in fact in my sz i suffer a lot physically… i have pains in my body, i suffocate sometimes by fear, i have headaches and the need to vomit sometimes… i really find my illness a lot painful on this side- the physical one… i dont know if its common in sz… i am not of the schizophrenics who have rich imagination even in their delusions. now i deal with the fact that my mom describes me a lonely future for myself, i deal with the fact that my father died from some depression or even something more serious, i deal with the fact that sometimes i am too good with my friends and they just use me cause i say nothing.
but i hope that the plus of seroquel along with my zyprexa can help me on this. maybe to see disappear all my physical pains too…
I never had pains, but I used to vomit all the time, just from the stress of everything. I would get colds frequently, too. It all went away once I was able to deal with the root cause of my stress in therapy.
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cool ninjastar, yeah, once ill be better all this can disappear. but I was just wondering if the physical pains are common in sz…
I don’t think it’s super common, but it happens sometimes.
ok, I see. its strange what I have then. I really forbiddened myself to live cause I cant assure the responsibility which is needed when you are with someone else in your life… I just want to feel free from the physical pain. my soul hurts really often plus the headaches are terrible, I am close to vomiting because of it often, yeap :(…
I have a migraine disorder which is completely separate from my schizophrenia. Has your doctor ever screened you for migraines?
Hey, do you have Schizoaffective disorder? Schizoaffective is both Schizophrenia and Bipolar i.e. thought and mood disorder. I have learned to keep my emotions and moods under control as it affects the other aspects of the spectrum. In my case, if I am upset I can have chest pains or I can have feel flat and empty. I have watched youtube videos of others with Schizoaffective and it most describes my current state however it is mild because the worst of it expresses itself in either me being manic/euphoric or spaced out and confused. I don’t have much psychosis and I don’t have much depression. Right combination of medicine is working. I am now taking three different medicines that are slowly starting to work more on how I feel and getting my moods under control before it gets worse. My diagnosis is Schizoaffective, Bipolar. However because of stigma my psychiatrist prefers the Bipolar label and it’s easier to treat this way, avoiding confusion. I am on an anti-psychotic, a mild anti-depressant, and a non-addictive anxiety medicine. My brother was realistic when he mentioned that he thinks I just enjoy the manic/buzz and that I can’t do that. I have to face reality. In my case facing reality is to keep taking medicine.
It’s hard to face the challenges of today with so much to overcome. Just think of how strong you are for having gone through so many things. Let me know how it’s going, I need a friend too so please feel free to private contact me here on the forum and we can share ideas and coping resources.
oh,thanks for the message @gabzgrl89. my ex pdoc told me once that I have sz affective disorder but I think she was hiding from me the paranoid sz… I am not sure if I have mania… I sometimes have the idea that I am quite smart but I dont believe it really. its always in the doubt. I smile often but its without an emotion behind that. I have a lots of anhedonia in fact…and I guess I have a lot of paranoia. lots of negative symptoms too… I can get aggressive and ragy but its turning against me cause yeah- I have the reason not to hurt anybody else… I also find myself derealizated etc etc… i live isolated since 17 years so you can imagine. but i cant fight against my illness anymore. i just want to feel better, ive struggled with this since kid even though i am diagnosed with some mi in 2009… the first of my diagnosis was borderline but my pdoc thinks more about paranoid sz with mostly negative symptoms…
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I know this is prob. one of the most complex mental illnesses. My mom has schizo-affective, major depression and schizophrenia were her issues. She was also once almost labelled with borderline. So if this is you then you might be similar to her; after treatment she has returned to her normal better self. It has been almost a year that she’s been on medicine and has been able to talk to me. One issue she is having is she doesn’t really remember the past five years when it was bad. But I tell her not to focus on that. Just to know that I was there and that its fine to talk to me because I never held it against her. So I know the struggle.
me i remember everything. maybe too much. i am really well focused on my own attitude. i am even jealous of my sz friend who forgets what she did when she has her crises… in fact, i am often angry to her when she says she has bipolar to me while she has sz… i can be too good sometimes but like you see, sometimes i am hard too. i am unhappy i guess. ive never lost my mind in fact, never so that’s why i say its strange my sz… but yes, my psychosomatic symptoms are terrible, i am fed up by them…
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