Well it is severe without meds I guess but the moods are way more overpowerimg cos I still get that even with the meds although not as severe.
Hope I get some answers in the new year.
Tell me something @anon25873142
Do you ever hallucinate?
They say that schizophrenics mainly have auditory hallucinations (voices)
And bipolar patients mainly have visual hallucinations.
When I hallucinate, it’s mainly visual.
Visual here too.
Can youse control your hallucinations?
I can’t control my hallucinations
Yes mostly visual but may have had auditory but unsure if it was or not. Mostly music.
I wouldn’t worry about the label so much. As long as you get the treatment you need that’s all that matters
Is it music you were already familiar with ish?
I like to describe mine as “residual schizophrenia.” TBH though I think that’s an outdated term that is no longer officially recognized, but it’s still the best way to describe my condition. If I just say I’m schizophrenic people will mistakenly assume that I’m prone to paranoia and delusions.
What’s residual mean?
You hallucinate and they don’t bother you?
Yeah basically.
Hearing voices is the only major symptom I have left and they are usually nice to me, no insults or commands, so they are pretty easy to tune out.
When it first started though I had all the symptoms including visual hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia. Those went away between like year 3 and year 4 (it’s now been 7 years total since it started).
I have mostly auditory hallucinations but when i was on risperidone it became mostly visual. I dont know why but the visual hallucinations got a lot worse while on that drug.
Yeah I’m on risperidone
Food for thought
Thanks!
I got hallucinations in all sensory spheres. The worst were the olfactory (smell) hallucinations though. The most frequent are the auditory, but those don’t usually bother me at all.
No I heard trumpets I’ve never heard before. It was weird.
@anon25873142 I think that you would “like” to be diagnosed with schizophrenia, it must be horrible to have symptoms of bipolar and psychosis and not know what you have.
If I am honest @Simonw , i’d just like to be diagnosed with something with some certainty. I am always confused, and so are the doctors it seems.
In all fairness @anon25873142
You may have more clarity into your illness if you were consistently seeing a psychiatrist on a regular basis.
My doctor was confused in the start of seeing me but over the years and getting to know me more she now is certain that I am afflicted with a mood disorder, bipolar.
It took her years to properly diagnose me.
I agree with you @Wave, but the system doesn’t work like this here. I see one only as and when required or when I ask but I cannot keep going back to them if they keep dischargign me back to my GP. It means i have to go through the GP and ask for a referral everytime they do this and then there is a few months wait to be seen each time.