Tv, books, music, random numbers even, not to mention the voices… All telling me to pull the plug. What can i do to cope until my next therapy appointment?
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Don’t listen to them, talk to friends or family members and tell them what you are going through, you shouldn’t be alone. Surround yourself with positive people, if you can’t I think you might need to go to the hospital. I pray that you will feel better.
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Are you still with us?
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Everybody here’s been through it…
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Yes, we’ve all been through it. If you have identified specifically how to carry through with it, then go to the hospital, otherwise talk to your pdoc, maybe time for a med change.
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I would try and find diffrent hidden messages. The world is full of them for me too. I try and find good ones. Keep in mind it’s in your head.
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Survival is the first order of business. It is you who decides - no voice can compel you to harm yourself. Get help whenever you need it, and it sounds to me like you need some help now.
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Please seek help immediately.
I experience the same thing when I do all of those things too. There are some things I can’t really communicate well, but you’re not alone. I heard messages in music on the radio, and on television for a long time but I’ve gotten better at not seeing those messages. Like I said there are some things I can’t communicate well enough, so it’s hard to write. But you’re not alone.
Can you contact your pdoc to let them know what’s going on and try to get an earlier appointment? Or go to the ER?
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I used to get those a lot (even with paliperidone), but it diminished progressively when I followed a regimen I posted about in this forum. Right now it’s pretty minimal, and I’ve only been following it for a month.
That is basically your anxiety giving reality a negative bias. It gets better, really.
There was a time when I thought the people around me were making veiled suggestions that I commit suicide. Try not to dwell on it. I know it’s hard, but try to get your head into another place. If the messages become too strong, ask to go to the hospital immediately. I think what really sets mental health workers off is if you have a specific plan to kill yourself. If you have that you should go to the hospital immediately.
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How long have you been on your current meds? This is a meds issue, not a therapy issue. I’d talk to your psychiatrist as soon as possible. It doesn’t sound like things are working out.
What meds are you on actually?
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I just switched from abilify to haldol and Ive only been on em for a few days. They aren’t helping at all (yet?)
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Hang in there, give it some time. Haldol is pretty heavy duty, and you might see results soon.
Here is not so hidden message, we all want you to live, the life can be happy too, try to find your internal happiness, sometimes when there are negative messages I just laugh, find your happiness, we all want you to live.
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I feel like there are some messages for me to kill myself to or that im going to die. Like the other day we were all opening fortune cookies and mine was the only one with no fortune. It messed me up for a few days.
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my voices tell me to off myself. I get hidden messages when I read the paper or find something that someone scratched down a bunch of notes on. The TV sends me messages too. All to off myself. I don’t know why it’s so bad lately. My wife tells me this is a bad time of year for me. I think she’s right. She thinks if I can just make it through another month or two I’ll be fine. I hope so! I’m really stressed out about all of this.
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