meds cause schizophrenia ? Posted: 04-20-08 09:16am
i was told i was schizophrenic when i was
16. went through the meds and hospitals
til i was 22. i was on resperdol,
cojention, akeniton. my spelling may not
be perfect lol but im sure yal know what i
mean. i quit all my meds cold turkey like.
had a breakdown, let me explain. it felt
like something was leaving me clues to
other clues and if i figured it out it
would just be another clue to some other
clue to something. i found myself tryin to
fit ideas together. i got nervous cause
what if i figured out what they where
tryin to tell me. i know it makes no
sence. now when i think back on it i see
myself as crazy but at that time i really
thought something was tryin to tell me
something. im 29 now married with 2 kids
and have a good job. i have not had any
thoughts like i did when i was younger at
all the past 7 years. my worry is could i
relapse and if i did how would my family
deal with it. my wife has no idea what i
went though as a teen. i wanna keep it
that way. maybe thats why i stay home alot
and try to keep things simple. but for the
truth though was i having a episode, will
it come round again. or was the meds i was
on the reason causeing my search for
something. my friend told me this and its
why i quite my meds. if the doc is wrong
and i keep taking meds for schizophrenia
it may make me schophrenic. just as people
with adhd, it a normal person takes
adderall it may make them have symtoms of
adhd.
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StacyHoll
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Posted: 04-20-08 10:07am
Why haven't you confided in your wife? How
old are your children. When you would have
these thoughts... What would happen or
would you just shut down?
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Philo
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Posted: 04-20-08 12:48pm
Why would you believe the opinion of a
friend over that of a trained doctor?
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jdogsully
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Posted: 04-21-08 12:44pm
i feel i was misdiagnosed, i think the
meds they had me on made me think strangly
like that, i hope anyways. i dont like
being around other people. i feel
sometimes every1 is talking bout me and
putting me down behind my back but being a
friend to my face. i dont even like going
in to pay for gas at the gas station.
could i possibly just be antisocial, or
have social anxity disorder. it comes n
goes but if i could i would be content
just staying home all the time n never
leave.
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Philo
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Posted: 04-21-08 12:54pm
The sensation that everyone's talking
about you is a common symptom of
schizophrenia. As to the meds, they will
not make you schizophrenic. The side
effects are well documented and I doubt
you will find any new discoveries.
Dullness of thought, sleepiness, in the
worst case feeling like a zombie, are the
most common cognitive side effects of
anti-psychotics, but they will not make
you mentally ill, hallucinate, think
strangely, etc. If you feel you've been
misdiagnosed you can visit another doctor
and get a second or third opinion. The
common person will tell you very little of
value as to your illness or medication,
except provide support, shelter, comfort,
etc.
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