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I have a little girl who is almost 3 and she "sees things". Last summer she was very upset and told me there was a "boy" in her crib. She started out talking about this boy and within days was terrified of him. It must of lasted the whole summer on and off. She plays with a black cat every once in a while in her room too. Just recently she had a stomach bug and within days a bad cold. I gave her some over the counter "homiopathic" meds to help her sleep and some motrin. She woke up screaming (terrified) of spiders that she was seeing in her bed on her toys and even on me and my husband. We rushed her to the hospital and she has a temp of 105! The doctors believe the delusions were a result of her temp. My grandmother was a schizophrenic and I am worried! Any advice would be helpful!
Thanks!
First, I have to say NEVER give homeopathic medications to small children. They are not regulated and may have dangerous ingredients. I would suggest simple teas sold in regular grocery stores such as "Sleepy Time" or "Nighty Night" if you believe some of the herbs would help her relax.
Second, she may simply see spirits, burning some sage in her room would clear out anything disturbing.
Third, invest in one of the temple thermometers. They run about $15 and should help you catch fevers before they get dangerously high like that. Such a high fever can cause injury to the brain and definitely is a valid explanation for the terrifying incident with seeing spiders.
I am writing to you because I am finding my son to have extreme anxiety to the point of not spending the night at anyones house, he does not like to be alone and refused to go to camp because he literally thought he might die. He has always been fearful of being left alone, and when he cannot find me or a family member he panics and screams... completely out of control. My father is a diagnosed Paranoid Schizophrenic and I worry my son may be inheriting the same disease? He is extremely bright, great in school, has no problems with friends and is highly athletic... but my fear is he is beginning to compromise his social life because he is so fearful~ We are seeing a therapist (just started). I thought you might beable to help me find some information regarding this situation.
Respectfully,
stubborn
i am concerned for my 11 year old step granddaughter, she has been bounced back and forth from her mom and dad and now lives with my husband and i. she has witnessed her father hitting on her mom and other women and now she is lashing out and hitting people. 2 weeks ago she hit her teacher in the face with a closed fist and charges were filed and she is in juvinal detention where she continues to have problems, threatening to kill people and swearing when redirected. in a conference with her teacher she said that my granddaughter will be sitting at her desk working and be basicly aruging with herself, they have heard her in the restroom doing this as well. when she is asked if she hears voices she addamently denies it. she has said that she sees ghost/demons. i am concerned that she may be paranoid schizophrenic, is this a possiblity?
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Schizophrenia runs rampant in my mother's sideof the family. My great uncle had it and my therapist said it sounds as if my maternal granmother might have had a mild undiagnosed case of it from what I have told her about it.
When I was 14 I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. I am now 53 and after four years of very hard work in therapy and trials of many different medications I have become auite highly functional for somebody with this diagnosis. I stillhave to go into the hospital periodically though when my symptoms become unmanegeable.
As a child I had very vivid visual and auditory hallucinations that I found terrifying. My parents didn't know what to do and just hoped I would outgrow it The symptoms went away for awhile and then returned. We were living in an underdeveloped country when I was a child and there was no help available. My father expressed concern that I had troulbe communicating in a normal way with other children. I have ECT every two weeks that seem to help wit the hallucinations and I take Abilify, Prolixin and get a weekly injection of Prolixin Decanoate My first hospitalization in early adolescence I was started on 300 MG's of Thorazine. I recieve Social Security benefits. As a child I was classified as an 'odd child" and was terrible teased by other kids which would cause me to become quite withdrawn. I belive there is hope for children with this illness because I got so much better. When I was 14 my speech was disorganized and sometimes incoherent and I missed half of my high school years being in the hospital and in day treatment. I t is amazing that I graduated with A's and B's with my graduating class. I was an underacheiver in grade shcool and junior high, probably because I was so ill and the teachers and my parents and even the school psychologist said I was a "late bloomer" and I would be fine in a year but instead I broke down.
I t has been a long battle but I get stronger every day. Sometimes I still break down but I come right back up andkeep up the fight. Ih ope this testimony gives others and families dealing with this illness some hope.
Claudia