Signals from somewhere

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 5:17pm

Something/someone is messing with my brain. They are sending signals to get me to agree with what people think of me.

insidemind · February 1, 2018, 5:19pm

When I was really sick I believed that stuff. Meds do really help. Are you treatment resistant by chance?

Om_Sadasiva · February 1, 2018, 5:20pm

do you take your meds @roxanna?

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 7:18pm

I dont thonk i am treatment resistant. I did well pn perphenazine. Maybe i should go nack on it or latuda.

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 7:18pm

I do take them.

insidemind · February 1, 2018, 7:19pm

Sometimes when you relapse your meds might stop working. Sometimes you have to go back on a higher dose or even change meds. For me, energy drinks cause severe symptoms.

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 7:32pm

Im quitting nicotine and l theanine. So i dint know. Sometimes meds dont work at all and make things worse. I dpnt hear internal voices anymore.i hear external ones.

insidemind · February 1, 2018, 7:46pm

Nicotine lessens the effectiveness of meds by half!

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 7:49pm

Really? Do you have a link to anything? I did not know that! Well im quitting so. Been a little over a week since i quit.

insidemind · February 1, 2018, 7:49pm

I got it straight from my psychiatrist.

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 7:51pm

I had a funny feeling it was either nicotine or casffeine or both. But Nicotine i can see that being a problem.

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 8:06pm

All this time i could have been feeling better had i realized this. Hand on forehead*

zeno · February 1, 2018, 10:40pm

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Smoking and schizophrenia.

M Sagud, A Mihaljević-Peles, D Mück-Seler, N Pivac, B Vuksan-Cusa, T Brataljenović and M Jakovljević, Psychiatria Danubina, Sep 2009

Smoking prevalence for schizophrenic patients is higher than this for general population. More than 60% of schizophrenic patients are current smokers, which contributes to excessive mortality in these patients. The reasons for high frequency of both smoking prevalence and heavy smoking in schizophrenic patients is thought to be at least partially related to enhancement of brain dopaminergic activity, which, in turn, results in behavioral reinforcement due to stimulant effects. Smoking stimulates dopaminergic activity in the brain by inducing its release and inhibiting its degradation. There is also evidence that cigarette smoking can reduce deficits relative to dopamine hypofunction in prefrontal cortex. Recent neuroimaging studies have further contributed the evidence of complex influences of cigarette smoking on brain dopaminergic function. It has been suggested that smoking may be an attempt by schizophrenic patients to alleviate cognitive deficits and to reduce extrapyramidal side-effects induced by antipsychotic medication. Cigarette smoke also increases the activity of CYP 1A2 enzymes, thus decreasing the concentration of many drugs, including clozapine and olanzapine. There is also evidence that smoking is associated with increased clearance of tiotixene, fluphenazine and haloperidol. Given the high frequency of smoking in schizophrenic patients, clinicians need to check smoking status in each patient. Schizophrenic patients who smoke may require higher dosages of antipsychotics than nonsmokers. Conversely, upon smoking cessation, smokers may require a reduction in the dosage of antipsychotics.

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 10:48pm

Thanks ive been looking up quite a bit.

anon57786250 · February 1, 2018, 10:59pm

Hearing external voices, I think, is worse than internal ones.

roxanna · February 1, 2018, 11:29pm

More annoying in ways.

Om_Sadasiva · February 26, 2018, 4:00pm

a doctor at emergency room had told me that cigarettes lessen the effectiveness of meds. so I guess it’s true.

system · May 27, 2018, 4:10pm

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