Catatonia in sz

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How did it go away? By itself or a med switch?

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Heavy medication for the first year. I also changed my attitude towards medication with help from friends in AA and stopped screwing with it to the point where I would relapse badly. Was able to go off injections and takes pills on my own when I was supposed to.

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I get staring spells, Iā€™ll become very slow like my motor skills get slowed way down, Iā€™ll be dragging my feet and stuff. One time I stood still in a grocery isle for like 5 minutes. Or I just stare at the wall. A couple times I became rigid when I was parked in my car I didnā€™t move or speak for 5 or 10 mins when my gf was sitting beside me trying to get my attention.

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I used to sit and converse with voices constantly, so to an observer it looked like I was just staring into space. Not sure if that qualifies.

Iā€™ve seen videos of it on YouTube though.

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Yea I donā€™t know how can Drs know if theyā€™re hallucinating but for me I wasnā€™t. I think I read that some ppl hallucinate during catatonia but I didnā€™t.

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So many things arenā€™t talked about related to schizophrenia.

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Is so nice we share here guys :relaxed: so we know we are not the only ones experiencing this.

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So I have a question about Catatonia. I get it a lot but idk exactly what it consists of. What happens to me that makes me think I get it is- sleeping standing up, or like contorting yourself in weird places and Iā€™m just not there, not in my head. Just goneā€¦ I contorted so bad once my shoulder is damaged.

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I donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever been catatonic. Correct me if Iā€™m wrong but Iā€™m guessing that szaā€™s donā€™t get catatonic?

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I was catatonic in the hospital. Im not sure if it was the meds or the disease. It only happened once.

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Maybe you can try Catatonia meds, I think they use benzos.

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I donā€™t know if thatā€™s true, doesnā€™t make much sense to meā€¦ but Iā€™ve had many labels thrown at me and the most recent and common now is sza and I get what ever it was I mentioned @SkinnyMe

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I take a lot of benzos well the max theyā€™re aloud to prescribe

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Well sz is a spectrum some of us suffer more than others. Every time I mention this on the forum I get attacked by ppl who do better. Sz is unfair, even my psychiatrist told me its a very difficult illness for some schizophrenics.

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Why do you get attacked for that?

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Bcz they think all schizophrenics suffer equally. I wonā€™t name users but I know them.

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Itā€™s 100% crippling I had to give up on every dream I ever had. I lost the love of my life. Friends are just gone. I canā€™t think for 3 damn seconds without feeling a compulsive urge to jump off a cliff theres so many reasons itā€™s unfair

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Yeah donā€™t drop names my man

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It was one of the 5 sub-types in the DSM4 back when the DSM4 was in effect, Catatonic Schizophrenia.

I never experienced it. I was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia at the time.

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I canā€™t even ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  work. And I have to let my parents take care of meā€¦ thatā€™s soooo humiliating

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