carry on conversations with voices or people who are not really there. The voices may tell them what to do and how to harm themselves or others. This puts the patient at a huge risk for committing suicide. The medication that is prescribed to them attempts to stop the voices or other symptoms. In turn, most schizophrenics would experience severely painful side effects. These side effects included constipation, drowsiness, dry mouth and blurred vision, which would most like diminish after a few weeks. Other side effects that is less likely to diminish included restlessness, slurred speech, trembling of hands and feet, muscle rigidity in the neck and head. Most patients experienced a tremendous amount of weight gain and could not lose the extra pounds, while some also experienced sun sensitivity and fainting. The next story is one case of schizophrenia. It shows what a typical schizophrenic would go through in life. The ending is like most schizophrenics, where the stress becomes too much and the patient attempts to escape it by killing themselves. Eighteen to fifty-five percent of people living with schizophrenia attempt suicide, with more than ten percent of a success rate (Bathen). Many schizophrenics cannot cope with the stresses of everyday life and feel that the only way to escape would be to kill themselves. Environmental factors can affect the person too. If the person is constantly treated as a nuisance, is abused about how the act or is not shown love and understanding, he or she may be lonely and turn to other things to help them deal with it. In turn, some talk to the voices in their heads and actually think that the situation is really that bad and may listen to what they are being told. It can be quite frightening for the patient.Janet was 15 in the late 1960’s. Her parents assumed she was rebelling like the rest of the kids were during that time. They took Janet to an adolescent specialist and were t...