As a minor, you have access to adults whom you trust, who can help you find the professional support you need. You can ask for confidentiality at the beginning of every conversation.
At some point, you'll want to include your parents in this situation, and including them with the help and aid of a professional will further ensure that you get the backing necessary to help you learn how to manage yourself.
A person can be diagnosed with Schizophrenia without suffering from hallucinations. They can also be diagnosed without suffering from delusions, but it is much rarer to find a sufferer who does not suffer from delusions (normal found in sufferers of the Catatonic subtype. Catatonic subtype sufferers can also suffer from delusions as well, they are not restricted to one particular subtype).
Absolutely. Schizophrenia patients may also suffer from Bipolar disorder and recent studies show the two psychiatric disorders may share a common genetic cause. Epilepsy is over twice as common among people with Schizophrenia or Bipolar disorder than those without either disorder.
Yes. Schizophrenia is partly genetic, meaning that if you have a relative with schizophrenia you are likely to also have schizophrenia. About 1/10 of people with a relative with schizophrenia develop schizophrenia, compared to 1/100 people without a relative with schizophrenia.
No, schizophrenia does not go away in time without proper professional medical treatment. In most cases, without treatment, schizophrenia will become much worse over time.
Surgery is not a recommended solution for schizophrenia. However, in the past (and still in some countries without regulations), lobotomies were performed on patients with schizophrenia.
"Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia." ~E. L. Doctorow "Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair." ~R. D. Laing
People with schizophrenia may talk a lot. If they talk a lot without making much sense, this is called "schizophasia".
No. Scientists have long known that schizophrenia runs in families. The illness occurs in 1 percent of the general population, but it occurs in 10 percent of people who have a first-degree relative with the disorder, such as a parent, brother, or sister. People who have second-degree relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents, or cousins) with the disease also develop schizophrenia more often than the general population. The risk is highest for an identical twin of a person with schizophrenia. He or she has a 40 to 65 percent chance of developing the disorder.
It is a parents responsibility to take his / her child to the Doctor if there is a problem. it is however not up to the parent to give the diagnosis, that comes fro the doctor.
The evidence suggests that people with schizophrenia are probably not cured without the use of medication. People with schizophrenia may improve over time, even without medication. However, do not confuse this with being cured.
They help with removing the symptoms of schizophrenia. It is easier to function and live normally without hallucinating or having delusions.
Yes there are some but there are some in houses so be careful!