Hi I wonder do I have some type of schizophrenia. I’m not sure because of my negative thoughts, physical symptoms and feeling different to everyone else. I feel my neighbour’s are watching me and can read my mind plus other bad thoughts I told my psychiatrist about. He did say its common to have these thoughts with anxiety.
All the meds I take I think are for schizophrenia. Maybe I’m all wrong dont know. I think my neighbor’s are recording me as well so they know what I’m saying in my house.
Somataform disorder with depression and anxiety is my diagnosis but I’m not so sure schizophrenia is why I’m ill. Today I’m just very woozy and achy head. I’m not sleeping well. Maybe it’s the lyrica together with the quietapine at night.
I hate it all some days. Its my mind racing I hate.
These sound like some sort of psychosis to me. Especially “can read my mind”. Reading minds is a pretty typical delusion with schizophrenia. I had it. I hesitate to say “yes , you have schizophrenia” as there are all kinds of psychotic diagnosis’ and I’m not a doctor. But it all sounds familiar…
If you are not hallucinating, but you have delusions, maybe you should consider the diagnosis Delusional Disorder.
However, if you have negative symptoms (which look a lot like depression), in combination with delusions, it is technically possible to diagnose schizophrenia. It is mostly a matter of how long you’ve had it; a schizophrenia diagnosis requires 6 months of continuous symptoms.
Yes I think I have schizophrenia too. I wonder will doc diagnose me. Those thoughts I’m having are not anxiety related I don’t think, but a psychosis related I think.
I told my psychiatrist everything. He said thoughts I’m having are common in anxiety. I doubt that. I will see him soon. He’s a good doc, I like him.
Maybe they don’t want to diagnose me yet. If I say to doc I have schizophrenia he will probably say , I dont know what he’ll say, he said I don’t have schizophrenia. I wonder do docs say that even though they think it could be schizophrenia?
Thanks for your reply I’m on 4 different meds, quietapine, abilify, effexor, lyrica.
Well, as @schizornot said. It takes some time for a Schizophrenia diagnosis so it’s possible it’s just a matter of time.
I’m not sure I fully agree with that statement as I have only had delusions and not hallucination or voices and I am diagnozed Sz. I think that is going to be a doctors call.
It’s good that you have insight into your delusions though. Regardless of your official diagnosis maybe the meds are doing their job and thats what matters.
Hi it’s all so confusing but I think it’s schizophrenia because of certain thoughts I have been having that I told psychiatrist about as well as I knowing these type of thoughts are never normal ones.
I would say I have these symptoms well over a year. Persistent I mean. Before that I did have symptoms as well but have gotten real bad this last year.
You’re right the meds are doing their job and that’s all that matters. I may or may not be diagnosed with schizophrenia. It doesn’t matter as long as I tell my doc everything and do what he says and the home based Crisis team says.
I’ll need therapy and regular visits to the hospital as an outpatient. I can tell you, I never in my life had a year so awful and debilitating as this year. It was horrific. I was practically bedridden. My thoughts worsened considerably and I was zombie like.
I’ll post here how I get on with doc in the next week following this week. I hope to see just the one doc that I’m presently seeing because that way he and I get a better understanding of my illness instead of seeing different psychiatrists I hope to remain the psychiatrist I’m seeing now his patient.
Thanks for your insight. I am definitely not right this past year for sure and they know that at the hospital.i hope I dont get worse.
For me personally I found the best way out of psychosis and paranoia except for medication is to work with yourself to find peace and calm in your heart and mind.
Work out what makes you feel secure and try to work out the triggers that makes you feel unsecure. Start with your own home.
If you feel that you need more privacy maybe get thick curtains for the windows. If you feel unsecure, get a door chain or a extra padlock for your door. If there is something that doesen’t feel right in your home, try redecorating your furniture to make a new impression or new sensation of your home.
Are there certain foods or drinks that triggers something in your mind? Even this is possible. I got superparnoid when I used to take valerian root, it took a while to work that out.
Are you getting overstimulated by social and visual media? Getting too involved in this can put you in a trance like state where you forget about your own life. I am just learning this myself. It is scary because when the visual stuff is gone I am suddenly much more in touch with my own life and reality. I listen to the radio though, that helps. I could always go back to visual media later if it is too hard to stay away.
If you get irrational thoughts try to put it in a objective context and compare yourself with your family, friends or neighbours. Would these kind of things happen to them, and if so what would they think or do about it? Do they seem fine? Most people get along living this life, so why shouldn’t you?
Thank you for your thoughts. I really appreciate and will try to do things a bit differently like you say. You are right about things you say I dont use visual media or social media much.
Those are classic psychosis symptoms. Its up to your Drs to decide which psychotic disorder you have, it could be psychotic depression, schizoaffective, schizophrenia etc I had symptoms for years before getting a diagnosis of psychosis and then years later sz.
I think your Drs are waiting before diagnosing you as some psychosis’s can disappear on their own (rarely). One year isnt enough to be diagnosed especially since your symptoms weren’t severe enough to need an ambulance and a hospitalization. It might get better, worse or stay the same.
Thanks for your reply. A couple of weeks ago three times they tried to admit me to hospital but I wanted to be treated as an outpatient because i didnt want to go into hospital so they my psychiatrist said it’s ok after a bit of haggling with him.
I feel a bit brighter on the new meds. However i am having those negative thoughts daily. Doc did ask when i get those thoughts and i told him daily most of the time. Someone said it could be delusional disorder so I don’t know.
It like you say can take years to be diagnosed I guess. I know though I am not right if you know what i mean. Trying to stay positive anyway. Hope you will get more energy. I was whacked for a year or more. Looking back i was like this 2018 as well meaning I was severely depressed back then as well. So it’s about two years I’ve been going downhill.
I dont use visual media or social media much.
