I have experience working with schitzophrenia, and I have studied it, and can give you symptoms, but I don't entirely subscribe to the medical definitions. Consider that we don't really have a brain, but we have two - the right and left hemispheres. Oddly enough, these two brains have decidedly different functions, and other than communication through the Grand Mal, operate quite independently. One side only describes to the other side what it just saw, and the other side responds back with what it just heard. After long-term observation of a most definite schitzophrenic, committed to a facility, I felt that I was literally having conversations with very different people. This person was confined to a wheelchair, and possessed what I would identify as an inspired personality, a childish personality, and an aggressive personality. These personalities were so acute that a conversation with him was often a conference call. Over time, I learned that the aggressive personality was always associated with the necessity to have a bowel movement - this personality having developed from being lifelong in a wheelchair. I don't believe this individual possessed the intelligence to have so sharply developed behaviors as a result of one consciousness.

It's very difficult to encourage them to get help as they may not be aware that they are behaving strangely.

this probably has the symptoms: http://www.schizophrenia.com/ami/diagnosis/schizophrenia.html

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has been recognized throughout recorded history. It affects about 1 percent of Americans. People with schizophrenia may hear voices other people don't hear or they may believe that others are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them,hope this helped check out this link www.medicinenet.com/schizophrenia/article.htm

Schizophrenia symptoms and how to recognise them January 15, 2009 Learn how I beat Depression Unfortunately there isn’t a reliable single test that can diagnose schizophrenia as yet so a diagnosis is usually made by a psychiatrist if the individual concerned displays symptoms of schizophrenia and other possible conditions have been ruled out. No two people with schizophrenia will display the same symptoms to the same degree; instead there will usually be a combination of positive and negative symptoms which can include hallucinations and delusions, poor social functioning, racing thoughts and disorganised thinking. Positive symptoms Positive symptoms can be described as those symptoms which are in addition to normal ways of functioning and behaviour and which people who do not suffer from schizophrenia are unlikely to experience such as hallucinations, illusions and delusions. Hallucinations can take place in any of the senses, for example in the form of sound, sight, touch, taste and smell. A common type of hallucination in schizophrenia is hearing voices that other people cannot hear and these voices are a very real experience. They can be talking to the person with schizophrenia or even tell them to carry out certain orders. Illusions on the other hand are when certain things are real and do exist but are misinterpreted by the individual and perceived as something different. Delusions can be described as beliefs which are simply not true and which are not based on any fact or real evidence. For example a common type of delusion in people with schizophrenia is a feeling of being persecuted, in other words paranoid schizophrenia. The individual may falsely believe that another person or persons sometimes close family members are conspiring against them. Another type of delusion often seen in schizophrenia is where the person believes they are extremely important or famous and this is known as delusions of grandeur. They may believe that voices on the radio or people on the television are speaking directly to them giving them personal messages. Negative symptoms Negative symptoms can be more difficult to evaluate and treat because they are less obvious than positive symptoms. They can be described as those symptoms that appear to show a loss of normal functioning and behaviour. For example, negative symptoms can include a withdrawal from social contact, showing no emotion, being slower to think and talk, and altered sleeping patterns. Schizophrenia is more a collection of symptoms and signs so an evaluation of all the symptoms by a psychiatrist is essential for an accurate diagnosis.

it causes you to go schizo!!!!!!