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My wife of 22yrs(age 41) was diagnoised w/SA in May of 2003. She
takes her meds everyday and is once again "normal" So the meds-
Risperdal,Effexor, and the occasional Klonipin works great. I work
(ed) alot of long hours at my place of employment. At the time my
wife wasn't working. We are very active in our local church. have 2
children, 21 and 17(only one at home now).
In hindsight, we both(as her mother ...

Hello-
I am an adult child of a mother with NPD. I recently came to understand that this has been the source of my adversity for most of my life. I severed all ties with her 7 years ago. Looking back, some of her behavior would seem almost comical, if it weren't for the devestating effect it has had on our family.

My father died of Lupus when I was 9. The growing seriousness of ...

What is it and what are the symptoms?

what can i do, if i belive its unfair that i got kicked out of a forum for having responded to some very nasty remarks.
who can i write or speak to ....
others were as nasty as i was, perhaps worst.
but theyre messages werent erased,and mine were...!!
why is that??
no i didnt use any curse words.
i was simply being honest.
any ideas??

Help!

We have a 14 year old son with ODD - I would like information on effective parenting strategies. So far nothing we have tried seems to work. The end result is always the same - He does what ever he wants - and he appears to not care about consequences. Is there a way to get through to him - or is it too late?

Thanks! ...

Last Tuesday I voluntarily admitted my 14 year old son to a residential facility. They specialize in behavioral modification therapy. I am presently feeling guilty, but know deep in my heart that it is the last ditch effort to "save" him. He is a classic scenerio of ODD. I have had many sites concerning this disorder and was amazed on how they could have written it all about him. Years and years of therapy of ...

How many of you have 1 or more disibiltes? I have Learning disilblite, OCD and I might have Auistm but I am not sure. :(

im not sure if this is a syptom or not
ive heard voices, at first i believed they were my own thoughts but now they are abusive , i am a self-hating person anyway so im not sure but theyre inside my head not outside
its like a tape playing inside my head and i cant control or get rid of them
help would be appreiciated
please could you email me with your thoughts
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So, my ex-girlfriend had some issues, and at first everything seemed fine, but by the end I started to wonder if there was something about her personality that might actually be . I searched online and it seems that PPD fit her really closely, I want to hear what you all think. Or, if it isn't PPD, then maybe a paranoid episode? I'll break it down:

She thinks that everyone wants to use her. She ...