I was diagnosed schizotypal personality disorder in 2014, but started seeing and hearing thing last year. Lost my job as a result of that confusion. The insurance I had from my job didn’t let me see my therapist, so I had no therapist, no meds, no psychiatrist. Checked myself into a psych ward to get my pills back, but they wouldn’t give me the dosage I was on, and my therapist’s office didn’t let me back in until 3 months later.
We’d discussed schizophrenia, my therapist and my psychiatrist, before I was cut off from them. When I got back with my therapist in October 2017, I had a new psychiatrist who I started seeing this month. My previous psychiatrist put me on risperidone in 2017, and my new psychiatrist upped the dosage .5 mg to help me with my episodes.
Here’s the rub. I’ve read quite a few books on schizophrenia this year, trying to understand it. I’m beginning to realize this didn’t start last year. I may have started seeing things, hearing things as early as the late 70s. The original visions and sounds got me into paranormal and occult research, and now I find myself trying to separate all the things I think I witnessed during my research and investigations into 2 categories. Was I alone when I saw it and was it real or schizophrenia OR Was I in a group when we all saw it.
It hurts having to relive your life wondering how much of what you saw was real and how much was schizophrenia.
Nice to meet you! I’m on resperidone 6mg for my SZ. But this is a great supportive community that gives great tips and advice and such. I’m sure you’ll like it here and hopefully you find this forum therapudic
I see things, hear things, smell things, feel things. While reviewing my paranormal investigations, I had figure out what experiences I had alone and what experiences I had with a witness.
