@johan I’m really glad that you consulted your doctor about your symptoms.
I do not have sz/a so I can’t comment on that, but I have been diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder, major depression, and also OCD. A lot of what you describe sounds familiar to me. I would recommend that you talk to your p-doc about medication options as well as consult a therapist. I have found both to be very helpful in managing my symptoms. Also, symptoms and MI diagnoses can change over time so it’s important to work closely with your doctor.
It also never ceases to amaze me how stress can impact both mental and physical health. For example, when I am under severe stress, I can feel dizzy, disoriented, develop migraines, have vision problems, have stomach problems, sleep too much or have fitful sleep, become disorganized, forget what I’m doing or forget a word or mishear when someone else is talking—and the list goes on and on. For example, I was in a meeting at work the other day and I thought I heard the presenter at the meeting refer to someone as a “crushed pumpkin”—so I asked the person sitting next to me–and it turns out the presenter had said “country bumpkin”. At least I got a chuckle out of that one
Anyway, please continue working with your doctor on managing your symptoms. Take care.
I was 31 i think. Or 32. I had been psychotic for two years. I have very few clear nondelusional memories from this episode. I had my mom, my sister and my husband taking care of me when I was not in hospital.
It’s been 6 hard years. But it’s in my nature to not give up when you are encountering new obstacles in life. I have been there, given up on life, several times, but somehow I bounce back up again.
I hope it is ok that I respond I’m a parent to a 33 yr old Bi polar with schizophrenic episodes. At least that is the latest label given to her from a psychiatrist . She has been hospitalized 6 or 7 times and only for 3 to 4 weeks at a time. What is a childhood episode because I just thought she was artistic? Both of her parents are artists so we are more tolerant of the unusual .
That’s not necessarily true, @anon1392956. We have several people with untreated schizophrenia on this site, and while their thinking can be distinctly odd to delusional, they are perfectly intelligible.
Its best to consult with a competent psychiatrist.
It could be a number of different psychiatric disorders, anything from Generalized Anxiety to a Psychotic disorder.
