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Q: Could I Have Schizophrenia
asked by: sammy_poo176 on February 1st, 2007
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All theses things started last summer when I turned 13. It started in august with panic attacks. Well not really panic atacks but a really dreading feeling like I was going to die. I would shake and feel sick. Then I started getting really paranoid and feeling like I was being chased I would also feel like people were watching me. I noticed that sometimes I would talk to myself like there was someone else there and then I would hear someone answer me. For a little while it went away then it came back but worse. Now I constantly hear footsteps behind me and I feel people touch me. Also sometimes ill hear voices out of nowhere talking to eachother or to me. They are really rude. They swear and sometimes they say rude things to me. Ive kind of learned to drownd them out. Ive also gotten scared of things that I used to like such as the dark. Silence is my worst fear because when its quiet I hear the talking and I see people and sometimes animals. The other day I saw a snake go into my bathroom. My mother doesnt believe me she says that im making it up. She thinks that I want atention.I also think that my math teacher is out to get me. Finally ive been going off on people for the littlest things and feeling very out if control. People have told me that ive said things that I dont remember saying( like my mother told me that I told her that I hate her, but I dont rememer saying that at all). My grades in school have been going down too because I cant remember assignments. An also I feel like everytime im in a crow all people are doing is staring at me. And also people tell me that I stare into space all the time but I dont remember ever doing that. I also feel like im being monitered or like watched on a camera. The slightest noises scare me enough to make me scream too. Yesterday I was in a store and somebody opened the door and the bell jingled and I jumped and screamed really loud. The man gave me a really long apology about how he didnt mean to scare me. I cant organize my thoughts either my mind just jumps from subject to subject and I cant think straight. I also have lost 2 friends this week and they say that im really rude but I cant remember it. And my coordination is awful. I almost broke my nose running into a door today. I didnt even see the door. I run into walls alot too. This is the last thing and its probably the strangest... I honestly think that im a reincarnation of someone famous but I dont tell people that I just think it. I guess that I sound delusional. I dont know.



Sorry it was so long...I really need to know whats going on I went to a psychiatrist and they gave me a bunch of tests but I want some other opinions. Thanks for taking the time for reading this. My dad thinks its because I read medical books but I didnt start getting into psychiatry until this started. Please relpy. I really need help

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Color of Paper
replied on February 2nd, 2007
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First you need to find something that relaxes you.

Learn this...Enjoy it.

Best thing to do if your having such a hard time with life in genral is start seek that one Dr. Thats gona change your life. Its super hard being human and suffereing from crazy fking emotions.

But we are human and we can help one another. Feel free to post here when ever you can...Theres people watching.

Sorry this got 2 you so late. Stay up ^_^
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sammy_poo176
replied on February 3rd, 2007
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color of paper wrote:
first you need to find something that relaxes you.


well nothing really seems to relax me any more im really anxious all the time. Things that used to relax me like laying on my bed in the dark and taking long showers now have something associated with them that scares me. Like last night before I took a shower I had to cover the bathroom mirror with a towel because mirrors scare me. I dont know why.

And laying on my bed in the dark is no longer relaxing because im also absolutely terrified of the dark.

Im not arguing with you but I just cant find anything except maybe talking to my 2 really close friends that relaxes me but I cant really talk for ever.


Hey can somebody tell me if these things are considered auditory hallucinations... When I hear things coming out of my mouth like stuff that im saying but I dont reconise the voice and I cant stop my self from saying that stuff. Usually, thats only when im alone but it happens other times too. Also when that happens its not even things that I say and it feels like im listen ing to someone else talking.






By the way thanks for replying!!
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Philo
replied on March 19th, 2007
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Some Classic Symptoms
You have some classic symptoms of schizophrenia: hearing nasty voices, paranoia (feeling that the teacher is out to get you), grandiose thoughts (feeling that you are an incarnation of someone famous). Visual hallucinations are also quite common in schizophrenia. I don't know what your doctor told you but maybe you should seek a second professional opinion. Please do it!
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