During the first few months of my hospitalization, he said I had nothing and was just a toxic parasite living with my parents. Now, he changed his tune but I’m still scared that I’m faking it.
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I was misdiagnosed with depression initially.
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I don’t know you but I highly doubt you are faking it @hiimphil
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i think thinking youre faking it is common. Its common for people with sz to doubt their diagnosis because they can have trouble gaining insight into it. its the nature of the illness to be paranoid and skeptical about things. You probably just have sz…
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It’s probably wishful thinking, so to think you can will yourself out of it. At least that’s how I felt in the beginning. Then when I quit my meds I relapsed. Eventually I accepted my diagnosis as real.
Don’t get me wrong, with a lot of hard work it is possible to make a full recovery, but you have to accept that you are ill. I used to be on 10-20mg zyprexa. Later years I have been taking 5-7.5mg. A lot of people improve with age and wisdom.
Still hoping to quit meds one day, or at least get off zyprexa.
Thats not the doctors place to make comments like that. I would have shut down even more if i was told that by my pdoc in hispital. Its hard enough for people without sz to get by these days. Getting help by living with your parents is nothing to be ashamed of.
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Bro that pdoc can shove that sentiment up their ass. There is absolutely no reason for them to talk to you like that. You were not a toxic parasite you are a person who was very vulnerable and needed help.
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Did he actually say this?? I mean wtf!?
When I got out of the hospital today my diagnosis said “schizophrenia”…I didn’t understand this cuz for the last 10 years they said I had schizoaffective disorder and borderline personality disorder. I wish they could make up their minds!
At the beginning I was diagnosed with psychotic depression. Sometimes I think that’s the right diagnosis, because I’m also taking two antidepressants.
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My new pdoc wants to downgrade my diagnosis to psychotic depression. Im just doing really well right now i dont know.
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