[jibe]

Hello,

We discussed it, I know, but I still believe psychosis and schizophrenia deserve a section for itsef live bipolar or depression.
Because maybe there are many like me who doesn't find where to post about there illness, only the meds.

Don't believe schizos are either high functionning (thanks to the meds) or vegetable, lot of people are dealing with it, I have a lot of negative side effects, I stay indoors a lot of the time, I cut contacts with nearly all my friends, cutting more contacts as time go, also people are fleeinng, scared ....

Ya know, 50% of schizos try to commit suicide, 10% succeed. So maybe a place for them to talk could be a great thing, maybe it could save life.
The only ppl I can trust an talk to are the pdoc (barely and strangely) and the ppl in my condition, and I don't know much of them !!

What do you think about this idea ?
What would it cost ?

I know it woudln't be as active as the rest... schizos have a hard time writing, speaking, in fact, I'm french, and in my everyday life, words pop up in english, and I can't do nothing about it, so here, I feel good, I feel at home. I don't have to try to translate. I just speak. But yet, words want to take the place of other words in my mind, it's a war out there...

But shouldn't we give it a try ?

Thanks for reading.

[Chrissy77g]

I would post some when I could. I have been dignosed as having schizophrenia by one doc, schizoaffective by another, and BPI by another. I did have a pyschotic break in August of this year and at that time, I was no where near being able to post online at all. Thank goodness for my meds, I am doing well now. They do keep the some of the auditory and the visual hallucinations at bay.

I would be interested in another forum to post in. I don't venture out of the comfortable range to much yet.

[Jerod Poore]

jibe, on Tue 24 November 2009 3:16:42 GMT +0000, said:

We discussed it, I know, but I still believe psychosis and schizophrenia deserve a section for itsef live bipolar or depression.
Because maybe there are many like me who doesn't find where to post about there illness, only the meds.

Especially a site by and for the crazy. I've yet to find a site with a schizophrenia section that is run by the mentally interesting. Almost every site I know of that is specifically for schizophrenia is run by, and primarily for family and 'caregivers.' It's the same patronizing attitude as with the autistic and it disgusts me.

jibe, on Tue 24 November 2009 3:16:42 GMT +0000, said:

also people are fleeinng, scared ....

This is what finally got me off of my ass to create this board, because it reminded me the latest round of anti-crazy bigotry from NPR, Huffington Post and other bastions of liberal groupthink. In their effort to avoid even raising the questions of what parts religion or nationality may or may not have played in the Fort Hood event they dug and dug for the slightest hint of crazy. Long before the rumor of an insanity defense plea.

[creepy]

crazyboards.org has a forum for schizophrenia apparently. If youre looking for support versus meds

This post has been edited by creepy: 04 December 2009 - 02:14 PM

[Jerod Poore]

creepy, on Fri 4 December 2009 14:12:09 GMT +0000, said:

crazyboards.org has a forum for schizophrenia apparently. If youre looking for support versus meds

That's correct.

Plus I was counting them as a former incarnation of a Crazy Meds forum when I wrote about no other site not run by the crazy etc.

[Deep Sea Philosopher]

Thanks for creating the forum, I can relate to a lot of what Jibe is talking about. It won't be as active as the others, but it's nice to have for those that are relatively higher-functioning than the stereotype.

[GardenGirl]

I don't have schizophrenia, but can I play too?

Jibe made me feel at home on this site.