To Lena & all who are interested, My Mom must have a pretty mild case. She has been on medication ever since I can remember. She has never been committed yet nor had to go thru electro-shock treatment ( that I know of). She was fired from a couple of jobs & has never returned back to work. That was when I was around 10 years old. She IS heavily medicated though. She thinks she dosen't need to take the medicine & will go off of it occasionally & start thinking there are invisible people in the house doing all kinds of weird things. She may be committed one of these days. It has come close several times. I have never been able to communicate with her much. She interprets things incorrectly & is always very suspicious of people. I don't understand it. It would be great if they could find out what causes this also. I can't imagine having to live life like she does.