I was desperate to speak to other people with Schizophrenia, as I had been diagnosed two years previous and had cut off contact with mental health services a week after being discharged from hospital.
It took two years for me to find out the reason I had gotten fat and turned into a zombie was the 20mg of Olanzapine I was on.
To be fair I was pretty angry, so did not join in a good place. It coincided with a relapse as I quit the meds cold turkey, and ended up in the hospital again.
I found the other members and Mods very supportive at the time. I drifted away for a couple of years, then had more relapses and came back.
You start to see the same posts over and over again but thats ok. Tho ive only experienced 2 medications so i usually only post about those meds. The only thing that i like is reading the unusual beliefs section, i often think about them and wonder about schizophrenia.
İ m very happy to join this forum.i learned lot of thing about my illness.despite the i m little awkward for socialising(maybe my etnicity or personal appearence or just my logic im not sure) its good to be here.
I was already a forum junkie when I find this one. I joined and started searching for what I wanted info on and when I couldn’t find it I started posting.