I’ve been in treatment for like 4 years. Was diagnosed sza out of the blue by my therapist. Everyone doubted the diagnosis, parents, my psychiatrist, friends. My next psychiatrist started prescribing Zoloft and vyvanse together which I then took for about 3 years. It turns out the vyvanse and Zoloft were giving me serotonin syndrome. Symptoms of serotonin syndrome can often mimic psychosis or bipolar disorders. I’ve been to the ER over 10 times the last 3 years, failed out of school twice, got arrested twice, kept getting diagnosed sza, and lost all my friends. I’m still extremely doubtful of the sza diagnosis. I haven’t taken more than 10 mg of latuda/night in over 6 months. I have a bunch of somatic symptoms rn, my gp for some reason won’t run tests on me to find the cause and I’m afraid the cycle will continue or get worse. I have no idea what to do and I’m afraid that I might have a serious health problem
It took me a good 4 years to fully accept I have a mental illness. I don’t want to sound condescending or mean. Once I accepted that, I faced the facts that I will always need to be on medication. I stay away from drugs now as much as I can. If you’ve had over 10 ER visits in 3 years I’d advise you see a psychiatrist regularly. It may help you stay out of the hospital. I was once threatened with being put on conservatorship due to frequent hospital visits. Whatever the case, I hope you feel better soon.
In the words of Winston Churchill during the London Blitz:
“Keep buggering on.”
You’ve made it this far, so don’t quit when victory could be just around the corner.
Well, you don’t need ADHD medication if you got SZA/SZ.
Take a break, relax, and maybe quit the medication if your doctor suggests it. Mine did for NMS. But I was in ICU for some time.
What is conservatorship?
No one around me believes I have sza, it’s just a few of my previous doctors did, and my most recent doctor botched my medications so bad that I can’t really say if any of the symptoms I had been experiencing weren’t from medication
Conservatorship from my understanding is when a person is deemed severely mentally disabled to the point that they need help 24/7 from a conservator which is like a social worker.
My question to you, @anon82230070, is what diagnosis would you prefer to have? Why don’t you suggest your diagnostic preference to your next pdoc and see what he/she says?
This has a simple fix, I am assuming you are off the SSRI stuff now, if you are off of it now, you can try to slowly wean off Latuda with doctor supervision and see if you get symptoms. If you do, you’ll know that you are sza because you no longer have serotonin syndrome from the meds. If you don’t then keep weaning down.
Sorry your doctor isn’t taking your symptoms complaints seriously. As someone who is studying to be a nurse practitioner one day (who can prescribe and diagnose) I would always rather be safe than sorry when treating someone. Even if they had a known history of hypochondria, my professor once said that someone reminded her hypochondriacs get sick too.
I sometimes think I have ptsd but I’m not sure if that’s a delusion. I don’t prefer any diagnosis, besides the one that’ll help me get better
That’s true, I’m just not sure. I was doubtful of myself for the last few months and turns out something was actually wrong. Idk if I want to come off my antipsychotic though bc school is starting soon
Well no rush! Wait until school is out again.
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