Sure hell yes, we are not that common, and pardon my american/danish/ english
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I have a total loss of myself since my breakdown.
I have social anxiety and I never had it this bad. It stinks. My mental health has deteriorated even though I got better with my psychotic symptoms. Maybe my doctor would try me on 2 antipsychotics before trying tms or ect. I am so tired of this. Ah well life is good for me otherwise it could be worse and itās not.
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In europe it is mostly considered a schizophrenic type of mental illness, les a personality disorder.
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I find mixed episodes worse than depression. I get mixed instead of manic, I just get hypomania but canāt do much. For mixed moods I get confused, live in fear, irritable, spaced, Iām a mess when Iām mixed. I get psychotic.
I hope you get better, and feel free to send me an PM if you got any questions.
Anxiety sucks, if you are a ācompliantā patient you might mention an Mao Inhibitor, instead of your current medicine, it helped me a lot with the anxiety, less with depression
But there is some food and other meds you cant take at the same time as an Mao inhibitor.
I hope you get a relief by TMS
Thanks @bluebutterfly
I am going to mention that to them. The MAO inhibitor. Anxiety is a big concern for me.
I will take you up on the questions if needed thank you.
Thanks for the kind words. Yes maybe TMS would help. I hope I get accepted for the program I am afraid of ECT. Had it when I was young and lost a lot of memories.
Have a good day
Have a good day too, and please tell me if you were helped by either tms or ect.
I was once suggested ECT during a depressed period, and i have seen that it helps a lot of patients, so i wouldnt be that scared now, that i was then (10 years ago)
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Well, I donāt hear voices or suffer from paranoia, but I guess my unusual beliefs got worse, I found it harder to make eye-contact and was finding myself increasingly cut off from the world.
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Thanks so much for connecting. Itās so good to connect with someone else who has schizotypal disorder. I donāt know anyone and donāt understand my illness.
Do it sounds like you had some progression of illness. I have too. Iāve lost so much so much functioning since 2011 slowly worse and worse. Itās devastating. Since 3-4 years I canāt work, and canāt do most things I used to, or with a great deal of difficulties. I used to highly function. 
I donāt hear voices either. But when I get really ill I suffer from a lot of paranoia. I always see minor illusions and sometimes hallucinations, do you? They are much worse when Iām Iāll. Maybe this is the bipolar piece.
Do you have something like what people call ānegative symptomsā? Did you end up losing a lot of motivation and passion for life? And feel stuck unable to move for a lot of the day?
Sorry for all the questions! and for putting up with my long post!
@NotSeksoEmpirico
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My STD (schizotypal disorder) is pretty stable, but with attacks of delusions, depersonalization and anxiety, especially when stressed. I have also minor micro psychosis, hallucinations, but very few, and 'im not scared of them, since i read Oliver Sacks book about hallucinations.
I havenāt got paranoia, but iām very suspicious, and try to tell my self, that most people care most about their own things and if they are interested in me, itās probably because they are curious - or even like me.
The big problem for me, is the negative symptoms you mention. And i do know myself very poorly so very often i cant find the obvoius reason why me negatives all of sudden get worse.
And yes, itās a pretty lonely way of living, even among family and friends, so itās good to hear from somebody else with the STP āconditionā
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@bluebutterfly
My illusions sometimes donāt scare me because I am used to it and my pdoc says I donāt have Alzheimerās. But sometimes I am shocked at first. I have hallucinations sometimes and they scare me bad. I get paranoia bad when ill. And I am always on guard now. Itās stinks but Iāve learned to live with a lot.
Good to know someone with STD has these motivation problems that have gotten worse. Sorry to hear that though itās an awful thing.
Good to know we arenāt completely alone in the world with this. At least we have this forum because I donāt know of any STD support groups or psycho-education counselling for STD. I am grateful for your connecting.
I cant find any STD support group either, a friend of mine said there is af group on Tapatalk, but i like to be here, because there is a lot of similar problems in common with SZ,
In this meme where are the only ones not a car, but an UFO!!!, at least there are other UFOās, donāt give up hope.
Haha #11 is a spaceship. Pretty much true.
Yeah I appreciate being allowed in this group too. Many donāt understand the things schizotypal experience and someone said itās in the Sz spectrum which Iāve heard before. I just have a lot of insight which may be the difference. (?).
Hope you have a good weekend. My husband wants to socialize in a āspontaneousā setting with lots of stimulation and energy and interaction with our friends. He does a lot for me so I will of course go and attend in my own way. I have a couple of drinks, no more, to relax. My pdoc knows.
@bluebutterfly
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Have a good weekend too Artsygal, step out of your spaceship for a while and have fun with your husband and friends, good to hear you are in an fruitful marriageā¦ and i will for sure have a good weekend, flying out to my allotment tomorrow and do some DIY
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Well, technically once youāre diagnosed with sz youāre no longer regarded as being schizotypal as it occupies a different notch in the same spectrum. Yes, I have experienced visual hallucinations, various self-disturbances and plenty of negative and cognitive symptoms. Apathy, lack of drive or motivation, depression, and memory and concentration problems.
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For me schizotypal is a disorder of one dimension, schizophrenia is a disorder of higher dimensions.
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@NotSeksoEmpirico ok ty. I forgot you were later disagnosed with sz. I get those things but I only have schizotypal. I have a lot of insight and not too bad with cognitive issues.
Have a good weekend
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