Introduction
Schizophrenia is in the DSM IV category (Yang, M. August 28,2013). It is a chronic and severe disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts. People with the disorder may hear voices or see things that are not there. They may believe other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them (Yang, M. August 28,2013). These things make the disorder very disabling even though it does not necessarily affect movement. One with this disorder may sit and barely move for hours (Yang, M. August 28,2013). The person may seem not show much of what the disorder causes but when they open up about what they are experiencing, there is much that has to be dealt with. Growing up with a mother who has …show more content…
My mother Shelia is a strong women and a great inspiration. She is my reason for my intended career as a psychiatrist and my muse of the great story. Based off the symptoms and situations I have witnessed and heard, schizophrenia is among the most disabling disorders. The diagnosis of Schizophrenia comes with a long list of disabling symptoms that has many possible causes but it can be treated through many known affective methods.
Symptoms
When I first began experiencing the symptoms of schizophrenia, I thought that I was going crazy. The radio was speaking directly to me through static, I was hearing strange voices calling my name, my thought process wasn’t as clear as usual, and I would see things such as people who weren’t really there (S.A. Roberts, Personal Communication, March 15, 2016). This was frightening and made me feel unsafe. These things made me come to believe that I was seeing and hearing ghosts. What else was I suppose to make of the things that …show more content…
She took me to a physiatrist who specialized with this particular disorder. She told the doctor that I was becoming less of myself as if my personality was fading. The symptoms were interrupting my thought process, daily activities were becoming harder to begin and finish, and the people I was seeing began moving things around me such as my bed making it impossible to sleep (S.A. Roberts, Personal Communication, March 15, 2016). The physiatrist classified me as being in the pre-psychotic stage of the disorder called the “prodromal” period (Goldberg, J. August 18,2015). It was explained to her that my father was also diagnosed with schizophrenia as he inherited it from his father and so forth. There has been a direct line of this disorder through generations in my family history. The doctor went on explaining all the possibilities of being diagnosed with schizophrenia. Symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions usually start between ages 16 and 30. Males tend to experience symptoms a little earlier than females. Most commonly, schizophrenia occurs in late adolescence and early adulthood such as the age that I am at now being 23 (S.A. Roberts, Personal Communication, March 15, 2016). A schizophrenia diagnosis can be made when schizophrenia symptoms have been present for at least six months, the person
Schizophrenia is in the DSM IV category (Yang, M. August 28,2013). It is a chronic and severe disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, and acts. People with the disorder may hear voices or see things that are not there. They may believe other people are reading their minds, controlling their thoughts, or plotting to harm them (Yang, M. August 28,2013). These things make the disorder very disabling even though it does not necessarily affect movement. One with this disorder may sit and barely move for hours (Yang, M. August 28,2013). The person may seem not show much of what the disorder causes but when they open up about what they are experiencing, there is much that has to be dealt with. Growing up with a mother who has …show more content…
My mother Shelia is a strong women and a great inspiration. She is my reason for my intended career as a psychiatrist and my muse of the great story. Based off the symptoms and situations I have witnessed and heard, schizophrenia is among the most disabling disorders. The diagnosis of Schizophrenia comes with a long list of disabling symptoms that has many possible causes but it can be treated through many known affective methods.
Symptoms
When I first began experiencing the symptoms of schizophrenia, I thought that I was going crazy. The radio was speaking directly to me through static, I was hearing strange voices calling my name, my thought process wasn’t as clear as usual, and I would see things such as people who weren’t really there (S.A. Roberts, Personal Communication, March 15, 2016). This was frightening and made me feel unsafe. These things made me come to believe that I was seeing and hearing ghosts. What else was I suppose to make of the things that …show more content…
She took me to a physiatrist who specialized with this particular disorder. She told the doctor that I was becoming less of myself as if my personality was fading. The symptoms were interrupting my thought process, daily activities were becoming harder to begin and finish, and the people I was seeing began moving things around me such as my bed making it impossible to sleep (S.A. Roberts, Personal Communication, March 15, 2016). The physiatrist classified me as being in the pre-psychotic stage of the disorder called the “prodromal” period (Goldberg, J. August 18,2015). It was explained to her that my father was also diagnosed with schizophrenia as he inherited it from his father and so forth. There has been a direct line of this disorder through generations in my family history. The doctor went on explaining all the possibilities of being diagnosed with schizophrenia. Symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions usually start between ages 16 and 30. Males tend to experience symptoms a little earlier than females. Most commonly, schizophrenia occurs in late adolescence and early adulthood such as the age that I am at now being 23 (S.A. Roberts, Personal Communication, March 15, 2016). A schizophrenia diagnosis can be made when schizophrenia symptoms have been present for at least six months, the person