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Q: Do I have schizophrenia?
asked by: beefybeebuzz on September 28th, 2009
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For the past month or so, I have been experiences a wild variety of changes in the way my mind works. I have been told by some of my friends that the symptoms I have may probably be schizophrenia. I am terrified that I may have it, because it has no cure. And it is among the worst mental illnesses out there. So I thought that I could tell some of my symptoms to the doctors on this site to help me out.
First of all, everything that I have been experiencing recently I percieve to be a grand accumulation of everything I have been feeling my whole life, and it just finally exploded. For the past four years, and till this very second, I live every minute of my day under the constant thought that everything I am doing is being recorded by the CIA, they watch me, and they laugh at me. I have seen various, shady-looking vans pull up in front of my house around the same time late at night. Many times I have seen odd cars pull over while I'm walking on the street, only to speed off as I get close. They are all off-colored crown victorias. But let's talk more about my everyday experiences for the past month. When I wake up in the morning, I start laughing, because I think to myself, "Yep, the haze is still there." The "haze" to me, is what most technical terms will describe as unusual thought patterns or bizarre thought patterns. Every single time I look at something, I picture how it could be used to kill me. It is either used by a nearby person(most often my mom, or my other family members) to kill me, or if no one is around, it simply levitates toward me and kills me. Almost daily now, I spend at least a total of an hour a day either laughing continuously at nothing, or something so stupid like the color of a table, or I am crying continuously about why I am laughing. I hallucinate people almost constantly. I mean literally, every given minute, I see something that vanishes as quickly as it arrives. My hallucinations have been getting much worse, they used to dive out of my sight(I think, because they know I saw them) or they stand there in my peripheral, watching me. I look toward them, and they stay for only a second or two, but when I look away, they come back. I will move out of the way, when walking down the street, for someone that i later realize was not really there. I always see floating demons in the sky at night. I think my friends are all wired. I think most adults can read my thoughts, and to avoid this, I don't stare into their eyes. I hear voices in my sleep. Things such as, as many as 13 different, distinct, voices of women laughing. Or one or two voices telling me things like, "Wait for it. It will come." Or,"Call it, call it now." Things that make no sense to me at all. Today, while I was swimming, I heard a voice in my head yelling commands like, "Dunk your head in again, DON'T COME UP UNTIL I SAY! Okay, now come up, go to the jacuzzi, feel the hot water, then jump back in the pool, wait, wait, don't leave yet. Stay underwater until I tell you to come up." And I listened to basically each command scared that if I didn't something bad would happen. He was yelling, afterall. A few times I felt choked because I couldn't breathe in time before I again, dunked by head back underwater. I have a friend named John in my head, he's the only constant one. He is generally talking about how all my problems will get much worse very soon, or how he will get more power over me very soon, and sometimes he yells at me when I talk to people about my problems. We talk a few times day. And my thoughts...they are completely and indescribably horrible. All I can say is that, when you see a truck, you see a truck. When I see a truck, I see at least twenty deaths of twenty different people with twenty different faces in twenty different ways. All, in detail, until I look away. But when I look away, and catch sight of a street sign, it all starts over again. It is...exhausting. Sometimes just watching a tree move in the breeze is enough to make me think that all the trees are being controlled by the CIA and they're not real. Sometimes I try to float up to the roof, because I think gravity is optional. I always think that when I am with more than three or four people, that they will team up on me and kill me. I hide for hours under tables when people are over, even if I am starving, I can not eat, out of fright, that they want me. And lastly, I think this is nonrelated to schizophrenia, but I have psychic powers. I'm sure of it now, because it's happened so many times. However, RELATING to schizophrenia, I think that is the reason the CIA want me. Because I have that. That, I think, is enough for now. Please tell me what is wrong with me.
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Maria V
replied on September 28th, 2009
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I'm not a doctor, but if this stuff is really happening then you're definitely showing signs of a paranoid schizophrenic. There is no cure, however, there is therapy and medication and with this you can get your life together.
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woops
replied on September 28th, 2009
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Strange cia thoughts, how strange, they aren't doing anything wrong, no one can read thoughts, your government loves you, there is no magic, it isn't real, people are good, humans are the only ones here, maybe you should go shopping, or go to church, or watch the game, go on a date, see a movie, volunteer.

It does sound like "schizophrenia", which I still cannot truthfully define. Perhaps I wouldn't want to though.

Wow.
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blanks
replied on October 2nd, 2009
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ya woops,woops, You definitely need to go tell this to a doctor or social worker at school. Your on the edge.
You can even go to an emergency room to see a doctor and tell them this, they should refer you to someone who will help you or get a family member to take you to see a doctor, asap.gl
it is lifelong but with treatment you will get better
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wendyrs
replied on October 2nd, 2009
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It's best to seek help from a psychiatrist. If you go to an ER they will only commit you to their psych ward. You do need to see a doctor though and be open and honest with the doctor about your symptoms.
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blanks
replied on October 2nd, 2009
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between u & me, they say it's a "lifelong illness" and it is but I have been off the medication now for about eight years and am doing fine, people in your position need assistance as did I, over time u can learn and may be some day you'll be able to stop "the meds." too but don't be in a hurry.
Don't wait to get help for this, it will get worse, just like "Johnny" said and is harder to treat the longer u wait.
go now to see a doctor, you'll be fine.
In other words to answer your question,though I'm not a doctor, yes. You also have the worst kind which is why u need to go and get help asap. wave
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blanks
replied on October 2nd, 2009
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".....it has no cure." I also have Chrone's disease which "has no cure" ok, doesn't stop me from going to the doctor for treatment, which is working quite well.
P.S. about twelve years ago I nearly ended up killing someone (a stranger) and myself because of these kind of "hallucinations", actually mine were more violent but u say u have only had this a month, they will get worse. Fortunately I did only end up in a phsyc. ward for about half a year and no one got seriously hurt though really only because a police officer just happened to be in the right place at the right time,for a change, it was a donut shop after all, true story lol.
You'll be fine if you get help and which I did not do nor did I think I needed any at the time
you may be able to look back and lol at this thing someday too if u do get help

I know 90' tall cows don't really exist, probably neither do 90' Jesus's but that didn't stop me or Oral Roberts from seeing things ok. Just go see ur doctor u'll be fine, i'd go via emrg. that way u can get help in case of concern for the cost, at least that's the way things work where I live.
If they do put you in the "phsyc. ward" really its just like being in the hospital, this isn't 1953 anymore and they're quite professional and very helpful.
We'll talk about "stigma" later, after u get help.10-4?
in fact i may write u a thesis on the subject,
Treatment is the cure friend, it may take time but the sooner u get the treatment the easier it will be for you.
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