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Old Sep 24, 2007, 12:32 AM
TroubledSon TroubledSon is offline
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My 27-year old son was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder with psychosis at the beginning of this summer. Before that his only previous encounter with mental illness was nine years ago--he was put on Zyprexa and remained fairly stable until now.

Since the beginning of this summer he has been to the emergency room 4 times, and admitted to the hospital each time, his symptoms were so severe. He has been through Abilify, Geodon, Zyprexa. Since hospitalization #3, he has been on Risperdahl. His symptoms are difficult to live with. (He has been living at home; he also has Asperger's syndrome-- a developmental disability). I had to put him in a personal care home the first of August. He is now in the hospital for the fourth time in four months.

I am just wondering what to expect. Are these trips to the hospital monthly going to go on indefinitely? Will he never hold a job again? What is his future going to be like? How long will it be until he gets back to normal, like how he was last year? Will he ever get back that way? Is this situation unusual? Is this just the usual schizoaffective disorder?

Thank you in advance for your responses.