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volumeone

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Posted: 12-14-07 01:35am

I've become pretty worried recently that I may be developing Schizophrenia. Based on the symptoms I've seen listed, much of what I'm experiencing seems to be attributed to Schizophrenia. I'm just looking for some opinions, or perhaps some advice on the situation.

I'm 18 years old, and for about 5 years or so I've been dealing with depression, though I have never been diagnosed with a specific illness. They have called it Major depression, and they have called it Bi-polar, however my symptoms have never quite matched up with either. There is a history of mental illness in my family.

That being said, about 2 weeks ago I smoked a lot of marijuana, and since then strange things have been happening, and thinking back more minor things were happening before I smoked. I had always become moody after the high of smoking wore off, but nothing more. I think the easiest way to do this is to just list off some of the things I have been experiencing, which I believe can be attributed to Schizophrenia.

-Fear of the dark
I haven't been afraid of the dark for as long as I can remember, yet suddenly I panic every time I am in the dark alone, or have my back to a dark room.

-Songs CONSTANTLY playing in my head
I know it's normal to have a song stuck in your head, but I have had to turn on a radio a couple of times, just so a song wouldn't be running through my head. The songs change, and are sometimes songs I can't even remember hearing.

-Fear of some unseen beings (Generally associated with the dark)
I keep feeling as if there are small child-like beings watching me from dark rooms. This happens in flashes, as I think about it right now, it seems silly, but when the fear sets in it is the most realistic thing in the world. I have found myself turning on every light in the house and locking myself in my computer room to avoid this.

-Scattered thoughts
My thoughts seem to race around in my head at certain times, where I'm unable to focus on any one thing. I have had a stranger recently comment this, wondering if I had ADD

-Zoning out
I have often just stopped what I was doing to stare off into space. This morning I laid in my bed for about 3 hours just looking around the room, not really thinking about anything.

-Faulty memory
I have forgotten conversations, and questions that have already been answered to me

-Missing work
I didn't go to work today, and I'm not too sure why. I just ended up laying in bed, as noted above.

-Perception changes, inanimate objects appearing to move
As I was laying in bed this morning I found myself looking at the corners of the room, the corners seemed to flip in and out quite like an optical illusion using a cubic shape. I have a couple of times noticed things moving slightly, or vibrating that shouldn't be.

-Thinking that someone can read my thoughts
I have thought that a co-worker was reading my thoughts, and plotting to have me fired. I attempted a protective spiritual meditation to defend against this. I have also thought that the child-like beings can read my thoughts, and sense my fear of them.

-Thinking that co-workers are talking behind my back, actually leading to a brief confrontation where such was denied.

-Paranoia/doubts in my long-term girlfriend.

-Mood swings
I have always had constant ups and downs, but it seems to have gone to another level. I become aggrivated, or sad, or happy more rapidly than ever, and with less cause.

There are quite a few more minor points that I could make, but I think that that is enough to work with. I myself have come to the conclusion that I am developing schizophrenia, or something like it, and plan on seeing my psychiatrist soon. I would however like to hear other peoples' opinons and advice as well. I will also make a quit note that I was at one point prescribed the anti-psychotic Zyprexa, as a "mood-stabilizer". I am wondering if maybe the doctor who prescribed me that had an early hunch based on my mood pattern?
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jgrib

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Posted: 12-15-07 15:42pm

sounds like pyschosis
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volumeone

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Posted: 12-16-07 02:53am

But does this sound like psychosis brought on by Schizophrenia?

I just want to point out that I recognize that this is happening, as it seems to happen in phases. I will go through much of the day normally, but I will zone out, or my brain and thoughts will get foggy, or race. Within those minutes/hours is when all of the above symptoms happen. Is this what happens in schizophrenic delusions? It seems by much of what I read that a schizophrenic experiences these delusions constantly, whereas I have been going in and out of it.

While christmas shopping today I became very uncomfortable by the large amount of people around me, my thoughts got racy and I couldn't concentrate on, or carry a conversation. I ended up turning on my mp3 player and ignoring my company, as the christmas music playing in stores was irritating me very much. It seems that things that are petty, and regularly don't affect me have been aggrivating me, or bringing my mood way down...
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Georgia59

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Posted: 12-17-07 12:03pm

It is possible to have psychotic episodes with affective disorders (like depression). It is also possible, at your age, that you are starting to show signs of schizophrenia. You really need to go to a doctor and get an accurate diagnosis.

It might help you to keep a journal or jot down how you are feeling and the symptoms you are experiencing for a while, so when you go to a doctor you can just give her/him the whole list.
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woops

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Posted: 12-23-07 18:27pm

I'm not sure.

Are you sure that you're just not a genius?
Perhaps you should paint and play certain types of music?
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Philo

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Posted: 12-23-07 18:35pm

I'm sure faulty memory is not a sign of genius.
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irChris777

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Posted: 12-23-07 20:03pm

thinking people are reading your thoughts was a major one i used to have and i've heard has been described as a "classical delusion of schizo." thinking that people are talking about you when theyre not is a big one too. i still use a night light when i go to sleep. only jesus can rescue you from fear though not a shrink. they dont know what is really wrong with you at all thats why theyre changing around their "diagnoses" and even the names of the things that they "diagnose" you with are constantly changing. ask them if its a brain disease. then say ok you say it is then why do mri's reveal that schizo's brains are the same. then theyll say well the dopamine is imbalanced. then tell them if you thought everyone wanted to cuto off your arms and legs and rape you for 5 million years your brain chemicals would be off too. HE who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest under the shadow of the Almighty.
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coonfuusedkidd

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Posted: 01-02-08 23:04pm

wow i have the exact same symptoms except twithout the delusions i do sometimes get the thought that someone might be talking about me when they laugh but i convince myself there not. Also my symptoms worsen at night and i dont lie in bed thinking about nothing. However i have heard a voice whispering my name and sometimes when people are talking in the other room they sound liek different people such as another one of my friends but there are people saying the words just it sounds as if its someone else saying them. I also hallucinate a little but its just misty shadows of eyes or skull-life faces from the corner of my eyes. I also have misty hallucinations liek these when i close my eyes. I seem to also get hypnogogonis hallucinations during night as well. Does this sound like schizo?
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irChris777

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Posted: 01-05-08 08:10am

volume that happens to me also dumb things irritate the crap out of me that shouldnt. i suggest to everyone here to take primrose oil vitamin c a multi and fish oil and flax seed oil. I also eat a bnana or vegetable and have some v8 and fruit juice everday. I also do pushups and will start jumping rope 10-15 minutes a day when school starts this jan (work wears me out too much). the oils helps women through pms and helps alot of us get through when we have flare-ups. your body needs certain vitamins and minerals everyday and 3 oils (omega 3,6, and 9) or something will go wrong. probably if i would have done these things for myself at a younger age and removed myself from abusive situations i would have never developed symptoms or they would have been lessened. when i was younger though i hated myself and loathed food and hated everything so that would have been impossible. also smoking and drugs/alcohol sickness and sleep deprivation can lead to flareups.
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woops

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Posted: 01-11-08 18:57pm

Okay, doesn't sound anything like what I have.

These all sound like symptoms of higher awareness, I mean c'mon, people talk about eachother behind eachothers backs all of the time, thats not freaking paranoia at all, missing work? Not schizophrenia.

I hate to break this to all of you, but there are either things or people here that can read your mind, sorry.
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