<![CDATA[Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee]]>To be informed, Schizophrenia can emerge in adulthood at any stage of life, esp in adult males. Hence, it can be a shock to devastate parents who are caught unaware & most unprepared.


I used to hv a colleague who was diagnosed in her 30s, and the sad thing is her siblings are also previously similarly diagnosed. I know of a guy who was in middle of his masters degree & when diagnosed with the condition kept struggling & went into self-denial.

To hv discovered a loved one has schizophrenia can be a stressful and emotional experience. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t hope as condition can be successfully managed. The individual & family hv to recognize , accept & quickly seek treatment w/o delay. With the right self-help, treatment, and support, you can learn to manage the disorder and lead a satisfying and fulfilling life.

If we are not able to offer constructive help, we can still provide emotional support & u’stand’g to family members.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/93896/mother-of-schizophrenic-son-who-feels-wronged-by-the-system-pens-angry-open-letter-chastising-pm-leeRSS for NodeFri, 24 Apr 2026 04:26:55 GMTMon, 02 Sep 2019 12:44:01 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Mon, 02 Sep 2019 06:37:26 GMT]]>

Beansprout\" post_id=\"1931296\" time=\"1566741159\" user_id=\"51937:

whatever it is , be it rant or bad narrated letter , the fact is she almost lost her son and her son is schizophrenic . She might be at a very miserable state when she wrote the letter. Not nice to comments like ‘it’s a rant , you hero can still read the letter in full, etc..’ . This is a situation of a parent whose son has a mental issue and he wanted to kill himself . Have some empathy.
agree, if I would be in her situation I wouldn't know what I will do. Given that her son has a mental issue is already a difficult situation. This must be very hard for her.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1933184https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1933184Mon, 02 Sep 2019 06:37:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:52:39 GMT]]>whatever it is , be it rant or bad narrated letter , the fact is she almost lost her son and her son is schizophrenic . She might be at a very miserable state when she wrote the letter. Not nice to comments like ‘it’s a rant , you hero can still read the letter in full, etc…’ . This is a situation of a parent whose son has a mental issue and he wanted to kill himself . Have some empathy.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1931296https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1931296Sun, 25 Aug 2019 13:52:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Fri, 09 Aug 2019 05:43:08 GMT]]>According to DS, mental health was not screened during NS pre-enlistment. Unless the family knows about the boy’s symptoms prior to NS enlistment and notify CMPB, it is unlikely NS will find out prior to enlistment.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927661https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927661Fri, 09 Aug 2019 05:43:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Fri, 09 Aug 2019 04:35:45 GMT]]>If her son is found to be schizophrenic before NS enlistment under medical condition, can he be exempted from NS ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927632https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927632Fri, 09 Aug 2019 04:35:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Fri, 09 Aug 2019 03:57:58 GMT]]>don’t know when her son’s condition started.

during the pre-enlisment checkup, there is a comprehensive medical test carried out. my uncle’s son was diagnosed with lung cancer (lymphoma) and undergoing radiation after completing chemo treatment. the bill is $100k but uncle would need to pay 50%.

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phtthp\" post_id=\"1927405\" time=\"1565233054\" user_id=\"35251:

Question is
When did her son start to display symptoms of schizophrenic ?

Before attend NS, or during NS ?
Yah that's the question. Unclear.

I wonder about kids like him, with mental health issues which are not identified before NS (or maybe didn't surface before NS). If the parents don't notice these issues or don't know how to deal with them, and if the kid's school teachers and NS instructors don't either, because they're not trained for it - or, more likely, think them to be disciplinary issues (i.e. that the kid is just lazy or defiant or malingering or something), which would be a natural thing for them to think - then the end result, with no malice on anyone's part, is likely to be extremely unfortunate for the kid.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927468https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927468Thu, 08 Aug 2019 07:35:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Thu, 08 Aug 2019 02:57:34 GMT]]>

janet88\" post_id=\"1927365\" time=\"1565226296\" user_id=\"12950:

floppy\" post_id=\"1927265\" time=\"1565170720\" user_id=\"97579:

TL;DR.
Best summarised in one word: rant.

There, save you 10mins of your life.

if her son is schizophrenic, then the education system is not the cause of it. in fact, the mother herself needs to get her brain checked.

Question is
When did her son start to display symptoms of schizophrenic ?

Before attend NS, or during NS ?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927405https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927405Thu, 08 Aug 2019 02:57:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Thu, 08 Aug 2019 02:40:08 GMT]]>TL;DR too. Thanks to hb for summarising it.


Maybe she can crowd fund. I am sure some of us don’t mind helping her.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927400https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927400Thu, 08 Aug 2019 02:40:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Thu, 08 Aug 2019 01:04:56 GMT]]>

floppy\" post_id=\"1927265\" time=\"1565170720\" user_id=\"97579:

TL;DR.
Best summarised in one word: rant.

There, save you 10mins of your life.
if her son is schizophrenic, then the education system is not the cause of it. in fact, the mother herself needs to get her brain checked.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927365https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927365Thu, 08 Aug 2019 01:04:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:57:26 GMT]]>maybe she needs more help in terms of counselling? when all not too good things come in together that can be a test to some… hope by making her ‘voice’ heard, she could get more help be it welfare/subsidies etc… if the main objective is to withdraw all money fm cpf, looks like difficult and also not very advisable imho…70k wont last too long … and both mother & son are still relatively young…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927352https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927352Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:57:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:36:42 GMT]]>

hb\" post_id=\"1927316\" time=\"1565187608\" user_id=\"179788:

I skimmed the linked article (I will do anything to procrastinate on real work) and I think, once you get past the bit on education (no idea what that's about), that the story goes like this:
...
Wow! You are the real hero here. Can still make out what was being written.

In summary, her son was diagnosed as schizophrenic. She blames everyone but herself / the family.

Given the incoherent writing style, I would suggest that she gets herself check as well.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927351https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927351Wed, 07 Aug 2019 22:36:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:20:08 GMT]]>I skimmed the linked article (I will do anything to procrastinate on real work) and I think, once you get past the bit on education (no idea what that’s about), that the story goes like this:


(1) She has a son, Ian, who had a really, really bad time in NS in SCDF. He was bullied and/or abused and/or neglected by his commanding officers. At any rate, he had such a bad time that he had to go AWOL.
(2) He was put in prison for desertion, and attempted suicide there.
(3) He was released and sent to IMH, where he was diagnosed (?) with schizophrenia (?) and possibly other things. The drugs and/or treatments didn’t work and/or had severe and unpleasant side effects, including making him even more psychotic and delusional and violent (?).
(4) She blames everyone for this - the education system (unclear), SCDF, the armed forces in general, IMH, the medical profession, the law, the government. I’m not sure if she’s accusing SCDF of making her son schizophrenic, or of making him much worse. Also unclear if his parents knew that he had mental health issues before NS - I think they didn’t, or didn’t realize the extent of it, or thought it was caused by a savage and materialistic education system or something.
(5) She has $70K in her CPF and wants the govt to release the money to her so she can find other drugs/treatments for her son.

She’s not the most reliable narrator, but my guess is that her son really does have mental health issues, possibly exacerbated by his time in NS and IMH - I wonder if his issues were picked up as disciplinary rather than mental health issues in school and NS? which might account for the rant against the educational system - and that people (including his parents) only realized how serious it was when he went to NS/attempted suicide .

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927316https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927316Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:20:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:57:31 GMT]]>Didn’t have the stamina to read and digest all but I think she’s trying to say that the education system emphasize too much on intelligence and missing the wisdom and moral parts… something like that?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927311https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927311Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:57:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 10:33:34 GMT]]>

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1927252\" time=\"1565168247\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1927252 time=1565168247 user_id=53606]
Too long. I read halfway then lost her point.[/quote]
U still can reach halfway point?
I have absolutely no idea she gong si mi.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927281https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927281Wed, 07 Aug 2019 10:33:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:45:52 GMT]]>Floppy is the best!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927267https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927267Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:45:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:38:40 GMT]]>TL;DR.

Best summarised in one word: rant.

There, save you 10mins of your life.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927265https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927265Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:38:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:35:47 GMT]]>Same.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927264https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927264Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:35:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Mother of schizophrenic son who feels wronged by the system pens angry open letter chastising PM Lee on Wed, 07 Aug 2019 08:57:27 GMT]]>Too long. I read halfway then lost her point.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927252https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1927252Wed, 07 Aug 2019 08:57:27 GMT