I was thinking before mine was only a few months, but i was researching a symptom i had when i was 15 and found it can occur in prodormal phase, and i became depressed at the age of 13, so im wondering if its even possible this was prodormal or just depression. I didnt developed psychosis until i was 20 or 21. Not that it entirely matters at this point but its just curious.
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Things went downhill for me at 16. I was diagnosed wrongly with depression at about 19, then finally diagnosed with schizophrenia at 39.
So maybe it lasted 23 years !
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Yes, my prodromal stage lasted years.
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Mine started when I was 13 and I had my first breakdown at 18
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I had hallucinations as a kid. Maybe it was childhood sza.
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I have zero Idea. Since it was prior to being diagnosed schizophrenia and even knowing what a prodromal phase was, I was not looking for all the signs. I do remember having lack of enjoyment of things months before full fledged psychosis though.
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Yeah that makes sense. Im autistic and one of my prevailing “special interests” has been abnormal psych, so ive always been into tracking my symptoms closely, and i remember a couple times questioning when i was teen if i was schizophrenic but i didnt have strong delusions or hallucinations so i just forgot about it.
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I had delusions for a week then i was fine for another year then i had my psychotic break
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Hit me like a brick. About 3 or 4 days and I was in a hospital.
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My prodormal began when I was 8 years old. I remember that night when I was 12 years old and wondered if my father could read my thoughts, at 15 years old I definitely had thought broadcasting.
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I was acutely unwell for about 3/4 months before I got APs - hard to say exactly as it was very confusing.
But, pre-16 years old I had been taking drugs for 5 years, and progressively ‘upgrading’ the types as I went along
If there was a prodormal stage, it was masked by my high
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I just want to make a quick correction. Everybody keeps calling it “prodormal” . Pretty sure its called “prodromal”. Not to nitpick, but it was driving me crazy.
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Ah geeze. Thinking about it i had some signs before i was 10 too. I remember going through a long phase where i continuously swallowed because i felt i would drown. Maybe thats ocd though. But then a little later on i thought my mom might be a robot.
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I think youre right! Idk why my brain wants to call it prodormal lol
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About 2 weeks for me
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I was diagnosed at age 19. I never thought about a prodromal phase until I was in my mid- 20’s and my mom told me she had thought something was wrong with me in high school but she didn’t know what it was.
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I had obvious prodromal symptoms a year before my break. I was 25 when diagnosed. I think I started having cognitive symptoms much earlier though. And I had bad anxiety in high school. I was a loner besides one old friend group.
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