Schizophrenia: Support Group

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I have been diagnosed with Schiz for ~ 2 years, i have had it since about age 10 or so. Have all kinds...

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change of meds.

I am currently using Saphris and it is becoming a burden by way of cost I was wondering if any doctors on...

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Living with Schizophrenia: A Call for Hope and Rec...

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2 medications and a major decrease in coordination...

My uncle was diagnosed with Schizophrenia years ago. In the past 3 years of so he has developed Epilepsy, as...

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Need help with family member mental problem

My stepson has erratic episodes of walking in circles, talking to himself and silly laughter, what could this...

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only serious answers please

I am emotionally drained....I am 27 years old and I have taken financial responsibility for my 29 year old...

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connection with schizophrenia and BATH SALTS

my friend is hearing voices and it has to be from the bath salts. is it schizophrenia? and what are his...

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How can I help my friend?

HI, my friend has schizophrenia and sometimes when she is in a trance like state, cuts appear on her shoulder,...

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im scared

hi i just recently went in to get help for my dression n really bad episodes n i thougth i wa just goin crazy...

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Can Paranoid Schizophrenia be focused to one locat...

My sister in law was always withdrawn, showing what was though to be shyness. About a year ago she started...

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Invega Sustena

I'm on invega sustena but it caused too much weight gain so I switched to the pill. How long does it take for...

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Happy Anniversary?

I'm certain I've been depressed all of my life, but I wasn't diagnosed until I had a psychotic break....

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Do you feel the anniversary/anniversaries of your illness?

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Gummy bears and green ninja squirrels

so i everyone talks about seeing things but guess what. i hear voices in my head and i have a family of gummy...

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Needs help

ok so im posting to get some information. my brother who is now almost 25 years old i believe needs help but...

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Adopting a Cat

Are cats helpful to people with schizophrenia? I would like to adopt a quiet, calm cat next year. I had one...

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Give-Back...

I'm tired of all the illnesses I have. I'd like to give them back to wherever they came from. Any...

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what effects are known on fetus when Schizophrenia occurs during pregnancy

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Intense Boredom at PT Job, Dissatisfaction with Co...

I've held my part time job for many years, almost since I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and...

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MY MENTAL ILLNESS

HI, MY NAME IS TRACI DIONNE WELLS AND I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SCHIZOPHERNIA. I HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH...

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Effects of Saphris and Prolixin

Hello everyone - i'm new to this but it's my brother I'm concerned about. He's schizophrenic and has been on...

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kind of lost looking for information

am not really sure where to start but um iv recently hit a point in my life where i kind of feel like i need...

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am not really sure where to start but um iv recently hit a point in my life where i kind of feel like i need to look at whats really wrong instead of just ignoring my problems. im almost 22 and i was told by a close frien who is studying psychology in college that i should look into schizophrenia and it might be an answer to my problems, i struggle through relationships and i am happy with the girl i am with now, we are engaged, but i am having a big issue and its bringing me down, um for abotu 2 years iv gone through spells of paranoia where i think that people are out to harm me, ill be in a crowded place such as a concert and ill notice people who keep looking at me and i get intense anxiety and just leave or withdraw from whatever is going on, for the past few years my hygiene has tanked and i dont feel the motivation to do anything really i have to force myself to eat, i rarely ever leave my apartment for fear that someone is following me trying to get me, i hear my fiancee whispering with her friends and i think they are plotting against me and my mind starts picking up on things, over the last few weeks one paranoid thought has grown into a huge almost conspiracy idea, and im losing sleep because i feel that if i fall asleep that someones gonna get me, i have to stay up till i literally cnt keep my eyes open, i just dont know what to do with myself anymore, and even over the last year and a half or so iv kinda felt at times like im just not connected to my surroundings like im not really there, i have cut all connections with my friends and trying to make new ones suck because i cant trust anyone, my fiancee is getting upset with me because i wont hang out with anybody or go to parties and im to afraid to tell her what exactly is going on in my fu**ed up head, i mean when the paranoia and everything isnt bothering me or when iv kinda relaxed my suspicions im a normal and happy guy, but lately things have just been getting worse to the point where i cant even leave my apartment without somebody with me, i am just hoping somebody out there can give me some answers. i appreciate it a lot.View Thread

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Question about schitzo effect and thought disorder

I went through a realitivly tough divorce with my wife over 4 years ago. Don't really want to get into all the...

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I went through a realitivly tough divorce with my wife over 4 years ago. Don't really want to get into all the details but really felt like she went off the deep end. She started an affair with a 16 year old kid and that ended the marriage.

I went to some marriage cousnling with her, when it came up the counslor thought she had some mental issues my ex quit going and it pretty much ended the marriage. The counslor said she beleive she had schitzo effective disorder, thought disorder and Post Tramatic Stress Disorder.

Going through the divorce I had a really hard time negotiating splitting things up, she thought she should get everything. Even though her getting everything she would be unable to make payments on the vehciles and the house. She didn't make enough money to make payment on both her vehicle and the house payment, but she of course wanted both.

Well, I end up getting the house, but she never felt it was fair. We didn't speak much after the divorce but I'd get e-mails about how unfair the divorce agreement was, how I ripped her off because I got the house, how she's going to hire a lawyer and try to get the house etc.

Well, now were over 4 years after the divorce. I get a call from her out of the blue and she's really polite and she's like, you know what I've been thinking? I think we should just sell the house and split the money.

My jaw literally hits the floor, I'm wondering what the heck she's thinking, like I'm going to go, yea that sounds fair, let's do that. The house that I've now had for 4 years, done the up keep, paid 100% of the morgage for 4 years. Got it in the divorce, I'm now just going to sell it and split the money with you.

My question is, I really never understood the thought disorder part of this. Is this part of the thought disorder? I just can't get over how crazy of a question it was and honestly don't know what her expections were when asking me to do this.View Thread

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friend needed for son with Schizophrenia Disorder ...

If there is anybody out there that can help me with my son on help coping with Schiophrenia...he feels he...

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Schizophrenia disorder

I have a son he's 24 years old Im in need of help! on how to sooth the pain im going thru with him being...

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I dont know what is wrong with me and am tired of ...

I'll try not to make this too in-depth, but my reality is that i am 37,have been treated on and off from the...

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Mindless Self Indulgence... Part 3 (soon over)

Growing more agitated from lack of anything working since college, my frustration for an answer to what is...

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Mindless Self Indulgence... Part 2 (oh the narciss...

I enjoyed theater.. and was pretty good at it. But that's BS too I'm sure. But if I believe what I remember,...

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I enjoyed theater.. and was pretty good at it. But that's BS too I'm sure. But if I believe what I remember, I was a future Oscar recipient at a young age. What I do remember is, when I stepped out on stage... I was no longer of this world. I was somewhere else. A place where I knew what was coming next (of course it is scripted) And, being the lead... I was the center... God.

It was also at this time that I began embezzling. That was a new drug. I literally stole thousands in cash and merchandise from the CD chain I worked for. I had a crew. We all worked together. But I was the kingpin. I was the only one w/ the balls (stupidity) to take the big risks and clip $300+ a night from the register. For a 16-17 year old... not too bad.

Caught? Never! Was even able to orchestrate a frame. A newbie came in, less than intelligent, easy to manipulate, but too caught up in himself to realize. I started the ball rolling... my manager picked it up and soon all the strange things happening around the store had an explanation.

And I knew it was time to go. And I did. Clean.

College
This is when I noticed something was wrong with me. Being at a big school it was easy to shrink into the background. And I did. I hated it. I was isolated, but disgusted at what I saw around me.

I imagine it's because I hated how easy it was for them all. Easy to be around each other. Play. I couldn't do that. I wasn't like them. I didn't want to be like them.

So... I spent 4 years in hell and never understood why they called it "Happy Valley"

My Career

Yes... even I'm tiring of this story at this point. But I'll keep going... it has a purpose I promise. It's the only way you'll believe me.

I began work... blah blah... Life was pretty boring. Still womanizing the best I knew how, though the caliber decreased precipitously. Ladies that aren't "classically beautiful" are great targets. Back to God status.

Christ... even at the longest job I held for 3 years I played the whole place. The partners thought I liked them... they were scum... I told everyone and they respected me for it. Had two the last "pretties" I would have there while they both worked there. Managed neither knew of the other... and I was engaged w/ a child on the way (which was later miscarried)

Around this time my mother had serious back surgery. I wasn't so concerned about that as I was the painkillers. Lovely lovely painkillers. I didn't event try to hide the fact I was stealing them... and per usual... denial allowed for it happen. Once my mother got upset... but... what did I care? Be pissed. What are you going to do?

So... the drugs ran out... and now I find myself closer to today.

For a bit I thought I was a sociopath. I later found that this was wishful thinking. What I thought I was is very different from the reality. The notion I was a charming individual was shattered when I was confronted with the fact that I wasn't by my latest girlfriend and her family.

Apparently I'm a pathetic shell of a man who acts like a child and is awkward in any social situation. Luckily, I don't care for any of them. But, for some reason, I care about the one I'm with enough to try to make things right with them. Even though they know I've totally messed with their daughter's head. Was even abusive once... though I don't remember how it started. I just went black and when I came back she was bleeding from the nose.

It's weird... push me.... corner me... and I'm vicious. I didn't think that was in me.View Thread

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Mindless Self Indulgence... Because I Think I'm In...

Where to begin? It's been such a long journey, yet I can remember every second. It's all been leading up to...

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Where to begin? It's been such a long journey, yet I can remember every second. It's all been leading up to today... the most frightening realization of my life. I'm schizophrenic.

I re-read that and feel like a fool. Yet another self diagnosed hypochondriac who wants to feel special. The only thing that's wrong w/ that sentiment is... WHO WOULD WANT THIS!?!

For almost 10 years I have been trying to discover what is wrong with me. I KNOW something is wrong with me. The older I get... the more I believe.

Screw it, if I can't indulge myself here where can I? So here is the trip... all 4000 characters of it.

Childhood
When I was young I didn't play with other children. I didn't need to. I was content playing my 45s on my Fisher Price record player, drawing, reading... by myself.

My stepfather's mother voiced her concern then. Stating something to the effect of, "that's not normal." My mother saw I was content... so why change it? Besides... I'm just a kid... they're all different right?

What makes me laugh is I am described as an angel at this time. I did what I was told. I behaved like a little gentleman. Never caused a problem. Just a perfect, cute little boy. Today I laugh and wonder what happened to that little boy... because he grew into something very different.

Elementary School
I didn't have a lot of friends in elementary school. I don't remember having a real friend until around 5th grade. I just focused on school and my own devices. Video games, reading, writing, music.

I didn't go to kindergarten. My birthday fell at an odd time so I wasn't 5 until after the school year began. When the next year came, I was tested and allowed to enter 1st grade (yeah... exactly how smart do you need to be to do that? Spell your name?)

I have one memory that I still find humorous. It was during play time (or whatever) where I got to paint. At the time, I liked to draw houses. A couple squares and a roof with a yellow sun shining on it. Inside each cube of my 6 room house? Two people. One killing the other. Guns. Knives. Rope. Blood everywhere. I was proud of it. I remember thinking the red was pretty.

My 1st grade teacher didn't share the sentiment and called my parents. Who... per usual... didn't think anything of it. Nothing wrong with our boy. Just a kid being a kid.

High School
Armed with my one friend Tony, I entered high school. Found drugs in 9th grade. Smoked pot first as it was easier to get. Then alcohol. Then acid. Later XTC and even later cocaine. And I didn't just experiment... they were a great escape... and something I could do alone. Get absorbed into my own world.

It was during this time that I first learned of my power. I was invincible. I did drugs at school, acted like a freak, and never busted. So I pushed it further. I was / am your classic womanizer. I thought I was just a normal hormonal teenager... but at 30 and talking to others... having had sex with several girls before 18 isn't as typical as I first thought.

I enjoyed the control. I was a sly, sliver tongued charmer who could corrupt even the most innocent of the flock. And I reveled in it. No one could resist... well... not those I chose anyway. And later I found I could have had more... but who hasn't.

So high school was great. Though I never hung out w/ anyone but one of three people... I had a strange popularity. Everyone knew me. Girls crushed on me. Guys respected me and wanted to be around me. I was "the man." Weird... as now I think I was just in my own world. Regardless..... it was great.View Thread

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Schizophrenia medications

I have a friend who has been diagnosed with Schizophrenia. My friend has been receiving treatment for this...

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