I think I know someone who is schitzophrenic?

Question:

We think she might be schitzophrenic, but are not sure. She used to be extremely quiet and has been for as long as I've know her until last week. She became very loud and talks to herself. She laughs uncontrollably and talks to people who aren't there. She has giant emotional swings and goes from uncontrollable laughing to crying. She always wears at least 2 skirts and 3 usually 4 shirts. Yesterday she snapped her glasses and threw them away and laughed. Then she started playing with the light switches and talking about random things and often incoherently. She has obsessions with the number 3 and always being in the middle. Does this sound like typical schitzophrenic behavior? She blurts out strange things and has everyone around her worried. She wanders around a lot and often disappears and comes back with wet hair. She will take about 30 car ads and go sit on them outside and throw everything out of her purse and stare at the empty purse. This is not normal.

Answers:
Your friend is defiantly in trouble...it is unfortunate that she is 18 because it will make it very difficult to get her help if she refuses to accept it. schizophrenia is of course a possibility as are, bipolar disorder and a few other ones, but it doesn't matter really what the diagnose is she sounds as if she needs immediate intervention. First of all you should try talking to her, ask her questions, see if you can better gage what is going on. Tell her you are concerned and want her to get some help. If she refuses or blows you off then your choices become limited. Who does she live with and does she have a decent relationship with her parents? you or one of her other friends can try talking to them, if you didn't feel comfortable doing it in person even write them a letter describing why you are worried about her. If she has been in rehab before than more than likely she is defiantly using again, but with people with extreme emotional/mental problems (especially teenagers) it is very common, almost the norm, to use substances to try to control her mood swings, delusions, depression etc. She probably isn't even aware she is self medicating. If her family is either unhealthy or unresponsive try taking your concerns to a school counselor. Good Luck...I was in your situation when i was 17 and i said nothing to his family....my friend tried to kill himself...this is in no way to say you can be responsible for the actions of another person, especially an unstable one...the only thing you can do is talk to her, her parents, or your counselor...after that its up to them and her

Best of Luck to you...remember the thing she needs most is love...even though its damn hard to love an unstable person at times

she could be manic

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