Did they wait 4-6 weeks?tell them to tell amisulpride and risperidone these 2 are almost as potent as clozapine
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if there is one you have not tried yet, maybe give it a go?
let them know about your seizure thing with clozapine so that they don’t put you on that one?
and yeah it can take up to 3 months for an antipsychotic to show improvements so I hope your psychiatrist has been waiting 3 months before giving up on an antipsychotic.
I had to wait a long time before the antipsychotic worked that I am now on.
stopping antipsychotics suddenly without slowly lowering the dose over time (months) can make psychosis worse btw, I don’t know if you know
Stopping clozapine nearly killed me. I had a severe relapse and landed up in hospital. On risperidone I got much better though. It’s a good med. I’m on amisulpride now which is excellent too.
If I stop my meds I get relapse within a week.
I also struggle with denial of my illness. This itself is part of the illness - when one doesn’t comprehend one is ill.
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Are you @princess? She had the same “someone replaced my hands” delusion.
They don’t give out diagnoses of schizophrenia lightly. If a doctor gave you a diagnosis then they saw something drastically wrong with you.
Maybe they think something’s is odd or different in your behaviour or the way you talk or "maybe* you might say stuff that seems odd. Maybe the doctors think your paranoid or have delusions or hallucinations.
But before they label someone schizophrenic and put them on meds they usually observe the person for awhile, like weeks or even months.
Sorry, I re-read your symptoms. Those show you are very ill. I hang around normal people and that would be bizzare if they thought or said those thngs. Unfortunately you’re in the same boat as a lot of other schizophrenics who cannot realize they’re sick even if it may be obvious to their family or their doctor or their friends. A doctor does not prescribe medication lightly either and it should be taken exactly as prescribed. And if ain’t helping you don’t take matters into your own hands and stop taking it. Tell your doctor.
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Its a good thing you used the word I’ll instead of sick. See I use this word when it comes to mental illnesss. So to answer your question I would say you get a diagnostics test from a local mental illness hotline and this would let you know if you are a real in-problem person.
The illness has put you under a lot of stress, as has the situation you’re currently in. Extreme emotional response to this is not unusual. Suggesting you work with your treatment team and take meds as directed, even if they’re uncomfortable at first. They need to knock the worst of the positive symptoms down and then they can start fine-tuning.
Sending you the best vibes I can, been where you are and it’s a struggle for sure. Things do get better!
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Yes I am. I couldn’t log into that account so I made a new one. Sorry hope that’s okay
Let’s be honest, at least a part of you believes you are ill or you would not be on this forum.
For me it took years to come to full terms with the fact that I had psychosis. Even now, I still have days where I have my doubts and I feel almost everyone with a psychotic disorder is this way. That’s just how it is and you have to acknowledge that as being part of the illness as well.
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For me a good test to see if you are ill is pretend a stranger you don’t know comes up to you and tells you all the stuff you’ve been thinking. Would you think they sound crazy? If so you’re probably ill. For example back when I thought I was going to be the mother of the antichrist I thought to myself ok but if someone else came up to me and told me they were going to be the mother of the antichrist I’d think they were ill. Why am I exempt from that? That mindset helped me escape many delusions before getting too sucked into them.
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I got ill in 1983 but I didn’t realize I needed medication for it. I thought I had to push through it, hide it, deal with it as best I could everyday.
It wasn’t until around 1991 when I was first hospitalized for suicidal gesture that I was put on meds for my psychosis. The typical AP’s available at that time, did not work on my psychosis.
It wasn’t until 2016, when I was placed on three different atypical AP’s that the pdoc’s finally got control of my psychosis.
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I only have to get an injection once every two months and I’m doing well. The only issues I have are when it starts to wear off. Like this time was about four days later than due but I managed. The injection translates to 10mgs daily of abilify because it’s slow release. It isn’t instant like I’m not getting it all at once.
Honestly I’m doing better after finally starting to do the injections instead of taking pills every day. I’m similar to most when I have episodes they become real to me even when it’s not normal at all.
Hope you can get help!! Glad you’re here.
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