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• [1] Julie from Brooklyn August 15, 2007 - 12:55PM

  I wonder if an endocrinologist is part of the process of diagnosis upon admitting to the hospital is because as it is described, it sounds very much like my experience with severly low blood sugar. Delusional, paranoid etc.. Perhaps they need to rule out such things.

  
  
• [2] Chris from Manhattan August 15, 2007 - 01:02PM

  Thank you for this piece. I work for a non-profit that provides housing and support services for people living with mental illness and I will be passing this information around. We can be found at: http://www.communityaccess.org/. Again, thank you.

  
  
• [3] M. Brewer from So. Plainfield, NJ August 15, 2007 - 01:31PM

  Thank you for the conversation on schizophrenia. I am a mother with a 41 year old son with the disease. He has been mute for several years, does take medication and sees a pschiatrist.

  He has a degree and is fluent in several languages. He is kind, cooperative, but stopped talking.

  After listening to your program I do feel more hopeful.

  
  
• [4] A. Ray from New York August 15, 2007 - 09:23PM

  I enjoyed the interview, really appreciate and admire the achievements of the author. I plan to buy this book pretty soon. As a care giver to a mentally ill spouse for over 10 years I have realized that over a period of time the American judiciary has become such a draconian force that it has left the mental health care system in this country in the stone age. The author is very fortunate that the manifestation of her paranoia did not destroy her own support system and she was able to enjoy the benefits of modern medicines. I guess she never involved the judiciary to take action against her "tormentors" like what my spouse did; my spouse was also very talented but now destroyed by the consequences of her paranoia and by the motives of the fortune seekers of the judiciary (or should I say America's thriving divorce industry).

  
  
• [5] GLENN LOSACK MD August 16, 2007 - 01:20PM

  is the person a psychiatrist?

  it didnt sound the case

  how is it she is a prof of psychiatry?

  
  
• [6] Dale from Brooklyn August 18, 2007 - 10:50PM

  Ms. Saks is the Orrin B. Evans Professor in Law and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences. In other words, she is a professor of law and psychiatry--the relation of the two. According to the USC website, she is also training to be a psychoanalyst, but since the site is somewhat out of date, so she may now be certified. In any case, I have met Ms. Saks and she is fascinating, amazing, and in no way misrepresenting her credentials.

  
  
• [7] Robert Wilkens from Levittown, NY August 21, 2007 - 10:35PM

  Excellent Read. I ordered the book when I first heard an interview with the author on a 4pm show on WNYC (I believe it was NPR-originated), I now look forward to listening to the archived interview with the local host. I am a person who also suffers with Schizophrenia (technically SchizoAffective Disorder, which is a combination of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder, with Schizophrenia symptoms being primary). Unfortunately, in the book it appears the author still doesn't see the problems with some of her thought processes at the time she was having them as she writes about them, but it's possible she's trying to stay with her then-mindset as she wrote it. I'm a schizophrenic who has had some wild delusions/hallucinations, which has a firm basis in schizophrenia and not a biochemical disorder (though I have long ago accepted that meds work for dealing with the pain) in as much as "Schizo" means "Shatterred"(pardon spelling) and "Phrenos" means "Mind/Heart" which of course means we're talking about a shatterred heart (and if you read the book right, while the author seems unaware of this fact, you can even tie in many if not all of the start of her hallucinations to a broken heart, and the end of the book to her 'healing' by becoming married).

  
  
• [8] lewis torro from rochester,ny September 02, 2007 - 02:44AM

  I would like to add that these voices are clairsentient people who tune in on the thoughts and emotions of others if you are a longtime sufferer please feel free to contact me at my email adress:medium6open@yahoo.com

  there is more i hve found on the internet, they are not solutions but they are answers that you must hear about or are written toyou so drop a line or instant message?