I usually have paranoid thoughts that I’m going get shot or that some random person is after me. I do have a lot of insight though. I also have visual hallucinations infrequently. I see things change colors all of a sudden. One time I saw a giant red dot on a wash cloth and have even seen parts of a road turn green for miles. I think it’s just in my head sometimes and that I have bad eyes. What does everyone else think. Are these typical in schizophrenia?
And brain tumors and regular fatigue. It could be anything, no one here is qualified to say yes or no. You should be speaking to your doctor.
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Man! That’s exactly what I had right before I got diagnosed with paranoid/disorganized schizophrenia about ten years ago except I was seeing skull and crossbones not red dots.
You need to see a psychiatrist.
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I was diagnosed with schizophrenia by my psych nurse but I have self doubt.
i use to see a third eye on people’s foreheads . but no one here can diagnosis you and why do you doubt your doctor?
I am constantly harassed by people, who see the pictures in my mind and can hear my voices. Don’t know why they won’t leave me alone. They make me feel terrible and like I’m disturbed when they can’t stop watching me or commenting on what they think are my thoughts.
I know she has legitimate reasons to believe that I’m schizophrenic but sometimes I just think it’s all in my head like I’m a hypochondriac.
I tend to have a lot of insight. I might see something, dismiss it within a few seconds and the people around me don’t know there was a giant snake coming out of Jimmy. There’s a logical process involved in that which a lot of schizophrenics do not have. I’ve heard this be blamed on IQ but I think that’s only a small part of it.
If you’ve been diagnosed, being insightful is not a good reason to doubt the diagnosis. With a schizophrenia diagnosis there are symptoms, NOT definite reactions to those symptoms. You may hallucinate and handle it with ease but the hallucinations are what make a person schizophrenic, not the response to them.
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I think I would see someone with higher qualifications just for peace of mind, but that’s just me.
I thought having insight means that your not psychotic.
Yeah maybe I should tell my psych nurse to take me off my antipsychotics.
And you know this because?
No one has ever told me that knowing that my hallucinations/delusions/paranoia were not real meant I was disqualified from having schizophrenia. Does having insight mean someone is not psychotic? I don’t know specifically but it doesn’t mean they aren’t hallucinating/having delusions or being paranoid and these are often indicators of psychotic disorders…
However, this place is not for medical advice as I believe some earlier posters made note of. Please do not take psychiatric advice from the people here. We are not qualified to give it.
See your doctor really soon.
I had a psychotic episode where hearing voices, scared of lines on clothes and scared of cup. I feel fine now. Loads of insight.
It is common for sz folks with insight to think they are just being hypochondriacs. But the truth is, having insight does not make you less schizophrenic. It just makes you more functional. And I’m willing to bet that a large reason why you have such good insight is because you are taking medication.
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Maybe your right ninjastar. I never thought that my medication might be the reason why I have some amount of insight. Maybe I should just accept my illness.
Whenever I have been doing well for a while, I become convinced I never had schizophrenia, and I would be fine off my meds. Once, I actually stopped my meds. I felt amazing for a few weeks, then I crashed hard. Now I need twice as much medicine to be stable again. Now, when I feel like stopping my meds, I come on here and have my friends talk some sense into me.
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I have these moments where I think I’m just being a hypochondriac as well or that I’m making it up, but tell that to the voices! I wish I was just a hypochondriac. My life would feel easier.