I have symptoms that don’t seem to fit a specific type is schizophrenia. I used to think I was a prophetess with messages from God. I used to get visited by Satan and get told what to do by him. I used to get messages from animals. Now I’m paranoid. But the paranoia doesn’t match the other symptoms. Is this unusual? Is it possible to have different types of sz at once? Or am I inflicted with something else. I’m trying to accept my diagnosis but I’m struggling because to me, it seems like it’s not possible to have such different symptoms
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I don’t think it’s that unusual. When I was psychotic, I developed a wide variety of delusions that evolved over time.
Now, when I try to reduce meds too much, it induces mild paranoia in me. I have resigned myself to being on my minimum dose of meds that controls my symptoms.
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Really? You had a wide variety too? Thanks for letting me know. I’m working on accepting that the men aren’t really following me. It just didn’t match with the other stuff
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Yes. Mine went from thinking there was a group out of Chicago trying to get me, to believing that my food and water was poisoned, to believing that I was destined to become God and kill Satan, and practically everything in between. I was all over the place.
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Wow. That sounds awful. I’m glad you’re better now.
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I think your wondering is what happens when we start to take ownership for ourselves. Hopefully, you’ll be able to discard some of your thinking, one thought at a time.
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Thanks @PinCushion 15
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I don’t think that delusions and paranoia are linear in nature, or go hand in hand all the time.
The brain knows what scares you and just runs with it.
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sounds normal for sz. my symptoms varied just as much.
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My former social worker said my paranoid delusions were the result of my complex ptsd so I guess this confirms that
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Thanks for letting me know @Quehead
Yea I definitely wouldn’t be surprised if your complex PTSD somehow found its way into psychosis/delusion/paranoia territory— it’s very scary stuff to begin with, and probably gets amplified by the illness tenfold.
Personal opinion here, but I believe people are exposed to things that they may not consciously register as traumatic at the time, but once psychosis hits, those old themes and situations present themselves as extremely threatening and scary.
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Actually your symptoms are typical of someone with classic paranoid schizophrenia.
It’s common with schizophrenia to have different kinds of symptoms.
From all types of delusions to paranoia to hallucinations.
It’s similarly seen with bipolar patients for people like me too.
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That makes a lot of sense @Schztuna
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Even the messages from animals etc? I didn’t realize that
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I used to think certain people could see me through the eyes of animals. Particularly rabbits.
I remember chasing after rabbits on multiple occasions to scare them away. lol.
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Yes, this is a typical SZ symptom
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That’s funny @Bowens ! Haha
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You can have a grab bag of SZ symptoms. They can also shift over time with medication and treatment. I went from hebephrenic SZ (you’re totally @#$%ed) to paranoid SZ (you’re kinda @#$%ed).
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That’s a great way to express it I think!
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