Does Anybody Else Suffer From a Relative That Has Schizophrenia?

Question by angela: does anybody else suffer from a relative that has schizophrenia?
my father has paranoid schizophrenia and abuses perscription drugs and alcohol and it has been very hard to deal with, i never realized it was a mental illness until recently. i always thought that it was drug abuse.i just wanted to hear what other people thought about this.

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Answer by lybov
I have paronia schizophrenia and i suffered but i never did drugs mine was chemical or i was born with it mostly born with it and i am on medicine but i think that the father if hes abusing them like drugs not prescription then you have to tell the psychiatrist i use my medicine to help me not to worsen.

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