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 Posted - 04/22/2016 : 13:04:51
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Here Is Your Chance To Share Your Wisdom With The World
What Was The Start Of Schizophrenia Like For You?
Please tell us about the first year when schizophrenia started to change your life. This may have been years before you were diagnosed with schizophrenia. What was your age? How did you change? What did you think was happening? How did other people respond to these changes?
It would be very helpful to other people with schizophrenia if you told them about this important chapter of your life story.
Once others have posted their experiences; it would be great if you would comment on their posts.
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| hercules21
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| Jet
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Posted - 04/25/2016 : 11:07:04
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I felt very confused in my life I had a partner n two dogs reasonable income and social life....
Something felt wrong, I had been to docs many times but didn't even know such a thing as mental health even exisisted in my teens early 20s I just thought u were crazy or not..
My doc finally thought I had adhd n refereed me to a pdoc it took six mths before the appointment came threw I lost two stone n couldn't sleep by then with stress
Pdoc said I seemed a bit high n didn't want to take me on
I gave up at this report down Drs next day I was suicidal n given up
Over the last 12 yrs I've had every diagnoses
I remember losing it my CDs started saying my name n lady on tv quiz show turned n asked ME the question then I moved house, every radio n to in the house was talking to me. Everything had a secret meaning to me colours lights what people were wearing cars driving with lights on agreed with my thinking some graffitii said which way I should walk when I disappeared for 48hrs
I was running the world with tony Blair n bill Clinton we bombed a red cross hospital
I remember the pdoc saying I must feel very powerful I agreed but it wasn't the right phrase I felt responsible
Jez I could go on forever this lasted bout six mths then olanzapine made me sane but fat so changed that too lol now on haloperidol n lots of others sometimes my tv talks to me I hear screaming at night see figures round my bed n get creepy crawly skin like spiders are on it...
That's a bit for u guys to maybe relate too
U r not alone
Love jet
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'Forget the pot, enjoy the rainbow'
Thank you Jet,Often it takes years before an individual is correctly diagnosed with schizophrenia. Yet the diagnosis of schizophrenia is very straight forward if physicians just asked the right questions. (There is computerized diagnosis of schizophrenia at http://mentalhealth.com/home/dx/schizophrenia.html) The earlier schizophrenia is treated, the better the outcome. That's why your sharing your story with our community is so informative. It allows our other members to know that they are not alone - that their life with schizophrenia is very similar to that of others. I much appreciate your honesty and willingness to share your story with us. Phil Long MD
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| Jet
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Posted - 04/26/2016 : 01:47:39
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Sorry George bush, not Bill Clinton 
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| Jet
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Posted - 04/26/2016 : 12:29:42
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Ha me upside down!
Seriously guys I'm off to bed I'll try n sort it tomorrow lol
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| fleurette
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Posted - 04/26/2016 : 17:31:12
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I was about 21 years old when it happened to me. I didn't have any prodromal symptoms. Within one week I went from a normal person to a psychotic person.
I thought that my life was being broadcasted on CNN. I thought that every one who walked by me was sending me secret messages with their facial expressions and hand motions. I would hear a running commentary in my mind about what I was doing. I saw things that were not present. I thought that the rain outside was a tv show produced rain like in The Truman Show.
My mom took me to see the doctor immediately and he knew it was psychosis and told my mom that I would be well in 6 weeks time if I let him treat me.
Thanks Fleurette,It will help others to know that schizophrenia can have a sudden onset where, as you reported, a person can go from normal to psychotic in one week. Thus you can skip the following sections on changes in personality that often occur before the onset of schizophrenia. However, it would be very helpful to know if any part of the section on "basic symptoms" applied to you. I am looking forward to reading more of your insights in forthcoming sections of this course. P.S. Thank you for the hundreds of hours you have spent over the years posting in our community. Phil |
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| computer_chip1
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Posted - 04/28/2016 : 18:33:35
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As a boy I was sociable and popular. At age 13 I withdrew some and felt alienated to some extent after that. I was very successful academically in school. At about age 20 I had fairly deep depression most of the time, for about 4 years. I became obsessed for a whole year with going into psychoanalysis to fix all of my problems and to prepare me for a career as a psychiatrist. I was worried continuously all the time. (I could never afford psychoanalysis.) Then over 3 days in 1981, as a third year medical student, at the age of 24, I started reading my own ideas into everyday events. For example, I thought some people were spies. I became highly nervous and was referred to the emergency room, and my schizophrenia began.
In my initial episode I had a few delusions about other people and the meaning of everyday stimuli. The noises outside of my room seemed like abnormal "echo" sounds. I did not know what was happening, but a few days later I realized I had been sick and I was frightened. For a while I was hallucinating smells. I was discharged from the hospital after 17 days though I was not well.
For the next 9 months I had a feeling of severe fear every day. Mostly I was exhausted mentally and physically. That's how my illness began.
Washington, D.C. native.
Thank you Computer_Chip1,I really appreciate your sharing your experiences about living with schizophrenia. Many people, such as yourself, report that they experienced prolonged depression and feelings of social isolation for months or years before the onset of their psychosis. That is why it is so important to share our stories with the world. Every year in the world, there are millions of people newly developing schizophrenia. They are desperately looking for information about their illness, and I believe that our stories will greatly help them. Phil Long MD
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Posted - 04/29/2016 : 10:59:00
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