Reply #47: so true about schizophrenics

[CrawlingChaos]

My uncle was a schizophrenic and his psychiatrist told me he'd never seen a schizophrenic patient who didn't smoke and drink coffee, both of which help their symptoms. He actually discouraged us from withholding cigarettes, because it would have been too much for my uncle. Even though he ultimately died from COPD complications, the schizophrenia was always a much bigger issue. I can't even picture the poor guy without a cup of coffee and a smoke in his hand - it seemed to help him so much. Hopefully your goodaughter has a milder case and can conquer the demon cigs, but it's so true she'll have a bigger mountain to climb than the average smoker.