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I had a son with psychosis who threatened to attack me with a large stick in the days before he was treated. I was afraid for my life, but felt that if I called the police they would be happy to shoot a young man with a stick, and that the public would have been happy to exonerate them. My husband came home in the middle of this, tackled our son and talked quietly into his ear about what was and was not acceptable behavior. We never had a repeat. It would be amazing if police had such courage, and did not cower behind their tasers and firearms.

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Dear Barbarars please get my email through the EAST program, I'll tell them who I am. ( Yana can help you. ) I don't want to be so public. Anyway, I know the meds are crucial in our case. Everything has come back including the sharp wit, and laughter. I never would have believed it four years ago.

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Ms. Sales can explain it better than I can, but schizophrenia IS a learning disability because the thoughts are disorganized. This can be reversed with effective treatment. I'm not saying that is your son's problem. Fish oil couldn't hurt.

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My son also has this diagnosis. We are fortunate that he withdrew and was only bullied by a few people. By now, years later, we have noticed that his improvement continues to be gradual and constant. Your son's brain has to repair itself connection by connection. Be consistent and patient with medication. Your support and love is helping him to heal. People ostracize all different people which is an ugly side to human nature. My son is still gentle and loving and understanding of underdogs, even tho he is now successful, even socially. One and a half grams of fish oil capsule daily. It is hard to find, so we use two grams a day (all of us!) Get it at a health food store so that it is free of mercury.

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EAST works because it is intensive. People need constant support. Twice weekly is not too much at first. It is much less costly than having people disabled, not working and producing and constantly sucking up public resources. An ounce of prevention. Also psychosis is terribly common. At least !%

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My child became withdrawn, suspicious, very unhappy, and started believing almost everyone was out to hurt him. Also, messages were coming to him from outside sources. EAST saved his life and our family. They allowed us very slowly to accept that he had psychosis, which we thought was a fate worse than death, and after more than a year we slowly started low dose medicines. Imperceptibly he improved and continues to improve in every way. He has friends again, continues in sports, and is excelling in college. The whole process continues, and has gone on for aver five years.

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