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Mods please move this if it's in the wrong spot, couldn't work out where to put it..... My husband (well we are separated now but I'm still his main support) has schitzoaffective disorder. He swings from bipolar to extreme psychotic phases. I've ma
Hello @NikNik, @Former-Member, @Former-Member after last night`s topic tuesday discussion , I thought starting this thread to continue Hello @sbmc, @Adge, @Former-Member, , @menundi83, @Yabitha, @Corny, @Gaye1 , @HayleyC, @daisymae, @Kelly@Liz
My son is now 35. He has been diagnosed officially and unofficially with various issues. He does not accept mental illness as an isdue but sees anxiety etc as symptoms only of complex self-diagnosed physical issues, all of which are odd hard to prove and
My daughter was diagnosed with delusion disorder - persecutory in September while in a mental health hospital. She has no insight into her disorder and needs to be readmitted to trail her 4th antipsychotic medication and possibly another anxiety/depressio
Each year he seems to go in and out of psychosis. Whether he ends up in hospital or not, it is never the right time to address the this onset with him, for him to have any insight or for him to do anything about it (like seeing a gp). What on earth
HiMy son has a serious mental illness, part of which is social anxiety. I was wondering if anyone has any ideas on how I could encourage to go out and feel safe doing so. I am willing to go with him.
My partner of 15 years has just been admitted to the psychiatric ward forcably by the mental health act she refused treatment and there was nothing I could do about it she has some form of psychological condition that I could not help with &
Hello this is my first time on a Carers site. I’m so worried and exhausted. My son has been suffering with mental illness for 11 yrs. he is 24. he is diagnosed as bipolar 1 by his psychiatrist but has also been told he has Schizoaffective disorder. H
Hello Everyone ;' We ( carers have a good discussion about LOVE in the thread called Re: Ups and Downs of Husband`s Mental Illness First question coming up, might as well throw in a hard one. Do you find with the ups and downs that tenderness can b
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