I’ve been officially schizophrenic since beginning of 2018.
I always felt stable since getting on medication, only really bored and tired, numb all the time.
The last few days, when my injection was due, I started feeling worse.
I also started uni again. That might be a trigger.
I just want to feel more energized and stable again.
I really hate it. My brain feels weird. Sometimes I have sudden thoughts like doubting my own existence for a few seconds, until I realize how unusual that is.
I got my injection but I still feel bad. Can’t get myself motivated to do work and I only took one course.
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Welcome back. You’re getting typical negative symptoms. No advice. Sorry.
I hope things settle down for you again.
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Hey I know the fight you’re on battling the illness and going to Uni.
It was hard but I managed to finish in the end. I hope you can get there too as it was well worth the effort.
Just remember that once you finish, you have proved you can do it and the people who know you will admire your strength for going against the odds.
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Just hang in there hope you get to the other side. Its a fight sometimes. Was UNI course unsettling to you. New stuff you really want but it frustrated you?
The uni course was good at first, motivated me to get out the house, study and be around people.
I was motivated the first two-three weeks and did all the work. Then I got ahead and didn’t feel like doing anything anymore.
Now, I don’t feel like talking, studying or going home. My brain goes blank.
I think the seasons changing and going into the same thinking patterns as other years at uni might be making it worse. Then again, I felt bad before getting the injection last time too and that was in summer. My body might just be getting used to the medication… Hope I won’t have to change it, the three month injection is really convenient.
So you can’t control the negatives? How were you doing when you first started the class? @jdkso
I went to school and after a while I made myself finish, it was intense but I could. But it is like you shut down all of a sudden.
hi @jdkso, uni is very stressful - lots of reading, listening, concentrating, thinking, deadlines. Plus the social side. It’s a lot of pressure to perform. So I can understand that it could be a trigger.
I’ve never had injections so don’t know what it’s like. Does it usually take a few days to be effective or would you expect it to work immediately?
Is there anything you’ve done in the past that helps lift depression?
The injection takes a few days/weeks to get stronger, so there’s that.
In the past I had nothing to do, so I’d just let the depression pass. When I was in uni, it wasn’t good. It’s more negative symptoms than depression lately though. Even notice slight positive symptoms too.
hmm, hopefully the injection will start helping more soon, sounds like it will. I guess for now just try to keep going to classes and doing your assignments, you don’t want to fall behind when you’ve done so much work & achieved so much already.
have you tried any supplements?
I need to get on sarcosine. Used to take lots of supplements but not specific to schizophrenia, stuff like vitamin D and B12, though I did take L-theanine. Haven’t been taking them lately, I’ll start again soon though.
Yeah, I’d like to try sarcosine but the supplier says they’re out of stock for 8 weeks. I’ve never tried any supplements for scz so have just ordered L-theanine, melatonin, N-Acetyl cysteine and might check out B-vitamins at my local shop.
Sounds like supplements could be good, the worst that can happen is there’s no benefit, doesn’t seem like there’s risks at therapeutic doses.
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How are you going @jdkso, feeling any better today?
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Today I had a difficult day. Was at church and seeing these all these intrusive thoughts and having people put images and words in my mind. I don’t want to have people in my body. I would like to go out still and not have my voices hinder me from enjoying my day.
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