Question about friend & possible schizophrenia

Ok here goes first question.

My friend has heard voices for ages but has always said it's a "gift" and thinks it's a psychic thing. I never went against her about that because I knew nothing about anything psychic.

Anyways, she recently emailed me a confusing email that insinuated that my husband & myself are spreading lies about her and her family. Long story short, without thinking anything of it, I sent her a very angry reply having been accused of something we've never done and insisted on proof. She in turn, called me over the phone and accused us of numerous things including posting things on the internet and thinking of bringing them to court for abusing their daughter. Her call was so confusing...I have never even witnessed them abusing their girl, I had a migraine right after.

She did make a comment...."Someone's making all this nonsense." Does that sound like paranoid schizophrenia? And now that she doesn't trust me as a friend, how can I help at all?

I would definateley try to keep in touch with her if you can and are ok about it.i
who's to say what is up with her, but I would make "sideways" efforts to see if her behaviour is causing others concern, over her own and others safety
From what you have said so far, her actions and thinking does seem to have veered away and are counter to , the realities that you are part of

By "sideways" I mean that, if you could make contact with a mutual friend or one of her own friends or relatives first ,BEFORE, you take any other action, would be the first thing that I could suggest anyway.

if this can start the ball rolling then thats great,, as it does sound that your friend might benefit from some listening to from somebody qualified to , yes, a professional

If you care about her then,you should be able to progress , but be patient.

keep trying.. try the chat room?

look after yourself though, first of all.!

11.30pm , edinburgh

I'd contact her family & voice my concerns about her behavior. They may have witnessed some stuff but with your added input maybe will try to get her help. It could very likely be some kind of psychosis & delusions taking place, in which case she needs qualified professional help. I would say "Do not attempt to diagnosis or counsel yourself." Leave it to the professionals. If she is open, suggest she see someone, but if she is paranoid & thinking people are plotting against her she probably will think you are just part of the plot. Having had experiences with paranoia myself, I know that it seemed like everyone who said they were trying to "help" me seemed like they were all conspiring to "get me" & were working in conjunction to hurt me somehow. Medication did wonders with that so that I can look back & realize that that was delusional thinking. (Bipolar 1).--Suzy