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MyAnimus
posted 11/12/2009, comments (0)

Passive-aggressiveness

Been feeling a little withdrawn, and noticing that my passive- aggressive side is taking right over my life. For example, my roomate and her friend were sitting in her room all night laughing and talking ( about me?) , while I just sat in my room fuming and basically silently yelling out. I wonder, can they hear me?   What's more is that I... Read moreChevron
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Christina Bruni

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Librarian and Writer
posted 11/04/2009, comments (2)

Fanapt: Hope or Hype?

Early next year Vanda Pharmaceutical's schizophrenia drug Fanapt (generic: Iloperidone) will hit the pharmacy shelves. Could it be the first third-generation atypical? It blocks a different combination of neurotransmitters than earlier antipsychotics. The company says Fanapt targets a more relevant set of neurotransmitters, so that patients are... Read moreChevron
Daleri

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I have been working at the same job for twenty years
posted 08/14/2009, comments (17)

Everyone on this site is so nice.

You might think that it would not be that way. I know that this is not a full representation of everyone affected by sz but it is refreshing compared to what is out there on the web. It could be a consequence of what happens when people suffer. They tend to be more considerate or sensitive to other people who suffer.   Anyway, I do not... Read moreChevron
ms
posted 07/28/2009, comments (17)

Helping our son, help himself

Our son has always been such a wonderful person....caring, gentle, well mandered and always respectful. He has been living with this "illness" for just over three years and is now 22 yr of age. Just after high school graduation he was living away from home, working as a waiter and going to school full time when he started becoming paranoid. After... Read moreChevron
OceanBlue

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Schizoaffective
posted 06/29/2009, comments (6)

New Study: Cognitive therapies ineffective for Sz.

I read about this recent study on the Science Daily website.  I found it sobering yet I agree with it's findings.  I have been fortunate enough to be in therapy for most of my illness, good times and bad.  It is good for me, I think, to have someone I can talk openly about my illness/symptoms with.  It's nice to talk about... Read moreChevron
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Schizophrenia is a syndrome characterized by disturbances in emotions, thought, activity, and language, that leaves patients fearful and withdrawn.

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