My dad is diagnosed with bipolar disorder with schizophrenia tendencies, so this article was very interesting, especially this: Schizoaffective disorder includes symptoms of both. I hadn't heard that term before--Schizoaffective
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Sorry to hear, that's terrible.My dad is diagnosed with bipolar disorder with schizophrenia tendencies,
I've posted a lot over the years, typically in the mental health/illness, mass shooting threads since he has legal access to guns.Sorry to hear, that's terrible.
Would you mind sharing some more information on this?
How long has this been going on?
Is he living at home?
Can he function at all?
I'm pretty passionate about mental health/illness [sorry if that was TMI]Oh wow, I was not expecting all of that.
Was he in Vietnam?
Don't be sorry.[sorry if that was TMI]
I agree and I think what gets lost on this forum among the political and religious bickering is we're all just people (well most of us) with different backgrounds and life circumstances that have shaped us into who we are now (and who we will become in the future). Most of us could easily have meaningful conversations over a cold beer or a hot cup of joe.Don't be sorry.
If you don't know someone with some type of mental illness you don't know anyone.
Very common.
The more people talk about mental health the better.
Gotta love the 72-hour hold. My dad has perfected how to behave and respond to questions during that pointless 3-day period until he's released back into the wild to continue crazy.I have a (no pics) sister in law who has something similar. Thinks everyone is conspiring against her. For what reason who knows? Had her committed after thinly threatening her husband only to get released in 72 hours. Completely cut off contact with all family members. My (no pic) wife happened to run in to her at a park once and she called her a f*cking terrorist. Other than the vague threat to the husband she hasn’t been violent. Mental illness sucks…
This is why I really try not to get involved in all the political talk here.Most of us could easily have meaningful conversations over a cold beer or a hot cup of joe.
I wouldn’t agree that the hold is useless. It can be life saving relative to suicide. Obviously, one can’t cure that kind of thought disorder so the hold doesn’t fix that.Gotta love the 72-hour hold. My dad has perfected how to behave and respond to questions during that pointless 3-day period until he's released back into the wild to continue crazy.
Look up some of Creed's front man Scott Stapp's exploits, iirc he was riding a bike half naked to get vital information to the CIA (he's bipolar).
You're correct, I only meant it in the sense of when long-term care is needed. I didn't mean to discount suicidal idealization assessments. Those can be (and often are) life saving.I wouldn’t agree that the hold is useless. It can be life saving relative to suicide. Obviously, one can’t cure that kind of thought disorder so the hold doesn’t fix that.