tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post3399773820656281173..comments2023-10-29T03:17:06.908-07:00Comments on Anonymous Doc: Anon MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02132292623854780366noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-80075002088269422732012-03-04T17:56:54.013-08:002012-03-04T17:56:54.013-08:00Ouch. You aint paranoid if they really are strappi...Ouch. You aint paranoid if they really are strapping you down and cutting your foot off. <br />My sister is Schizophrenic. She believed that there are 'things' crawling on the walls at the mental health clinic. Her therapist makes house calls. They literally have therapy sessions with her sitting on the floor under the kitchen table explaining that the mirrors need to be covered so that 'Paul' can't come out and murder her cat. Said cat is also in attendance so he can guard her from the 'things'. They are clear, and have lots of legs, and they can crawl in through your ears and nose and eat your brain to make you (more) crazy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-28718438348848810752010-06-26T02:25:28.466-07:002010-06-26T02:25:28.466-07:00OMG, sounds kind of like my ex. He was totally con...OMG, sounds kind of like my ex. He was totally convinced that the Vatican and the Illuminati were out to "get" him, and to top THAT off, he claimed to be a lycanthrope.WMDKittyhttp://itsmyworldcanthasnotyours.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-55891663897272432432010-06-23T14:45:16.148-07:002010-06-23T14:45:16.148-07:00There is a theory in dealing with schizophrenics, ...There is a theory in dealing with schizophrenics, that feeding into their hallucinations/paranoia/dellusions only furthers the illness. <br />To give into her paranoia, only deepens the illness ...to challenge those thoughts requires the healthy part of the mind to contend with the unhealthy part ... in hopes of at least helping them to see some light of truth. <br /><br />she may never trust doctors ( I know people who aren't paranoid that dont' trust doctors!) my step mother who has paranoid schizophrenia is convinced that a doctor is trying to kill her by refusing to treat her with chronic lyme disease ...instead giving her 'poisons' that are really for psoriasis ...but she takes them because it makes the 'lyme' worse (she has psoriasis not lyme) <br /><br />It's not easy to stand up to these people ... it's heart breaking and gut wrenching. It's much easier to say "yeah, I get it, not sure what you did to the governator to make him want to kill you that must be scary" than it is to say "sorry, mom, but Arnold S. Has absolutely no idea who you are. It is the dellusions that have you convinced he has a 'medical hit list' and you on the top' <br />This, is telling her the truth, but it increases her anxiety and frustrates her. <br /><br />There is no easy way to deal with this level of mental illness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-71221619410911267332010-06-23T09:53:08.662-07:002010-06-23T09:53:08.662-07:00The rules/ethics of medicine seem very much like t...The rules/ethics of medicine seem very much like the rules/ethics of warfare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3202241003290273966.post-31429236679254410312010-06-23T08:46:23.385-07:002010-06-23T08:46:23.385-07:00Were the patient not schizophrenic, would she stil...Were the patient not schizophrenic, would she still refuse the amputation? Does she have the opportunity to continue to enjoy life, despite losing a limb? Did she refuse the amputation because she didn't want to live without a limb, or only because of a lack of trust? If it's the latter, shouldn't she still be able to accept the loss and continue on with her life?Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07063334804571677501noreply@blogger.com