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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 540420" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Umm, I may be wrong, but I've always been under the strong impression that schizoaffective disorder is schizophrenia/mood disorder combination. I doubt there really would be a reason to tag him bipolar in addition......because you'd be double dxing him for the same thing. Know what I mean?? My aunt had what would now be schizoaffective, but her dxes were schizophrenic and bipolar. I've had this told to me many times over by psychiatrists when I asked referring to the schizoaffective term. I'm going to venture to guess that the grouping of behaviors was seen often enough together that they gave it it's own label. </p><p></p><p>Regardless, it's extremely difficult for someone with schizoaffective to get stable, nearly impossible for most. It's like one part plays against the other part making it extremely difficult to find the right combo of medications that work well, then you have to somehow convince them they must take and stay on the medications...........and that is really tough to manage with a schizo, let alone someone with bipolar....throw them together and yeah. Even my aunt who did better than most...........had rather colorful stretches of instability. In her later years she only stayed on her medications because her last husband told her if he noticed she wasn't taking them then he'd divorce her. He wasn't playing around either. He didn't know about her dxes until she had a period of instability after they were married and had to be admitted to the local psychiatric unit for about a month. He loved her dearly, but he was a no nonsense sort of man. (they married in their late 60's)</p><p></p><p>You know, I know things were far from perfect back when they had state hospitals ect. But closing them instead of fixing the issues was not the answer. It might not have been super easy to get someone admitted who needed to be admitted, but it was a lot easier when they had many more places to choose from than it is now. </p><p></p><p>IF somehow difficult child can be convinced to stay on a medication regimen that works well for him, he'd do pretty darn well. But first the right combo of medications has to be found, and he has to actually take them. These are, of course, the 3 biggest issues.</p><p></p><p>It's still so painful to watch and know there is nothing you can do.</p><p></p><p>(((hugs)))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 540420, member: 84"] Umm, I may be wrong, but I've always been under the strong impression that schizoaffective disorder is schizophrenia/mood disorder combination. I doubt there really would be a reason to tag him bipolar in addition......because you'd be double dxing him for the same thing. Know what I mean?? My aunt had what would now be schizoaffective, but her dxes were schizophrenic and bipolar. I've had this told to me many times over by psychiatrists when I asked referring to the schizoaffective term. I'm going to venture to guess that the grouping of behaviors was seen often enough together that they gave it it's own label. Regardless, it's extremely difficult for someone with schizoaffective to get stable, nearly impossible for most. It's like one part plays against the other part making it extremely difficult to find the right combo of medications that work well, then you have to somehow convince them they must take and stay on the medications...........and that is really tough to manage with a schizo, let alone someone with bipolar....throw them together and yeah. Even my aunt who did better than most...........had rather colorful stretches of instability. In her later years she only stayed on her medications because her last husband told her if he noticed she wasn't taking them then he'd divorce her. He wasn't playing around either. He didn't know about her dxes until she had a period of instability after they were married and had to be admitted to the local psychiatric unit for about a month. He loved her dearly, but he was a no nonsense sort of man. (they married in their late 60's) You know, I know things were far from perfect back when they had state hospitals ect. But closing them instead of fixing the issues was not the answer. It might not have been super easy to get someone admitted who needed to be admitted, but it was a lot easier when they had many more places to choose from than it is now. IF somehow difficult child can be convinced to stay on a medication regimen that works well for him, he'd do pretty darn well. But first the right combo of medications has to be found, and he has to actually take them. These are, of course, the 3 biggest issues. It's still so painful to watch and know there is nothing you can do. (((hugs))) [/QUOTE]
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