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November 22, 2005, 2:02 am PST
 Quote From: meeka777 I am the parent of a 16 yo male diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Our journey with this disorder started 16 years ago. We received many mis-diagnosis and have many issues getting where we are with treatment and med management. I am overjoyed that a talk show as popular as Dr. Phil will be doing something on Schizophrenia. This brain disorder is so stigmatized in our society. Many people with this brain disorder are functioning quite well and may be your next door neighbor. Schizoaffective Disorder is a combination of a depressive disorder and schizophrenia. In my sons case it is Bi Polar Disorder. My son goes into periods where he is delusional and out of touch with reality. He is extremely violent and out of control in our home and in the community. Yet, he is highly intelligent, gifted in art and writing and a joy to have when he is not in the psychotic state of the disorder. I would like to include one of his poems so that others may have some insight into the disorder: Tethered Wings see the pain of tethered wings and hear the call of many things watch the others fly away and live to see another day you shout to them they do not hear the sound of voices in your ears but still you have your tethered wings and can not follow other things you break away from bars of steel you leave this place it seems so real you no longer have your tethered wings go with them now the other things Im glad to here that there are people out there that are functioning well with this mental illness. I have 6 family members that suffers from this mental illnes they havent "FUNCTIONED VERY WELL". You said "Schizoaffective disorder is a combination of depressive disorder and schizophrenia". Depressiive as in "DEPRESSION". I have suffer from depression sometimes. You aslo mentioned "BIPOLAR DISORDER". My sons exwife has bipolar disorder. She cheated on him 5 times. She blames everyone but herself. She wouldnt hardly pay the bills. Always was late with the house payment. She put there house in forcloser 2 times in which my husband and I had to get the money out of our 401k to keep them from loosing there house. She almost put there house into forcloser a 3rd. time. Shes, lied, had him falsely arrested. By far the most "CRAZIEST" stunt she ever pulled was the 1st. time she took my 8 mth. old granddaughter and left. My son came to our house around midnight and he asked "if we seen them". We said "No". So we all are up all night drive and look around and calling family & friends. Her family said "Call the police, something bad happened. Maybe they got kidnapped or killed". So we called the police and had a missing person warrant out. Her mom & sister came down and was cryin and her sister almost fainted. They wanted us to make missing posters so we all could place them every where. So I put a picture of my daughter inlaw and 8 mth. old granddaughter, the make of there car and when there were missing etc. We even had it broad casted over the local news station. My husband and son took off for a week, caused they were so upset and distraught. She was and is our 1st. and only grandchild "SO SHE VERY LOVE AND SPOILED". We couldnt eat or sleep. We called my family and my husbands family. Each family member was assigned a town. Well we got to noticing her family didnt put there posters in the 2 towns they were given. Well a week later the cop found my daughter inlaw & granddaughter and come to find out her and her family had it all planned. Her family new where they was all the time. It was 2 mths. before my son and my husband an I could see our granddaughter. My son filed the papers to divorce her put the server didnt know her address or nothing. My son missed his very 1st. fathers day and her word "DADA". Her very 1st. word "DADA" was said to a her mexican boyfriend. "WE HATE HER & HER FAMILY". This all happened in 2002. Her family set her up with a mexican who is a druggy. Then she left the mexican for some other guy. She left the other guy and went back to the mexican. Then she left the mexican and went back to my son. They both went to counsling for several mths. Here we go again. In JAN2005 she left him and lived with this gay guy and his friend. Our grandaughter is 3 at the time. Then we find out that she left him for the gay guys friend. Come to find out they starting dating Dec 28, 2004. They got drunk and did drugs together. Then she left him for his brother. They drank and did drugs together. Then she left him and went back to his brother. Then she left the him and went to this old guy that is best friends with her mom & stepdad. My filed for Divorce in Feb. 2005 and the divorce was`nt final until Nov. 2005. We had a long 9 mth. custody battle. Her & her family told outragous lies. The judge seen through those lies, she admitted to doing drugs, cheating etc. and she still "GOT CUSTODY OF OUR GRANDDAUGHTER". My son was very good to her. He had a good job, a new home, car, didnt smoke, didnt do drugs, didnt drink, she didnt have to work. She wants the wild life and the wild men and party. The guys she left my son for dont even keep a job. She works and supports them. Some of them didnt own a car or home. Some of them lived with family or friends. When shes in are family she says she loves us and that were better to her than her family and that she dont want nothin to do with her family. "SHE BLAMES HER LIFE ON HER FAMILY". She said "It was her families fault she cheated on my son with the mexican and the other guy". When shes with her family "SHE BLAMES HER LIFE ON US". She blames my son for her cheating on him because "He dont never take up for her when theres a family problem". My son is a very very passive person. Hes very quiet and dont talk much. She on the other had is a bully. She wore the pants in there marriage. If things didnt go her way "SHE THREATEN TO TAKE THE BABY AND LEAVE". Then she blamed me for her cheating. So is this part of her "BIPOLAR DISORDER OR IS SHE JUST A MEAN DEVIL OR BOTH"? Im 45 1/2 yrs. old and been married 28 1/2 yrs. and I`ve been through hell from my childhood to my adult yrs. Ive been beaten til I was bloody, mentally, verbally, physcially abused and been sexually molested by 6 family members and other people, Ive had to deal with marital & kid problems, went to a theraphist and he showed his self to me. Sometimes I feel like I just can`t take no more. All in all "I DO HAVE A VERY GOOD HUSBAND & KIDS". But above everthing "MY GRANDDAUGHTER IS THE BEST". Were very close. On her visitations with my son "she has to be with mimi 24/7". "GOD BLESS, TAKE CARE & HANG IN THERE". |
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November 23, 2005, 10:12 pm PST
Quote From: meeka777 I am the parent of a 16 yo male diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Our journey with this disorder started 16 years ago. We received many mis-diagnosis and have many issues getting where we are with treatment and med management. I am overjoyed that a talk show as popular as Dr. Phil will be doing something on Schizophrenia. This brain disorder is so stigmatized in our society. Many people with this brain disorder are functioning quite well and may be your next door neighbor. Schizoaffective Disorder is a combination of a depressive disorder and schizophrenia. In my sons case it is Bi Polar Disorder. My son goes into periods where he is delusional and out of touch with reality. He is extremely violent and out of control in our home and in the community. Yet, he is highly intelligent, gifted in art and writing and a joy to have when he is not in the psychotic state of the disorder. I would like to include one of his poems so that others may have some insight into the disorder: Tethered Wings see the pain of tethered wings and hear the call of many things watch the others fly away and live to see another day you shout to them they do not hear the sound of voices in your ears but still you have your tethered wings and can not follow other things you break away from bars of steel you leave this place it seems so real you no longer have your tethered wings go with them now the other things Bless you AND your WONDERFUL son...as I was told...."enjoy your son for the gift that he is"....
My son works with the mentally ill...he has schizo-effective disorder. Two of his clients that committed suicide left poems that tore my heart in half. One of them jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge. And, here, my beautiful and talented and WONDERFUL "crazy" son cried when he told me, "Mom, I can see his face in my dreams......how tortured he must have been to finally jump".....I know many "normal" people who don't have half the heart my son does....nor the compassion....Your son is a GIFT.....please love him.....My heart goes out to you....I wish you peace in your journey....please know that you are in my thoughts. |
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