Was Mother to Blame? Ideas about Social Environment & Relapse in Schizophrenia

Hello Jerry Kennard,

Thank you for your post, always appreciated.

My take is that environment, especially that in the home, could flip a switch and turn on schizophrenia in someone who has the genetic predisposition to it.

We don't yet know for sure this is possible, but I believe a strong case could be made.

Regards,

Chirs 

I just created a share post and can't figure out how to add my comments/questions. Since you are an expert on this topic I have some important questions. Can you please tell me how someone is diagnosed for paranoid schizophrenia?  My company sent me to a marriage/family counselor as a mandatory referral ?  How is a person tested for paranoid schizophrenia? In 1997 I lost my Mom around the same time my Husband was given his sentence of 3-5 yrs. He died 6/00 the sametime my youngest daughter walked into our bedroom to give us our tickets to her HS graduation. Then 10/03 my sister-in-law died from colon cancer. In 7/06 my 35 yr. old niece died of colon cancer. Then 09/07 my sister died of ovarian cancer and 01/08 my mother-in-law died of lung cancer that had spread to her brain.

My company has been trying for the past 2 years to get me to quit. They have sent me to counselors a couple of times and I am scared to death. I need my job, salary, benefits and just the feeling of being needed.  

Recently I have had a couple of people mention to me that they think my children are going to try to get my counselor to diagnose me as being parnoid schizophrenia. I know you probably need a lot more information about me, but I don't feel I am parnoid schizophrenia and I'm getting up set about how I can prove that I'm not. I feel like I am depressed and I do have anxiety because I do need my job etc. I think the reason they are going to try to go this route is I will be able to go out on long term disability with self reported mental illness. One of the counselors already suggested it to me, because that way I can still get a certain percentage of my salary, plus the company will pay my benefits or at least part of them and then I can get widow benefits to make up the difference.  All of this is scaring me really bad. I'm 56 and the thought of being labled "disabled" and never being aloowed to work again, isn't something I'm looking forward to. Do you have any suggestions?  My e-mail address is talk2me0714@yahoo.com Thanks for listening, Sue