Well I am a male and sixteen-soon to be 17- years old. My father has schizophrenia and I have recently found out that my cousin and some great aunt had also had it, on my father's side. I do not hear voices, talk to myself, or have hallucinations by any means. I am very worried about this off and on, because of the following:
-My father has it and other family members have
-I am very unemotional (including a mostly monotone voice)
-I have always been a little shy, but i almost want to say I'm "too lazy" to talk, because I am constantly fatigued for some reason unknown to me.
- I have trouble making decisions for myself and get extremely stressed and irritated over the littlest things
-I always feel "foggy headed", groggy, and unmotivated. Even though I do play many sports and lift weights reguraly. I also do well in school, although i cannot concentrate.
-I have felt depressed for the past two years, but I just got off Zoloft last week which didn't do too much for me.
-I also have mood swings and am almost always extremely irritable towards everyone.
I am worried about these because I read in articles that these could be signs of early Schizophrenia. And also people usually develop it around my age or in the near future. I probably would think nothing of these symptoms if it didn't run in my family. I have asked my doctor about this and he told me "not to worry about it yet".
Any opinions or support would be greatly appreciated. Thank you