Monday, April 20, 2009
Blog 12
My husband was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia. The worst of all schizophrenias out there. This disease makes him think and see the world as more out to get him. It took a while for him to start trusting and opening up to me. I held on and fought it out. He is much better now that he’s under the care of a psychiatrist. I learned a lot about this disease when we learned he had it. I did research online and talked with doctors. They told me that this disease usually manifests itself when men are around the age of 21. We got married when he was 22. We found out he had the disease months later. I believe that is why our marriage was so hard at the beginning. I am so glad we know about this. Things are wonderful and we have an ever growing, supportive family.
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I am so sorry to hear about your husband. I am proud of you for sticking with him and being there for him during a very difficult part of his life. I've seen patients with schizophrenia and I can remember being scared. After reading your post I realized that there is nothing to be scared about. I was just not educated enough on the illness. There is so much information out there on mental illness that people need to feed their brains with the knowledge so that aren't fearful of the unknown. Great post!
ReplyDeleteSharon,
ReplyDeleteI understand what you are going through to a point. One of my family members has schizophrenia and she has been through a lot over this last year. She is on my husband's side of the family and the first time she came to stay with us I was scared. Not of her but what might happen if she had an "episode." She helped understand what she has gone through and I did some research online as well. It is hard to sometimes but I know now how to deal with it and how to explain it to others. Your husband is lucky to have you and for you to stay with him even after his diagnosis. Good luck to both of you.
Amy Morrow