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Q: Am I Schizophrenic ?
asked by: pickledme on July 3rd, 2007
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im 28 was diagnosed recently schizophrenia
i had a psychotic episode when i was 15 never had a major one since then, my regualar symptoms i often experience :

aware of different presences
things touching me, make mundane sounds threatening, often feel like im being watched
irrational fears of everyday object
paranoia that people are against me hate me talking about me dont trust anyone
ppl scare me
have perceptual changes
At the moment im scard to go in my living room im never in there more than 10 mins

but most of the symptoms that r left r negative
i wont list them cos theres so many
they say i have residual schizophrenia and at 15 i had paranoid schizophrenia

alot of the symptoms i have now i had all my life from first memories.
MY parents say i became parinoid about ppl hating me at 7
mum thought i was depressed and took me to see doctor who said i was just 'confused and unhappy'
what i wondered is what did i have when i was a child i thought schizotypal personality or is there some kinda pre-schizophrenia stage
i'm really confused and have tried other forums but no answer
If it wasnt for my psychotic episode at 15 which fits paranoid schizo and i had no idea i was sick and had i been offered treatment would have refused cos i was just waiting for 'them' to get me would have thought they were trying to kill me
i would fit STP dissorder perfectly if it wasnt for this breif psycotic period it only lasted about 6 months and for a year and a half afterwards was extremly withdrawn and did little exept walk like my life depended on it
then things settled down and went back to how i was bf

any ideas am i schizo?
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Philo
replied on July 4th, 2007
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it's hard to say what you have, although the threatening voices and the feeling that you are watched are classic symptoms of paranoid schitz. The other symptoms I don't know what they mean.
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Stan
replied on July 5th, 2007
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Are you experiencing or have you experienced any physical symptoms that accompany these mental symptoms or exist alone at times?
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pickledme
replied on July 5th, 2007
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hi stan whatdo u mean exactly by physical?
i feell sick and shaky and have heart palpitations etc but i think thats becuause of the fear
Its hard to say whats phisical and mental becuase when im scared it consumes me so im all feelings and they can only be felt in the body
So i have lots of phisical sensations but none i wud put down o anything exept terror

Why what were u thinking could a physical problem cause my experience?
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Stan
replied on July 5th, 2007
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Yes, and in fact I and many doctors are of the opinion that the primary cause behind all these 'mysterious' illnesses we're dealing with anymore can be attributed to physical causes, the most common of which are sugar disorders. I mean stuff like blurred vision (not hallucinations), sore throat, flu-like symptoms with no temperature, sore joints, digestive problems and so forth. Feeling sick isn't really a symptom of anxiety unless the anxiety has become chronic, and unfotunately if there is a physical cause behind it it's hard to tell the difference.
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