I've decided that I want to devote my life to Schizophrenia and its causes.
My mom's sister had catatonic schizophrenia.
This means she had symptoms that were associated with bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and depression.
Here is an article I took from wikipedia:
"Catatonia is a syndrome of psychic and motoric disturbances. In the current Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV) it is not recognized as a separate disorder, but is associated with psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia (catatonic type), bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and other mental disorders, as well as drug abuse and/or overdose. It may also be seen in many medical disorders including infections (such as encephalitis), autoimmune disorders, focal neurologic lesions (including strokes), metabolic disturbances and abrupt or overly rapid withdrawal from benzodiazepines. It can be an adverse reaction to prescribed medication. It bears similarity to conditions such as encephalitis lethargica and neuroleptic malignant syndrome. There are a variety of treatments available, and depending on the case, one or more drugs may be used, including antipsychotics and benzodiazepines."
tl;dr:
They say that catatonic schizophrenia is where there are many psychic and motoric disturbances.
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I understand that it may not be interesting to you, but its really hard to hear about how my aunt would hurt my mom and her mom.
She really lived a horror movie life.
My mom kept one of my aunt's diaries, and she told me it reeked of ways to kill her mom and her sister.
She literally thought that ordinary people walking on the street were demons and witches.
Rose would accuse every other person on the block of stealing her money and possessions.
I find Schizophrenia to be something incredibly mind bending and amazing...
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I love this topic.
 The Killing Jar · Tue Jan 01, 2008 @ 12:43am · 0 Comments |
