Schizophrenia Support Group

i hope i can be of some help i was diagnosed little over 5 years ago and feel lucky to have what appears a mild version i try and keep sight that schizophrenia is only a word used to describe a group of symptoms that consistantly show up together in people with this diagnosis and even the medical communitys knowledge about it is not conclusive personally i think the practice of lableing any thing as a problem that needs to be fixed is a big step with reprocussions we as a society our medical sciences and so on should take under better consideration but it is a very serious problem for those with this diagnosis and thier loved ones in my case i could not denie the physical nature of my symptoms and showed all the signs before i had heard known what they were and later seeing them documented in cases recorded before i was even born helped me think thier was something to it all i can referr to concretely is my own expieriance and thats that while hallucinations can be expierianced as being real they seem bound by the same universal laws as every thing else but lack it seems a concrete basis in reality personaly ide rather have expieriances i could share anyway i think whier this lable has potential to help is in the recognition of certain vurnerabillities and the realization that we have to take better care of ourselves i personaly have tendencies go off topic allittle but hope of some help

Most people are dxed by a doctor. Those of us that have it have very different symptoms than others that have it. It's just a name for a certain number of issues that some have. But everyone is different. As far as the dellusions go, it depends on how far into the psycosis a person gets, to if they can tell if the dellusion can be identified as real or false. Assuming what he is saying is true and he is really seeing these things, I would definently think that his illness is on the bad side. You should get him to a doctor some how, because if the disease is left untreated it can cause the person to be left with a permenent psychotic break. He needs to be on antipsychotic medications as soon as possible, and if he already is then he needs them adjusted soon

Thank you so much for responding. I remember one time when I was going through withdrawals and had hallucination/dreams and intense paranoia for a week straight. It was awful, I felt hell and demons all around, very thick and almost concrete. So I can relate to the feeling. I really feel for whoever lives with this because this was just one week and it was the worst experience in my life. I've been in some pretty bad real life situations where I should have been scared but I am usually not, however that week was true hell. So my heart is with you for living this so often.
Another questions: does it vary during the day? It seems like he is fine in the morning but by late afternoon/evening he starts talking about entities and other stuff I've never heard of. Maybe they do exist but I would hate to have to be aware of the evil ones.

I really wish you the best in your search for information. It shows you care for your husband and want to be the informed to the best of your ability. Being informed helps.

As for your question about whether or I know if I have schizophrenia, I can clearly say I do. For me it started with a lot of fear and anxiety two years ago. The anxiety grew till I started to feel terrified of every day events. After about 6 months Id say, I began to experience my first auditory hallucinations. Voices commanding me to hurt the people I cared about and to hurt myself. I did my best to shut them out though. I was always fully aware of my actions and would never hurt anyone. I dont even remember when now but I slowly began to notice visual hallucinations. It started off as people and things that weren't really there and grew to blood and gore. I was hospitalized after breaking down in my schools hallways after seeing everyone around me bleeding. In the hospital it was the first time the word schizophrenia was used, but all along I had known there was something wrong.

As far of my delusions go, I have been taught by my psych that some things I believe are not real, however they feel very real to me. I used to believe that there were these shadow people who would do bad things to people. My psychiatrist helped me deduce that they are not real and figments of my mind, but even today I still have to remind myself that they are not there. Its a very complex illness.

I wish you all the best though. My heart goes out to the people like you, who genuinely care. Its people like you that can make this illness at times bearable.

wow, thank you. I guess we are here to help each other. Sometimes we isolat but we are all part of this planet and the love is there in all of us. I don't watch the news and try to stay away from negative people. There are alot of good people (we are all basicly good inside) doing good things. its just the media doesnt talk about it. But it is there, I see it every day. And all of us helping each other is a part of that. Again thank you all and feel free to keep replying or emailing me. This is very special to me.

As too your question on wether there is varience in the disorder.....Yes, there is a lot. Even people with severe psychosis have ups and downs. It depends on the person as to when these cycles occur, and how fast the cycles go from good to bad. Some people go through the swings everyday and some take a lot longer. My cycles are more on the line of every month or two. I go from being pretty much symptom free to being flooded. Every person you will talk to will probably tell you something different.

i also think thats an i good question one ive been intrested in myself from my understanding our bodys are made up of many dfferent cycles that our coordinated with themselves with eachother and also the outside environment i was reading something about circadium rhythms which is devoted to that subject and thier does seem atleast some difference in our bodys depending on if its day or night but i agree its just as,or probaly has more to do with the cycles of the indevidual person but may be a combination of both and also perhaps related to activitie and rest cycles i personaly have noticed mood changes closely related to stress and especialy towards the time my body maybe winding down or prepareing for sleep its like those defenses low levels of addrenaline or something affect sensitivety to a sense of feeling overwhelmed i have found some bit of relief and improvement from becomeing more aware and able to predict when these feelings repeat

i also think other entities exist i dont see y not to me its like how at one time most people believed the universe revolved around the earth they just werent ready to believe otherwise personaly i think thiers more than enough unresolved problems in this demension and maybe if we as a species can deal with them maybe our expieriances with other dimensions will be less problematic as whell

Your husband is seriously sick. Anyone that talks to himself about bodies etc... has a problem. I appreciate that you are concerned about him. I think he should be responsible for his actions. Is he so out of it that he is talking non-sense? The concept of schizophrenia as someone that is not responsible for their actions, I don't know. I have a mild case of undifferenciated schizophrenia. I don't to weird stuff. I don't talk to myself. I am the master of my house. I am in control of myself. I am the cult leader, the politician, adolf hitler. I am in control and people should respect me. I don't want to feel that I am out of control. I don't want to be treated as a child. Really, my wife doesn't hear me talking to myself about non-sense. I expect my wife to respect me and if I need help, to take care of me. I appreciate that you are willing to help and understand your husband.

Once again, I can't thankyou all enough for taking the time to share with me. We are not living together, I haven't seen him for over 4 months. But we have been talking on the phone for 1 1/2 to 2 months. He was like accusing me of all these horrible things and talking aout events that never happened. Since last week, his attitude has totally changed. He sais he loves me,misses me and that we will stay married and eventually work things out. I am not getting too excited because I know this could be a phase but I am happy because he will probably come out here in about 3 weeks and I can't wait. It is just for 3 days, to protect myself emotionally and also to check him out because I can't really see what's going on just by phone calls.