Does anyone have a suggestion about how to tell someone that they are going schizophrenic. This is a family member and I'm concerned that when I tell him, he'll think I'm "one of them"
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Someone doesn't 'go' schizophrenic. Either they are schizophrenic or they are not. You can't just assume by behaviors or symptoms that they have schizophrenia. It is a very serious clinial diagnosis and can only be made my a qualified clinician.
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Perhaps you could approach it intervention-style with a group of their friends and family. That way your family member won't assume that you are out to get them.
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Well, if you think you're "going schizophrenic," then you probably aren't. So don't worry.
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Sounds a bit paranoid, but unless he's hearing male voices in his head.... Ask your doctor. If your family member eventually becomes a danger to themselves or others then you need to know how to get them sectioned for compulsory treatment very quickly. If you know how to cope with all the worst possibilities then there's not a lot else you can do except to keep reassuring this person.
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If you are concerned that there may be something seriously wrong with him, tell him what your concerns are and why you feel that way. Don't imply that they have any one disease or condition since you can't be sure that you are correct unless you actually have a diagnosis from a doctor or are a doctor yourself. Schizophrenia is a serious psychological disturbance and can manifest in many different ways, so you may not even see all the symptoms yourself since a lot of them are within the afflicted person's mind. You also don't just "go schizophrenic". You either are or you aren't all the time.
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I think you need to tell them you are concerned and ask them to go to the doctor with you, make the appointment for him. if they are becomming schizophrenic then the quicker he gets treatment the better off he will be, good luck, he may be paranoid but hopefully will trust you enough to go
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You are!
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Yea!
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I been through this. It can become okay just speaking a little comfort. you can just speak to him and tell him o how you feel. if eventually they get out of control and start hurting things its time to take them to the hospital. when we did this my family member snapped out of it after the first week. its a little taste of reality but it may not have the affect. sorry to hear about this. its hard but it still can have a happy ending
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it was more of a bad trip on drugs that lasted almost a year. so it wasn't scizophrenia that went away.
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Tell them that you don't like them and that they are to "go away" stay there and come back and tell everybody how great it is "there and how it sucks to be "here". Then ask them if they know what you are talking about? Then ask them if anyone has every loved them? Then ask them if they have ever loved anyone besides themselves. Then tell them to hurry up and wait.... Bipolar comes next.... The ask them who should be president: Queen Elizabeth II or Pope Ratsinger! A fellow shizo... But I like purple and I don't like donkeys or elephants!
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Unless you are his doctor/pshychiatrist, you are not qualified to make this diagnosis and therefore, you have nothing to tell him. If you are his doctor/psychiatrist, he needs one that has been trained to discussed diagnosis with patients. If you are a concerned family member, you can share that with him, but it is NOT your place to make a diagnosis.
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