What are early signs that can be noticed by others?
Mine are:
Apathy
No sleep
Lay in bed all day
Not eating
I need help to come up with more signs. My kids and husband need to easily know how I feel if I can’t communicate that.
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I would more like to know what causes to me have early sign,because it’s no reason that I will have symptoms when I am stable on meds and doing things right
I think mine is:
•Anxiousness
•depressed mood
•more social isolation
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Thank you. Anxiety and isolation are also my signs.
People don’t usually notice when I’m anxious or angry. But I think they notice my apathy, occasional loss of appetite (much better now with meds though), agitation, social isolation and memory problems.
When I had a relapse, there were no early signs. I still remember I was perfectly normal and happy when the tactile hallucinations and intrusive thoughts attacked me suddenly. No anxiety, no insomnia, no depression. At that time I was still on Seroquel and geodon. So I was scared by this sudden arrival of a relapse.
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When I get apathetic and sort of flip flop on simple questions. I’m edgy to go do something, but I have no idea what I want to do… so I just end up pacing.
when I start a bunch of tasks… but can’t finish them… like doing some of the dishes… starting to fold a bit of the laundry… but not finishing either of those before starting another task.
I also tire out very easily…
Hope you feel better soon.
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The list of signs of a relapse is like fourty items long. I had a hard copy of it as part of a relapse workbook but I gave it to my shrink. I filled it out in 2013 when I was very new to this, the year I was diagnosed.
My signs are numerous and pretty noticeable.
Trouble sleeping.
Meds feel as effective as skittles.
Becoming fixated on something to an usual degree relative to me.
Hearing voices louder and more frequently.
Reaching out to drugs like excess caffeine during the day or alcohol at 4am.
Pretty much incessant paranoid ideation.
Trouble paying attention and speaking clearly.
Thinking I am a Viking.
Clanging (rhyming on accident).
Seeing the same strangers or cars in public.
Screaming into pillows.
Laughing hysterically because I can’t control what’s going on in my head- voices, delusions.
Rage.
Excessive exercise to a suspicious degree, a steroid suspect degree.
This is depressing- I just hope I never have this list in full effect again.
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This is my biggest flag, apparently. I think the reclusiveness, anxiety and agitation are so normalized with me that they have become part of my personality
If it’s not too triggering, describe! How does it work in your head that you’re a Viking? How does it cause you to act? How did a Viking end up in this age, life and circumstance? I have a similar delusion - not Vikings, but thinking I have a certain genetic profile that comes with certain powers - so I wonder how your brain landed on this one.
I basically read too much manga about Vikings (Vinland saga) and concluded that I was like the character Bjorn who ate psychoactive mushrooms which made him go berserk, like how I would drink preworkout and then lift weights like insane. I also started eating a diet that was similar to Vikings, lots of meat with skins and stews and stuff like that. I figured I was more like a Viking berserker than my actual role as a student. I decided I was born in the wrong century. I also drank a lot of beer like a Viking.
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Thank you. I got some more on my list. Meds don’t work. I also use snus twice as much as normal. I have trouble paying attention. Voices become threatening and louder and that makes me unable to pay attention to people around me.
mine are: agitation, talk about cutting myself, depression, no desire to socialise, anxiety
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i hid it very well up until i broke, but yeah, lost friends, stopped going out, bad hygiene, stopped talking to people as much, blank expression, kept to myself,
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yesterday i kept on repeating myself over and over…but mrs. sith is very patient 
… 
i get really tired
confused 
talk to my alien out loud or to myself …a lot 
irritable
angry 
headaches
obsessional
all my senses become heightened…
distant
i become expressionless…blah blah blah… 
take care 
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your kidsister must love that !?!..
take care
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She’s pretty patient with almost everything but the flip flop answers.
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My biggest sign of a possible relapse is when I don’t sleep. Like when I stay up too late or wake too early in the morning, Then, watch out! I always try to take a day time nap to make up for the lost sleep. Then, I’m back to normal.
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http://cbdpush.com/warning_signs/
a list of warning signs:
1.I have no interest in doing things.
2.I have no interest in the way I look or dress.
3.I feel discouraged about the future.
4.I have trouble concentrating or thinking straight.
5.My thoughts go so fast that I can’t keep up with them.
6.I feel distant from family and friends.
7.Religion is very meaningful to me.
8.I have trouble making everyday decisions.
9.I am bothered by thoughts I can’t get rid of.
10.I have trouble sleeping.
11.I seldom see my friends.
12.I feel bad for no reason.
13.I feel tense and nervous.
14.I feel depressed or worthless.
15.I have trouble remembering things.
16.I eat very little.
17.I have trouble getting along with family members or friends.
18.I feel people are making fun of me; they laugh and talk about me.
19.I don’t enjoy things.
20.I feel too excited.
21.I talk in ways that don’t make sense to others.
22.I have bad dreams.
23.I am too aggressive or pushy.
24.I feel angry about little things.
25.I have thoughts of hurting or killing myself.
26.I have frequent aches and pains,
27.I have fears of going crazy.
28.I have thoughts of hurting or killing others.
29.I drink a lot of alcohol or use a lot of drugs.
30.I think that parts of my body are changing or somehow are different.
31.I feel that my surroundings are strange or unreal.
32.I sleep a lot.
33.People tell me I look or act differently.
34.I am preoccupied with sexual thoughts.
35.I get into a lot of arguments.
36.I feel frightened in situations that used to feel comfortable.
37.I lose weight.
38.I gain weight.
39.I feel that others don’t care about me.
40.I feel that others are trying to hurt me or make me ill.
41.I experience feelings or sensations other than the ones listed above.
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I stop paying attention to my hygiene when I’m starting to have an episode.
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Posture - I’ve noticed this is a big sign, all hunched over, slumped down, arms crossed.
Less eye contact
Answering just yes/no/idk to questions
Like @SurprisedJ said flip flopping on questions, can’t make up mind
Asking people to repeat themselves a lot
Forgetting to feed the cats, fishies and snail.
“Forgetting” to take my pills or really forgetting
Not opening the window shades to let the sun in
Not leaving the house for days, not even onto the porch or to get the mail
Not answering the phone or texts
Eating too much or too little
Restless sleep or sleeping way too much
Drinking too much alcohol if its around
Not brushing teeth
Not putting on deodorant
Irrationally irritable
Emotional at the drop of a hat
Overwhelmed by just about everything
A lot of fear rises to the surface
Like @darksith my senses become heightened, usually colors and sounds
And of course, like @gene says no interest in doing things
I think most of my Early Signs are signals of either SZ or depression. Then I’m always on the lookout for rebound effect in case I am bipolar, I mean if I cycle into mania.
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