Excellent article and analysis of why schizophrenia is so devastating 😢 when it isn't properly addressed and treated. My poor little sister Debi Jo was susceptible to the ravages of being bipolar, unfortunately due to the abusive relationship she suffered with her ex husband, who cast her aside when he no longer wanted to be financially responsible for her thanks to his abuse, and when she was no longer able to be used sexually due to a severe vaginal prolapse.
After she was cast aside she tried to cope by getting involved with the bar and drug scene instead of properly taking her meds for schizophrenia she thought she could just smoke marijuana instead, because that what she had used all the years she was being abused. She ended up in a psych ward 3x in 4 months and had to be placed in a nursing home setting to ensure she was taking her meds and not getting mixed up in the drugs again. She did perfect for almost 4 years then thanks to another lady originally in the nursing home and released to her own apartment she was able to get my sister hooked again on marijuana and not taking schizophrenia meds which ended up with my sister back in psych ward again over Christmas and new years before being released back to nursing home again this time with no liberties. She ended up dying about 6 months later from a heart attack but I think it was a broken 💔 heart too. Marijuana makes schizophrenia worse not better studies that came out after she passed have shown unfortunately 😕
Excellent article and analysis of why schizophrenia is so devastating 😢 when it isn't properly addressed and treated. My poor little sister Debi Jo was susceptible to the ravages of being bipolar, unfortunately due to the abusive relationship she suffered with her ex husband, who cast her aside when he no longer wanted to be financially responsible for her thanks to his abuse, and when she was no longer able to be used sexually due to a severe vaginal prolapse.
After she was cast aside she tried to cope by getting involved with the bar and drug scene instead of properly taking her meds for schizophrenia she thought she could just smoke marijuana instead, because that what she had used all the years she was being abused. She ended up in a psych ward 3x in 4 months and had to be placed in a nursing home setting to ensure she was taking her meds and not getting mixed up in the drugs again. She did perfect for almost 4 years then thanks to another lady originally in the nursing home and released to her own apartment she was able to get my sister hooked again on marijuana and not taking schizophrenia meds which ended up with my sister back in psych ward again over Christmas and new years before being released back to nursing home again this time with no liberties. She ended up dying about 6 months later from a heart attack but I think it was a broken 💔 heart too. Marijuana makes schizophrenia worse not better studies that came out after she passed have shown unfortunately 😕
Thanks for allowing me to share her story ❤️ 💕 💖