Paranoid Schizophrenia

 

This is what the world has come to. The poor Trix rabbit never got his trix cereal and the darn kids drove him insane. The trix rabbit is now diagnose with paranoid schizophrenia. Shame on you kids, I hope you are happy with yourselves.

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it hard to,,,

• think clearly
• tell the difference between what is real and what is not
• have normal emotional responses
• act normally in social situations

Mental researchers are not quit sure what is the exact cause towards schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a very complex illness.

Children are likely to get this mental disorder and in my opinion I think it is the most creepy and horrible thing ever. Childhood Schizophrenia is rare and very hard to detect from autism. A specific type of schizophrenia that I would like to go more into detail is called Paranoid Schizophrenia. This mental illness is one of the most common types. Paranoid schizophrenia is the presence of hallucinations or prominent delusional thoughts about persecution or conspiracy. People with any type of schizophrenia have similar symptoms, but paranoid has a couple of exceptions like

• Anxiety
• Anger or arguing
• False beliefs that others are trying to harm you or your loved ones

To close things off, I like to entertain you fellow bloggers with a story about a little girl who suffers with paranoid schizophrenia. Rebecca Stancil, 9, has been battling hallucinations for years. This is where it gets a little creepy and scary. My heart goes out to this family. Let me know what you think. Enjoy.

Am I Manic?

Roughly this times blog will be very vague being that we only read one section of the following chapter on mood disorders. I feel the need to talk about a specific type of mood disorder known as mania.
People with bipolar disorder, manic-depressive disorder, alternate between two kinds of symptoms; depression and its opposite, mania. Mania is an abnormally elevated mood, arousal and energy levels. Mania is classified as a bipolar I disorder. The list below are some warning signs  of mania.

• mood changes
• increased energy
• speech disruptions
• impaired judgement
• hypersexuality
• changes in thought patterns
• psychosis ( paranoia, hallucinations, delusions)

A person with this mood disorder is going to go through a period of depression and these periods are called episodes. A manic episode is characterized by period of time where an elevated, expansive or notably irritable mood is present, lasting for at least one week.

Is there treatment for this severe bipolar disorder? The answer is yes. Pharmacological intervention or medications is the best treatment for this type of disorder.

• lithium
• Anticonvulsants
• Calcium Channel Blockers
• Antipsychotics
• Benzodiazepines- central nervous system depressants

Before I sign off i thought my bloggers could do something a little interesting and fun. Below, I have posted a link to take "Am I Manic?" quiz. This is not a diagnosis. Its is only to get an idea and maybe you might want to get yourself check out. Personally I took the quiz and my score was slightly high. I scored a 39 and my results were mild/serve manic depressive...sooo I am a little worried! I had no idea. Take the quiz and let me know what your results were.

http://psychcentral.com/maniaquiz.htm

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder for Teens

We can all agree that today's teen stress out as much as adults do. Some might even assume that some teens and college students stress more than an average adult. Is this something we should be concerned about? Yes,  Researchers have found that stress can be harmful to the human body; the immune system and there are many stress disorder. The specific type of stress disorder that I will be blogging about is Post-traumatic stress disorder, more specifically in teens.

Post-traumatic stress occurs in people who have endured terrifying experiences, such as a life-threatening attack or watching someone get killed. Many researcher put an emphasis on PTSD with adults. I think that we should evaluate and put an emphasis on lives of children and teens that suffer under this stress disorder. 

http://www.anxietybc.com/parent/post.php

I like to share a personal story that happened to a close friend of mine. Names will not be mentioned. About 2 years ago my close friend was driving to the golf course for practice with a teammate and her boyfriend. She heard a usual sound with her car and decided to pull in a parking lot on the side of the road she was on. She on a street where there was no shoulder. I am assuming, you know what comes next. A person coming for the other side crashed into backseat and she lost her boyfriend that day. She was with that whole night, all the way from the ride in the helicopter to end of the night when the doctors pronounced him dead. 

Everyday she lives with the guilt of having fault in the dead of a loved one. She cried every night and to this day she is afraid to even drive. I have been told that once she sits in the passengers seat, flashbacks of that tragic accidents just plays over and over in her head. I know she suffers dearly and misses her first love everyday. She cries in the middle of night and there are times when she does not even sleep. She is living an unhealthy lifestyle, but she refuses to seek help.

My reason for sharing a story like this, for the thought, of how is one supposed to deal with something like this. Is she ever going to be normal again? Now I used a friend's story as an example but now lets look at the big picture. Children and teens having to see a murder, having to see their father physically abuse their mother or vice versa, a rape, or any other type a life threatening fatal accident. It's tough and saddening to have tp see someone so young to have to go through so much pain. How does one cope?

I have posted a video about 2 psychologist that have some very good basic information on PTSD for teens. Check it out!