Has anyone ever lived with parent with schizophrenia?

my mum suffer's from mild schizophrenia and found it quite tuff growing up around it... would like to here from other people in the same position and how they coped and how there parents acted!Has anyone ever lived with parent with schizophrenia?
when I was around 15 (when I needed her the most) my mother started ';seeing things'; and was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and it went downhill from there. That was honestly the hardest time in my life being the eldest and having to take care of my younger siblings.





5 years on and although she is on daily medication my mother has never been the same. My father was by her side through it all but eventually their marriage failed because she is now a totally different person. They're still good friends though. At first I resented her for changing, because I didnt understand it, but we're the best of friends now, and it was the birth of my son that brought us closer.





As you already know, it's a very difficult thing to have to go through for anyone, but people get through worse things all the time. Schizophrenia came and left its mark, but in the end its made our family stronger and more determined to be together.Has anyone ever lived with parent with schizophrenia?
I grew up with a mom and uncle with severe schizophrenia. My mom was also an alcoholic and smoker, and she also never left the house and had no job. It was pretty bad for me as a kid. Inviting my friends over for birthday parties was embarassing. She would mumble to herself and sometimes do strange things like play golf indoors. I also wasn't socialized well into society as a kid, so it was late before I learned to brush my teeth or tie my shoes.





My dad divorced her and married someone else, and it was also tough getting used to having a stepbrother and stepsister.
Good question !!





My father is not stable but he has not been diagnosed





I have been diagnosed schitzophrenic and i worry for the sake of my child. Will i make his life hard?





This makes me feels so depressed bcause i dont want my child to have the (treading on eggshell feeling) towards me, like i did my dad