Hi everyone, I’m still fairly new to this forum and very recently diagnosed schizophrenic. Does anyone else experience intense mood swings? Maybe mood swing isn’t the word, but does anyone go through intense shifts in how they feel about this disease? I go from feeling like I can handle this to falling apart and cursing at how unfair this is and being terrified that I’ll be lost somewhere along the way. If any of you experience this, how do you cope?
I’ve been dealing with this for years and still have days/weeks where I feel like it’s fine then all of a sudden definitely not fine.
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I just had my diagnosis confirmed last week and the ups and downs I’ve had over the past 7 or 8 days are unreal. I go from feeling invincible and that I can fight this to thinking I’m better off dead. It’s not a fun feeling.
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That’s totally understandable. On top of this being a really tough diagnosis to get your head around, you’re likely not completely in your tight mind, hence the diagnosis.
Give it some time. Go inpatient if you need to. Get on an antidepressant if you need to. See a therapist. You’ll get through this and we’re all here for you.
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