Not now subby, but for a long time. Usually it's overlooked as ADHD or ODD or just being a bad kid.

That poor little girl. And her poor family.

MissFeasance: That poor little girl. And her poor family.

Indeed. That article came extremely close to making me cry.

That is in some ways better than turrets.

You just know she is going to have like 8 kids of her own someday.

csxtrainwreck: That is in some ways better than turrets.

I'd love to have had turrets at my house to counter-attack the marauding hordes. You wouldn't be referring to Tourette's, would you?

EviLincoln: You just know she is going to have like 8 kids of her own someday.

Not likely since she'll probably end up being institutionized for her entire life.

the_be_sharps: csxtrainwreck: That is in some ways better than turrets.

I'd love to have had turrets at my house to counter-attack the marauding hordes. You wouldn't be referring to Tourette's, would you?

Yes, that's COCKBAG what csxtrainARRGGHHwreck PENIS PENIS was trying to say SHIAT RRRRRAARRRRRBONER so cut him a FARK FARK FARK break.

/yes, it's a cheap Tourette's joke
//better than the first thing I thought of posting, which was really quite vile

cretinbob: EviLincoln: You just know she is going to have like 8 kids of her own someday.

Not likely since she'll probably end up being institutionized for her entire life.

Like I said before: that poor little girl.

how do I go about getting schizophrenia?

Yeah, I'm the one who submitted this article. (yay?) It is very sad with that poor girl.

Alyna_jf: how do I go about getting schizophrenia?

Drive down to the local biker bar and ask the bartender for the guy with the acid and/or mescaline.

/Although it only lasts for about 8 hours and you have to pay for it
//Would you liek to know how babby is formed?

cretinbob 2009-07-02 10:02:41 PM
Not now subby, but for a long time. Usually it's overlooked as ADHD or ODD or just being a bad kid.

Did you ever bother to read the article?

This is rare. And no, there is NO history of this being misdiagnosed ADHA or ODD or just being a bad kid.

Big deal.
She went batshiat crazy before she could ruin some guy's life.
She's an early bloomer.

Weird.
Schizophrenia is usually a late teens to twenties onset.

mfaby....really? did YOU read the article? Moron.

mfaby Sorry that was uncalled for. However TMYK:

The Schofields consulted doctors and heard myriad opinions: bipolar disorder, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, ineffective parenting. No one considered schizophrenia.

"I don't care how many people are in you...they ALL better get their asses in the house before I whoop ALL of their asses with a belt!"

Back in the old days, we had ways of dealing with crazy kids...
But nowadays, a real honest-to-god well is hard to come by.

/you weren't supposed to HELP her!!

I like to think that one day they'll have a cure for this.

so, when she looks in the mirror does the conversation go like this?

You STFU!

No, you STFU!!!

©

This just proves that her and her family are not praying enough.

As the father of 4 normal healthy kids, all I can say is man I feel lucky.

I would really hate to be in those parents shoes.

Interestingly, she would have been immediately put on the shaman track if she were born in a different time and place. She would have been considered an unusually powerful mystic, one that would be sent to study under the most influential shaman/priest/whatever around.

It's kind of sad that we don't have room for people like her. Reading through the article, she strikes me as simply far more attuned to her own brain's patterns than most of us are. She dreams while she's awake. Completely unfunctional in today's world, but a fascinating lesson if we knew how to learn it.

Translated into farkish: she's defective. Nuke it from orbit.

Don't you know?
Crazy kids can see & talk to dead people and write down numbers which predict all future disasters and stuff. Crazy kids kick ass!

400.

Damn...that shiat is weird.

Seems like it would make for a good movie...

poxic: Interestingly, she would have been immediately put on the shaman track if she were born in a different time and place. She would have been considered an unusually powerful mystic, one that would be sent to study under the most influential shaman/priest/whatever around.

Or thrown down a well, or burned at the stake. See above.

They've given birth to River Tam.

Oznog:Or thrown down a well, or burned at the stake. See above.

Yes, it would depend on the local culture. Ones with a strong shamanic or mystic tradition would find her interesting. Ones with a rigid set of religious rules would probably think she's demonic.

I was a psych nurse for 13 years.

Thorazine is for the psychotic symptoms
Tegretol potentiates the effects of Thorazine.
Lithium is a mood stabilizer and helps limit Limbic cycling (rage).

Haldol and Moban were antipsychotics popular in the 80s/90s but both have severe permanent side effects- and Neuroleptic Malignancy Syndrome.

I had adult patients on all these meds (at inpatient dosage) and it trashed them.

That poor little girl.

Please please please greenlight any future stories about Jani. I am enthralled and fascinated by her story. Wow her IQ is 146 and I am not a bit surprised. There is a piercing if tortured intelligence in her eyes from the photos of her in the article.


/Sometimes I do wonder if the schizophrenics aren't really the sane ones after all.

Tackboard: This just proves that her and her family are not praying enough.

Sadly, that's really their only hope. Even with medication she's going to spend her life in an institution.

Well. That was thoroughly depressing.

Adult-onset schizophrenics often experience a lessening of symptoms as they get older. I wonder if it's the same for childhood-onset. Maybe if she can make it through her teens, things will start to get better. I hope.

Oh, and note: Schizophrenia != multiple personality disorder

nah its just autism

To The Escape Zeppelin!: Tackboard: This just proves that her and her family are not praying enough.

Sadly, that's really their only hope. Even with medication she's going to spend her life in an institution.

I am not trying to be snarky or anything about this but in a way she also has a beautiful mind. I wonder if she has an aptitude for math since she seems fixated on naming her phantoms with names that include numbers.

My God. Just looking at that girl, and reading what she has... It is truly sad, when the prison you're in, is your own head.

Why romanticize schizophrenia? She doesn't just see colorful and fun new friends. She's extremely unpredictable and violent. That sort of thing may be cute in a 6 year old, but she isn't going to be be cute much longer. She won't be cute when she cuts your kid's throat either. Know what I'm saying? And I don't think other cultures would tolerate a "shaman" that randomly maims and kills the locals. There is such a thing as plain bat shiat crazy broken...

What a sad case all the way around.

EnjoyTheFacts: They've given birth to River Tam.

Nah, River didn't see animals, she just saw scenery.

/that poor, poor girl

I can only say Thank the lord I never had kids!... cause thats got my exwifes DNA all over it

bluefelix: Why romanticize schizophrenia? She doesn't just see colorful and fun new friends. She's extremely unpredictable and violent. That sort of thing may be cute in a 6 year old, but she isn't going to be be cute much longer. She won't be cute when she cuts your kid's throat either. Know what I'm saying? And I don't think other cultures would tolerate a "shaman" that randomly maims and kills the locals. There is such a thing as plain bat shiat crazy broken...

What a sad case all the way around.

I don't think anyone is romaticizing her illness.

She just manifested more early than most. Schizophrenia's peak manifestation age is generally the early 20's

Wow! I thought it was normal for kids to have imaginary friends!



I guess not now anymore...

Why do I picture 400 the Cat looking like an ash grey cat with a Cheshire grin?

Juniper Jupiter: Wow! I thought it was normal for kids to have imaginary friends!



I guess not now anymore...

When my brother was very young (before Kindergarten) he had an imaginary friend named Softy. My brother was very sick and was in the hospital a lot as little child. He had multiple operations and nearly died a couple of times. Often times children at the age my brother when he had Softy as an imaginary friend create them as a way to deal with severe crises. The phantoms Jani is tortured by are not the same case at all. Softy never told my brother to do things or suffer a severe consequence. 400 the Cat and the other bad phantoms tell Jani these things.

That was a good read, but dear god do I feel horrible for that family.

Juniper Jupiter: Wow! I thought it was normal for kids to have imaginary friends!



I guess not now anymore...

It is normal (I didn't had any, I think), what's not normal is her behavior.

Jesus farking christ. What a compelling but frightening article. Ugh.

I blame the schools.

I am sure that the parents will be well treated by the medical insurance industry...they seem to help so many of the mentally ill.


NOT!!

Pootie-Poot: I am sure that the parents will be well treated by the medical insurance industry...they seem to help so many of the mentally ill.


NOT!!

While that could not possibly have been phrased in a more obnoxious way, I agree that it's a shame that medical insurance rarely covers mental illness the way it should. I hope someone with the means to help these people reads this article and does something for them, because it sounds like they hit a wall every time they ask for help.