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Hello All, I am not sure where to start. Well I have been with my wife for 10 years now, she has bi polar and is medicated and what not. But she has not taken her Seriquil in a month now and she has this obsession with work! So her job the a
i am new to this site. I am a grandmother of a 16 year old and we have just been told that he has schizophrenia. I am upset, scared and worried for the future of my dear grandson. He has had outbursts for quite some time and usually it has meant that the
Hi everyone, this is my first time here. I am feeling a bit lost and vulnerable. My son spent his 17th birthday in hospital with psychosis. Now 6 weeks later he's been diagnosed with Bipolar, though they have not ruled out schizophrenia. Both psychotic ep
It’s 3 am and I am up again, doing what I imagine many parents often do at this time, think about how their kids are going. I often feel a bit anxious, caught between trying to assist them get on their feet and letting them find their own way.
Hi,I hope someone here knows about bipolar and can help me.How do you tell if someone with bipolar is in hypomania or just in a good mood?I ask because my mum seems quite happy at the moment and of course I start panicking that it means she is hypomanic w
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Hey everyoneSo my mother has been in the mental health ward earlier this year and they said she had a psychotic episode. She is now really bad again, not sleeping, having hallucinations (talking to herself and seeing people), really bad memory! depression
Just got into a really big fight with my younger brother who I am caring for. It's really sad because today is my first day in ages that I have had off work and we were going to have a fun brother sister day but now instead we have just finished a big fig
I am new to this forum. I have an 18 year old who doesn't have a diagnosis but has been mentally unwell for about 15 months. We have been doing everything we can to help: private psychiatrists, psychologists, taking extended times off work ... But he is s
Are there any carers out there whose son or daughter has been excluded from their private school? Last year, my son was excluded from his private school at the end of Year 11 due to an issue related to his illness (schizoaffective disorder). This was neve
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
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