.
she's in a facility and I feel like having her a birthday party would be childish. would it?
Thanks everyone for listening to me, I do appreciate yur responses Id care how mean or hateful they may seem, sometimes I just can't get a grip. xx
And its true also sometimes I am a hater. Not all the time tho, just sometimes. I love my daughter I just always feel like she is lost from me. xx

Hey SuyB,

I think I reached out to you in another thread where you were feeling very frustrated about your daughter's diagnosis of Schizophrenia. I am a mom of a daughter with Schizophrenia too. She is 26 years of age, but functions on a mental level of a 5 year old.

You know, I did all the right things in my pregnancy too and still something went wrong and caused her to be born with multiple medical problems that can't be cured.

When she was first born and we started learning of her developmental problems,I felt very guilty and felt I had done something wrong in my pregnancy to cause this to happen to her. I felt so very sad and guilty. No one could console me or make me feel better because I felt I was HER mother and it was my fault.

Over time, I got involved in Parent support groups and started talking to other parents who said they felt kind of similar to me, as to when they FIRST found out their child was born with a disability, so then I did not feel I was alone with those kinds of feeling and came to realize this is a NATURAL PROCESS for parents to go through. Parents do GRIEVE when they learn they have a child with ANY kind of disability.

It sounds like to me ,and I could be wrong on this , I'm only reading what you have written, it's NOT that you really hate your daughter for having Schizophrenia, MAYBE you're more angry at YOURSELF ( NOT at your daughter) because you feel you did everything right in your pregnancy, and still something went wrong, and possibly blaming yourself for her being born with schizophrenia. I think you are GRIEVING the loss of having a normal child with NO disabilities.

I say you are "Grieving the loss" because of the things you say here above, that your daughter will "never mature or have children, or have a job" etc.

Again my daughter is at a mental age of 5 and is 26 years old, so I REALLY do understand the part about not growing up , getting married, having children etc and feeling sad about her not being like other adults her age.

My daughter's Schizophrenia was diagnosed 4 years ago and still struggling with her hearing voices and getting the right meds and dosage to work for her.

I'm not sure what has happened to your daughter that she will be "institutionalized forever" , maybe you could explain more about that if you want to talk about it??

My daughter lives with me and goes to an Adult Day program 5 days a week , where they teach social skills, cooking skills, basically life skills. She will never live totally on her own either. She will always need to be in a supported living situation.

I just want you to know that your child being born with Schizophrenia is NOT your fault, it happens for whatever reasons that are beyond are control. I want you to know that you are not alone . There are MANY other parents in your situation ,and HOPE is still out there for your daughter. Don't give up on her!

Please write back. soon!

Sincerely
Lori ( mom of Dana)

celest, you FAIL. (again)

LRN2 LRN2 Have Manners.

you are rude.

:P

celest that response was totally out order with no compassion

you are university

susyb child is in an institution with a mental ago of a child who will never grow up

how would u like it if u had a child who could never grow up and u needed to vent and someone told u were a drama queen

grow up

urm... well i think il be diagnosed with this soon. and i wunder how my mum will feel, not sure that itd really be a suprise to be honest. im kinda child like and regress sometimes but that maybe related to the fact that i was sexually abused as a child.im sorry about your daughter.its not your fault that this is how she is, schiztophrenia tends to be biological make up and imbalances in the brain.
im sorry your daught seems to have it rather serverly. i dont think that i have it to bad i just get a little taken over at times.

to celestdevilliers- i dont mean to be mean but i didnt think they liked to diagnosis children "since i was small" .... it tends to develop during late teens/early adulthood so many psycharisits ect. have told me....im not saying your wrong ...im just intereasted.

hugs for u suyb