My eight year old son has started displaying some worrying symptoms. He wakes up in the night with complaints of bugs crawling under his skin and he hears voices that are not there as well. After doing a web search, I am now worried he might have schizophrenia. Does anyone here have any experience with schizophrenia in kids? What do you recommend we, as parents, do now?
Of course there is no way that I could make an accurate diagnosis on the internet, for a patient I have never even seen in person. However, regardless of what it is that you son has, he quite clearly needs professional help. Please get him evaluated by a competent child psychiatrist.
schizophrenia usually doesnt present itself until late teens early twentys. not to say that it isnt possible, but it could be something else. regardless you should have him seen by some sort of professional. hope everything works out :-)
Does anyone have a diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, anyone here with it?