Schizophrenia Articles

OCD or Schizophrenia?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Hello, I have never had a formal diagnosis however over the past 13months I have been dealing with OCD (I believe). I had some issues when I was younger with OCD symptoms (checking etc) however it went away and has remained dormant for ...
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Schizophrenic Brother Talks to Himself

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, December 5th, 2011
I am sending this message hoping that you will be able to help, or at the very least offer advice about my brother's condition. My brother was socially awkward from youth, and eventually became depressed at an early age when he was put in the ...
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Girlfriend Have Schizophrenia?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, December 2nd, 2011
My girl friend of about 16 months recently left our relationship. I feel it is because she maybe schizophrenic. Her mother was institutionalized with it for years during her childhood. When I read the symptoms on line she seems like a classic case. She also ...
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Depression?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Saturday, November 26th, 2011
Hi. I just took your sanity test and the results brought up 8 serious plus 8 milder disorders. I usually do not trust this type of tests but this time I noticed that they describe what I'm going through pretty well. But the reason I'm ...
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Mother Talking To Herself: Does She Need Help?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011
Just last night I woke up and walked by my mothers bedroom door and heard her talking to her self, so I sat there and listened for a good minute or two, and decided to open the door, I asked her, are you alright? she ...
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Debilitating Guilt

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, October 31st, 2011
I am 39 years old. I am successful, charitable and educated. In the 1980's when I was in my teens I found a very friendly dog in a small town several miles from where I lived. Now that I am older i realize the dog ...
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Have Schizophrenia and Want To Have a Baby

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
I have been searching web sites and calling numbers for the past two months for information on what I about to ask. It has been a concern for me since I got back together with my boyfriend. I have also asked my doctor, but she ...
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Early Signs of Schizophrenia?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, October 12th, 2011
Please help me: I realize that these questions must become particularly redundant and for that I apologize. Instead of giving you a laundry list of assumptions, I will just explain how I feel and let you tell me the rest. The most noticable thing is ...
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Psychosis? Anxiety?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, October 4th, 2011
Hi I am 26 year old female I ever had any issues of any kind with any mental illnesses before July. Well In that month I was dealing with family issues and pressure be it that my family whom I do not live with anymore ...
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Relapsing and Scared

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, September 30th, 2011
I am hearing voices telling me that I am part of the murder club. They tell me that I am causing a hurricane soon and that it would be best if I cleansed the poison in my body out by taking all my medicines ...
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Boyfriend May Be Schizophrenic

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
I recently found out that my boyfriend may have schizophrenia. I realize I am not a doctor, and he has never been diagnosed that I am aware of, but based on what he has told me and some research I have done that is ...
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Confused about what’s real

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, September 11th, 2011
Lately when i fall asleep i slip into a world much like this one, i'm in a hospital and i'm crazy they say i go to a fantasy world and i sometimes don't snap out of it for days. They say this world is fantasy ...
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