My mom was complaining today that she doesn’t want me walking in and out of the house today. I tend to take a lot of short walks invega sustenna makes me restless. She will also complain about me walking around the house. The medication also makes me sleep like 12 hours a day. She complains about me getting up late. I can explain that my medication causes this and she just ignores it and continues to complain about the same thing. She also says stuff like she wants me to go back to work full time and get off ssdi. This is a complete joke. I do work part time and I think that would be really hard on me. Nami said that only about 10-24 percent of people with schizophrenia work and it is usually only part time. She also nearly asked me the other night why I didn’t have a boyfriend or settle down. This is another thing I can’t see happening and oh yeah most schiz people are single. I feel she needs to read a book on schizophrenia so maybe she will start to understand what she can expect out of someone with a diagnose like that. Also she maybe needs to check out some of the posts on the family/caregiver page. I believe her situation with me could be a lot worse if she would only check it out.
I dunno, people try to one up me and sort of screw me over because of my diagnosis I feel sometimes. I don’t like it at all, but if I were you I’d go get a cold brew after walking awhile to the spot to get it. And then walk home and try to just calm down, I take alot of meds and also get invega sustenna injections every three weeks. I hope you can try to prove to her how much panic and distress you feel from harassments of the hallucinations, I just hope you get better and the akathesia or whatever they call it subsides, if not get a gym membership and do stair stepper and elipticals to wear out your energy to do it so often.
I live with my Dad and he is the biggest bitter bitch you have ever met. Abusive and negative. He gives me a hard time about being on SSDI too. Says “that can’t be a long term plan” as if I have a choice about being disabled. He argues with me about my delusion. He actually gets mad at me for being delusional. I will give him points about me sleeping though. He does not give me a hard time about sleeping a lot. he seems to understand the idea that meds make me tired.
I do get the whole lack of understanding thing though.
People expect a lot from me but that drives me to do a lot more than I would have otherwise imagined myself to do.
I deal with a similiar situation.
I think in reality I’m causing my own problem or could be better, but never admit to it or do anything to help myself, and maybe my parents could speak to me differently
If I may ask how old are you?
schizophrenia is an awful illness…I haven’t worked in 19 years…the illness is a huge cross to bear…not in a million years could I hold down a job…I have constant grief due to sz and I also sleep 12 hrs a day…I hope your mother comes round to her senses…you should get ur mother to read posts like this on the net
I will be 41 on February 16. I know I am old to live at home. I do it because of financial reasons. She only asks me to help pay utilities. I don’t pay any rent.
My mother gets mad at me about my delusions too.
She called my partner one day in despair over something I told her and said she though I should get ECT!!!
I let her read a book on schizophrenia I got out from the library too, she seems not to have taken anything in from it.
I keep telling her about the family forum. I work part time too, live independently etc, but she still doesn’t think that’s enough for some reason. I want her to grow some damn empathy and perspective. I thought I was doing really well.