Poll: Which symptom is the hardest to live with?

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I’m pretty sure most of us suffer from at least 2 of the following, but which is the hardest for you to deal with?[/quote]

Choices

  • Paranoia
  • Hallucinations
  • Delusions
  • Insomnia
  • Anxiety
  • OCD
  • Voices
  • Depression
  • Emptiness
  • Other- Explain.

Paranoia is the first symptom that creeps up on me when I’m off my meds. It’s the catalyst to everything else. I start to feel very unsafe, and I tend to cut off people in my life because of trust issues. Doing that causes me to fail at certain aspects in my life because I don’t have those people to rely on. I don’t like feeling paranoid, it makes me second guess every part of my existence.

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It’s a close run thing between anxiety(general or social) and paranoia but I think anxiety edges it.
They’re interconnected though.

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I was gonna say paranoia, but paranoia and the others causes anxiety, so I figured I’d chose anxiety as it is the reason everything else sucks so much.

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Insomnia. It makes everything chaotic. If I sleep well every thing else will settle.

I do think that my anxiety can trigger paranoia in me - I voted anxiety

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Probably anxiety because when anxiety raises it makes everything much worse

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It took some thinking, but I guess the anxiety is the hardest to live with. It permeates everything I do, and makes it hard to get help. Going to the hospital next week will be really tough for me, because I can’t stop worrying about what to bring and who I’m going to be roomed with and how long I’ll be there, it makes my chest tight and fluttery just thinking about it!

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Best of luck there, keep in mind when you get out you have friends here waiting for you.

avolition. the thought of doing nothing…which is exactly what i’ve done today :frowning:

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OCD. Keep running back and forth to recheck things. :running:

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I don’t think thats a symptom, is it?

In my case I feel that people try to attack me without reason. In the way oral or physical.
Tolteca

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It was hard to chose just one because they are all distressing by themselves, and together it makes for one big mess. I chose delusions because that is my most dangerous symptom as it tells me to kill myself or my mom. You didn’t put cognitive symptoms on there. They are hard for me too. :sunny:

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In my case they were side by side, which kept me awake for several weeks, which led to me losing 27 pounds such that I was back to my age 14 weight. I know this sounds crazy, but my flesh also smelt like rotting meat, and did so once again only 15 minutes or so after having a shower. And that’s the truth, scouts honor.

Paranoia is probably the worst. But, it’s social issues and depression that has stuck with me the most.

I can’t choose just one.

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Definitely I agree with your opinion. Insomnia makes everything difficult for me. If I have a good sleep, everything else will be OK. So I voted for insomnia.

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It’s almost a tie between the voices and the depression but I chose the voices because they do the most damage lately.

Paranoia for sure

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