I was just thinking to myself that ive known only two years that im schizophrenic but ive been schizophrenic for years just never got the treatment for it. Im on meds now thank god but the mirrors seem to be bothering me these days. My hallucenations are happening everywhere and now the mirror is making it worse. I was just wondering how long i will be in this hell before i find the right meds any words of advice??
i'm praying for you and for a cure for this terrible disease. of course you won't get much advice here, but stick with your doctors and social workers. this is their line of work and what they know. this is illness is mysterious to the vast majority of people, including schizophrenics themselves.
i do not have it, but i have loved one that do. i pray for their healing evey day and i will pray for you to have a happy and productive life.
Hi - my wife got schizophrenia about 19 years ago. We experimented with different meds and they were all pretty terrible, then we tried zyprexa and it was enormously better. Of course pretty much all of these drugs have bad side effects, and zyprexa has some especially weight gain. However my wife is still on it today (after trying some other more recent drugs which didn't work), and it has been quite effective. Of course you need to take advice from your doctor about what medication is best for you, but I just wanted to say that when we started zyprexa it was a huge relief because it made things a lot better - so if you keep trying I'm sure you can find the best medication for you.
Finding the right combination of drugs is tough. I've gone about 5 months without any hallucinations. I still have negative symptoms and some of the paranoia. While my current set of meds seemed to be working perfectly, I'm starting to worry that they are wearing off. I've been feeling strange all week and hope that doesn't mean things are going to come back. I guess schizophrenia is a lifetime struggle.
my best advice is to keep a journal and monitor any drastic changes from day to day. Sometimes you can figure out more problems that way.
I wish we could just wish hard enough and that vexing diseases wud just go away. But they don't. I hope someday there is a cure for this terrible disease. It is hard to live with a broken body. A boken mind or heart too. I am afraid that, for the moment, this will contiue to b a lifelong struggle. Hasn't ur doctor told u that yet.
I have a loved one with schizophrenia. A nurse visits him every day to give him his meds ( in his home) and to check up on him. He is lucky to b in a good program here in mass. Nationwide not everyone is so lucky.
How old r u. How old were u when u first got symptoms.
I’m 18 and i got my first symptoms at 5
How do u remember that. It is so odd becausit does not usually manifest until later in life. What do u remember at 5 yrs old. Did u hear voices? What was it like to have symptoms.
Visions that also had voices and then just regular visions like things i could see but wouldnt talk to me although i would talk to them
Childhood schizophrenia is pretty rare, but it does happen. It also takes a long time to get diagnosed. I'd say my first symptoms were about 19 years before my diagnosis. I'm 33 now.
I'm 27 now I have paranoid schizophrenia, my first symptoms were 3.5 years ago , just started after I graduated from university,I studied Engineering and I had an honor degree,then strange thoughts came to my mind but I didn't tell anyone about them. I kept dealing with these thoughts for 7 months ended with me not sleeping at all . I used to stay alone in my room ,became very religious , lost weight,
also got afraid from people , had dreams, at last I heard voices talking to me,my father took me to see doctors and I denied everything , I needed another 4 months to understand that I need help and to recognize I had hallucinations , I went to a doctor and started taking pills I got much better but with a lot of side effects, after 2 years my doctor stopped the med and in two months I got worse again , this time it was more serious than the first time.
I was put in mental hospital for 2 weeks, and this time I have Risperdal as a med it is like magic I got much better with less side effects , hallucinations stopped , I can say I am 80% normal , I move alot , eat more than usual, I sleep alot , but meds before caused diabetes and with Risperdal its gone :)
where I live they don't know much about schizophrenia , my parents are shy from my illness , and they push alot , they don't understand how tough it is , I got a new job and Im working very very hard to keep it.
but its hard to keep your illness as a secret and to keep smiling while you suffer. I'm still on med , but with less dose now , I'm telling you all of this to tell you its a struggle , and its important to know you are not alone , I was a Super girl before, I had dreams for PHD but now I don't think I can do it , all of what my parents care about is to see me good looking and smiling and having a job , this is exactly what I try to do ...
you are still young , read alot about the illness the med's
and the side effects, miracles for healing won't happen , and try to ignore the unreal voices, reality is safer...
Sometimes the voices can become so real its like they take their own life form in your mind its so hard to understand why im now on a low dosage of seroquel and a high dosage of geodon the new voice i had before them was very irratic in behavior and paranoid just like me i guess we were one in the same i know she wasnt real but every voice i have i give a name which i guess makes them seem more real and then they begin to control i had it real bad before i started my meds and i hope it only gets better from here im glad to know im not alone schizophrenia is one of those life long struggles that makes being “normal” seem like such a challenge and youre right people dont understand what we go through cause if they did they wouldnt expect the smiles and happiness all the time, im glad you shared your story.
Desert Rose - sorry to real about your family's lack of understanding about your schizophrenia. Perhaps you could give them some reading material eg Fuller Torrey Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families. Or the various internet resources available including on Schizophrenia.com. Or perhaps you can lean on someone else for the support you need. It is good that your medication seems to be working pretty well. Good luck!
Shanese1992 - yeah, shame your family also aren't a bit more supportive, but it is really good you have a good insight into the disease. Good luck!
Thank you for that it was really nice of you
Shanese1992,I had break downs too, but with meds the voices are gone , also all other hallucinations are gone :)
Glad to hear you are responding to meds :) I used to sleep alot too but this will improve with time as doctors told me.
sorry to hear about your family , well my parents are very optimistic that I will be healed totally :P , they push alot,
they are shy because of me,but they gave me intensive care .
brothers and sisters don't care.
Alleen thanks for the advice,I wish my parents could read English to learn more about the illness , all Arabic resources are not good enough :(
thanks for the support
Yeah i get at least 10-13 hours of sleep a night i dont know how to wake up any earlier its just when the meds wake me up i guess. Im glad your parents are optimistic about it thats great
I was diagnosed with schizophreniform about 2 years ago. I'm 21 right now almost 22. In my case it took a while to find the right combination of medications. I think I went through a dozen combinations before I found the right mix. So don't worry about not finding the right meds right away. Everyone is different and every body deals with medications in different ways. Once I found the right combo, my life started to get put back in place and I was able to cope a lot easier. So stay strong! It's a trial-and-error thing with medications, and you will find the right ones to deal with your situation.
Thanks so much for that I guess i shouldnt expect the meds to just fall into place right away