The last post is the WINNER!

[Kathryn]

Yes. Sorry, WuWei!

 

[John53]

Good morning.

Bears have a thumb?

 

[Kathryn]

Ha! Didn't even catch that one.

 

[JustGeorge]

This reminds me so much of my brother, who is schizophrenic and bipolar. I remember one time calling the police, AFTER he threatened me and I called the police who sent him home with his wife, and they told me "Well, it's not against the law to be crazy. Your brother has to be actively threatening your safety or his own." What?

He ended up being confined to a mental institution for many years. He also had not filed any taxes for YEARS, though he and his wife made plenty of money. So he owed the IRS a lot of Denero and now he is on disability (though he can work, he doesn't want to so there's that aspect) and this was AFTER the trial and all that brouhaha, and after the years in a mental institution. Man, maybe I should do that now that I think of it...

I think there's an advantage with Ares that he doesn't actually want to behave like a lunatic...

Him being autistic is a disadvantage. Its hard to get people to see this isn't autism related. I think he's bipolar. Maybe schizophrenic, but I'm not sure on that one.

 

[JustGeorge]

Ha! Didn't even catch that one.

How does one catch a bear's thumb?

 

[John53]

How does one catch a bear's thumb?

Before it starts digging about in your spaghetti sauce.

 

[Kathryn]

Y'all are too quick for me!

 

[Kathryn]

I think there's an advantage with Ares that he doesn't actually want to behave like a lunatic...

Him being autistic is a disadvantage. Its hard to get people to see this isn't autism related. I think he's bipolar. Maybe schizophrenic, but I'm not sure on that one.

When was the last time he was tested and diagnosed?

 

[sun rise]

I think there's an advantage with Ares that he doesn't actually want to behave like a lunatic...
...

If there's any hope in the situation, it lies there.

 

[JustGeorge]

When was the last time he was tested and diagnosed?

He goes in for a big test in October. I am hoping the fact he has autism won't damn him from having other things checked on.

 

[ChristineM]

When was the last time he was tested and diagnosed?

Schizophrenia is very hard to diagnose, there is no test for it.

 

[Kathryn]

He goes in for a big test in October. I am hoping the fact he has autism won't damn him from having other things checked on.

It may complicate things though. Good luck.

 

[JustGeorge]

If there's any hope in the situation, it lies there.

Myself and his therapists feel that some of his struggle also lies in these episodes he can't control, and the low self esteem resulting.

I'm sure it feels like **** to become 'aware' again, and realize you injured your mom, peed your pants, and broke your phone.

 

[Kathryn]

Schizophrenia is very hard to diagnose, there is no test for it.

That's true so it's symptom related. Believe me, my brother has symptoms. He's also bipolar.

 

[JustGeorge]

It may complicate things though. Good luck.

People get so damned stuck on that...

 

[ChristineM]

That's true so it's symptom related. Believe me, my brother has symptoms. He's also bipolar.

My brother in law has schizophrenia, with built in manic paranoia. Today was a bad day but improved this evening

 

[Kathryn]

My brother in law has schizophrenia, with built in manic paranoia. Today was a bad day but improved this evening

I swear sometimes I think it's just a big crap shoot. Manic paranoia, bipolar, schizophrenic, what? SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THEIR MINDS.

Oh, I left out schizoaffective disorder. That one too.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Stevicus]

 

[sun rise]

He goes in for a big test in October. I am hoping the fact he has autism won't damn him from having other things checked on.

I hope that the October tests leads to better treatment.