Raising Hope - A NIMH Study

I also hope that the program will do what it is meant to do. I and my illness are the result of not being diagnosed at first episode while I was on active duty in The US Marine Corps. I am waiting right now on a date for a Compensation and pension exam to answer the questions of did it happen and do I have a mental illness linked to my service when even I in my haze can read the medical reports from when it happened in 1978. but I guess it has to be done legal and congressional like, and in the meantime ,My doctors are giving me what I believe is great treatment and support in psychoeducation. I start another therapy, mindfulness on the 4th of august for the next 4 months, and I am in voc rehab with a great counselor. I am not to lose HOPE and I hope others with this illness embrace HOPE.

It seems very often, sz is something that is an all-of-a-sudden kind of thing. There may be some early indications of symptoms but it all comes to a head at some point. There is this feeling of desperation from not knowing what is happening. It is as if the world is coming to an end and in fact, the world as it once was, is no more.

To be able to break out of something like that is a very great achievement indeed so if they are able to stop it, that would be great. As far as I can tell, it would require intense counseling of the highest quality to get over something like that. The person needs to know that there is hope for recovery because if there is not, there is no reason to try to get over it.

I am the mother of a first time paranoid schizophrenic now under psychiatric hold.  Your posting gave me hope that help is on the way.  Thank you.