How Long Did Your Predromal Phase Last?

DX'd - Sz/SzA
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Abilify didn’t work for me either I’m on Invega now and have relief but they are still present

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Do you get much side effects? That’s the only thing I liked about Abilify, it doesn’t seem to carry any side effects for me

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I remember getting zapping sensations on abilify and eventually I just got so sick I had to go inpatient and they switched to me risperidone at the time the abilify withdrawals were NASTY I was very sick in the hospital

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Little over two years in sharp decline before my first psychotic break.

I wish I had known then what was happening, could of done something sooner.

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I think about a year or a year and a half.

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From the time of my first panic attack to the time I was diagnosed with schizophrenia was about 6-7 years.

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This troubles me at times as well. What do you think you could have done differently?

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I would of liked some kind of preparation. Wish I could of learned some therapy tools like CBT and DBT sooner, wish I could of gotten on the right meds when I was younger.

My grandmother told me I was psychic, I even believed it.

I spent 17 years unmedicated with antipsychotics. 15 to 32. It was a wild ride, and has left some scars.

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I wish I was treated 3yrs before my diagnosis right when I started having symptoms. I did risky stuff and tried to kill myself twice bcz of the voices. Here you can’t see a pdoc without a referral from a gp and all 3 gp Drs I have seen told me to not worry and that my voices are just stress. Sad.

I was only seen by a pdoc in the ER when I failed to kill myself after swallowing a whole Tylenol bottle, vomiting for hrs and ending up with liver damage in the ER. They gave me an antidote to acetaminophen poisoning. They said my liver almost completely stopped working.

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GP Drs seem to blame everything on stress, ridiculous. I even told them I feel that I have a mental illness and that I am hearing voices. Its not just stress. I literally told them I feel crazy.

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I asked one Dr aggressively to refer me to a psychiatrist, he told me the waiting list is full and is over a year long wait.

@Cragger since you’re in Canada, were you able to see a pdoc without a gp or family Dr referral?

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I think i have had several prodromal periods leading up to psychosis.

I met a guy in a psych ward years ago who said they diagnosed him with sz for constant fighting with his parents. Maybe they thought he was prodromal.

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@Aziz it seems ridiculous the doctor would not refer you. Some are just brain dead in my opinion.

The only reason I got to see a psychiatrist, was after a suicide attempt during a nervous breakdown. Even then, they sent me home at first. I had to get my sister to come with me to convince them I needed to be committed.

After finally seeing a psych after 3 weeks in the ward, I was diagnosed with psychosis, dissociative disorder, PTSD, and later major depression and finally schizophrenia more recently

Good times, good times

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That’s a strange one. Were there other reasons they based the diagnosis on?

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Started getting heavy paranoia when I was 21-22,

Psychosis hit when I was 25.

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I honestly don’t know. It al blends together. I’ve had psychosis symptoms off and on since I was a little kid though

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@Schztuna and @Moon you guys must have had a tough time developing it so young. Sorry to hear that

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Couple of years. I was totally off my rocker, going out and making weird long monologues in my head. Eventually I got a grip, but I was still psychotic. The hallucinations changed but my understandings didn’t shift much. Pretty much stable.

I found out spiritually that it was my father outside of the simulation in a higher dimension, tapping into this timeline and screwing with me, which is why my life fell apart in the new house instead of improved. Literally demonic thing he did. He was my pretend God.

Think of it like this. The fourth dimension is physical space plus time. The fifth dimension is being able to see the entire timeline all at once. He was in that place blocking my spiritual connection to the Holy Spirit.

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Thanks for the kind words @Cragger :sunny:

To be honest, I’ve never stopped to think about how young I was during the prodromal stage.

I think all in all, I was able to fit a lot in before psychosis hit, so I’m thankful for that.

Hope you’re well :sunny:

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I’m glad you could fit a lot into your life beforehand. That’s a great attitude. I feel the same way. I had time to accomplish some things, and make some great friends to make music with

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