So i have one very painful and tough symptom in the evenings. I ruminate till craziness. I am so scared about the future, that i cant stop thinking negatively. Why that? Because of my isolation who lasted decades??? I dont understand… yeah, before i wasnt thinking about my future so i remained crazy, without fighting for years… now that i want to feel better, i have this ruminating thing which is so strong, that i cant get up from my bed… ive read that people who live in their head, end up by getting crazy. Yeah… its my case… but will this stop? Or ill put years to stop ruminating like this? Tell me your opinion pls… how it is for you? Aps help rumination or not really? Is it a tough symptom to beat? Help me please people… it starts to run inhuman tbh…
I was like that today.
Me too.
I don’t know what the answer is. The only thing that will help me for a while is a benzo. But that’s not a long term solution.
Yes, i know. Benzos help me too on this. But i dont want to take them everyday, i am like you… is it a symptom of sz the rumination, ever? This drives me mad. If this stops ill be able of doing more things. I wonder if this will stop for us without activity or what?
1 mg Risperidone added to the injections cured my rumination. Those thoughts are really annoying.
I am glad that smth worked for you thebest. But do you think that i wont get better on this ,cause i ruminated and lived too much in my head for too long in fact? Maybe an ap wont work after 17 years of isolation, no? I wish to hear the opposite, but idk in fact… i am on zyprexa also.
Maybe take more Zyprexa as PRN or add another AP. I think it’s possible to overcome 17 years of isolation. Rumination really is bad news. Hope you get it taken care of. The weight of the world is off my shoulders now that I don’t have it.
Thebest, do we ended up ruminating because of the loneliness or its just a symptom of sz? It would be better for me if its only a symptom of sz. Cause i dont know how ill overcome so much isolation… ive lost too much and i have no much time left.
I ruminate all the time too @Anna1!
It especially gets bad during the early evenings.
Nothing seems to help me.
I am sorry wave… but i cant accept living like this… ill end up dying alone. Is it a symptom of sz in the end? Or its more a loneliness?
You can ask your doctor @Anna1 but my guess would be that it’s a part of your SZ.
Ok wave, thanks. Can you remain active when you ruminate wave? Me, not really often.
I’ve also been prescribed risperidone for repetitive thoughts and rumination. It was really bad for awhile—I mean really bad. I couldn’t think about anything else even though I desperately wanted to and was really suffering. When the risperidone started to work it felt like my thoughts were moving forward again instead of around in circles.
I didn’t have this problem before my psychotic break, so maybe it is a part of schizophrenia.
I just lie down on the couch and ruminate over and over again.
Thank you for the answer dear lola! Me, i feel numb since ten years. The result is that i lack certainty when i talk. I dont trust myself at all now and this is not a normal state.
Wave, me i can only watch tv on my bed, but i ruminate even doing this so i have terrible headaches because of this effort. Terrible… my rumination is future oriented i find. It sux…
Guys, is it possible that its the Zyprexa who puts me in the ruminating? I just wonder… But maybe its the illness. I was so sick before, that I wasn’t making the difference from meds and illness. The Zyprexa is still like a candie for me. It even doesn’t put me to sleep.
Antipsychotics work on positive symptoms. You don’t have any of them, so antipsychotics don’t work
No, I have paranoia om. Plus, my new doc said that maybe I have paranoid sz with positive symptoms, not with negatives… Plus, maybe I have my tactile hallucinations, I am not sure on this. All those are positives.
it’s good to see you again
what can me, as a person, tell you
they used to say character flaws get some
I think your language suggests this
but not sure
if you’re so convinced that you can’t help yourself
I’d go in patient
Right. Your doc knows better
Is rumination a negative symptom in fact, what do you think guys? Me, I have no clue. I had a good day. Not so painful as usual. But now, I start to get dumb again, to feel my body in pain etc etc… well, maybe I need patience. I don’t switch meds anymore. It wasn’t helping me before. Zyprexa helps so so, but I have no other choice. I also don’t want an antidepressant, they lift my paranoia. But my thinking was definitely shitty for years, yeap 
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