Could This Be Schitzophrenia? Posted: 12-18-07 01:42am
hi, i'm 20 and i think i may have
schitzophrenia or some other mental
illness, social phobia or something. i
used to be a happy, bubbly girl with lots
of friends and basically enjoyed life. in
april i got into drugs, regular canabis
smoking, ecstacy every week for about 6
weeks and once acid. over the summer i
became obsessed with the idea my boyfriend
was giving me something other than pot. i
only saw him once every 2 weeks as we
lived far apart and the only time i would
do any drugs were with him. i know that
this was probably paranoia from the pot
but it still stuck in my head. at this
time i also stopped seeing alot of my
friends. i had decided that they wouldn't
'understand' that i did drugs now after
returning from uni. one of my friends died
at the begginning of summer and my best
friend was going to go travelling with
her. instead of being there for my friend
i got the idea into my head that she was
annoyed with me for spending my only free
time with my boyfriend so we didn't speak.
looking back i think i created these
problems as not to deal with my own guilt.
i started to worry something was up when
i went back to uni in september. i found
it hard getting excited about the same
things that i used to. my housemateskept
asking me what was wrong and i didn't seem
the 'same' as when we left in june. what
was bothering was my boyfriends' ongoing
drug use, he seemed to be doing more and i
was still paranoid he was getting me onto
something harder. that eventually came out
and we broke up. i was sad but kind of
relieved. tbh i expected to feel 'normal'
as i had nothing to worry about now. and
the drugs had pretty much stopped. i
realised how quiet i'd become. people
would ask me questions and i could barely
give one word answers. i just couldn't
think of anything to say. it wasn't that i
didn't want to speak, my mind was
literally blank. i began to worry people
would start to dislike me, think me rude
and hard to talk to. i just wanted to
scream, this isnt me!! i felt like was
trapped in my own body. i over heard one
of my friends say she thought i was on
heroin, this upset me. i told a few ppl
that i thought i had depression and
apologised for being down. although i
didn't particularly feel down, i just had
no motivation and like i said, found it
hard talking to ppl. one night my
housemates and i watched a clockwork
orange as one of them had studdied it and
suggested it. at one point in the film she
rolled a joint for us to smoke. this was
when i started to feel weird. i felt like
the main character in the film, like i
couldnt move and was being forced to watch
images on the tv. after that i became
convinced that i was in a reality tv show,
had cameras watching me and that i was
part of some world wide experiment to make
me confess that i had done drugs. (from
what i'd seen on the tv) the next day i
phoned my dad to come and get me from uni
(believing he knew why) and that i would
be taken to a mental institute. he took me
to my mums. i confessed to them both that
id done drugs but didn't tell them about
what id seen on the tv, and it took me
afew days to realise that wasnt actually
real. but i was terrified about why id
seen it. after this i basically stopped
seeing anyone, apart from my mum and
brother, who i live with. i eventually
told mum what id seen on the tv and she
re-assured me that i wasnt crazy and that
it was the drugs. ive now pretty much
become a recluse. the friends from uni
have stopped phoning me as i couldnt tel
them what was wrong so didnt speak to
them. the friends at i home i avoid as
much as possible, as i'm still having
problems talking, id rather them not like
me than thnk me weird. now i have very
mixed emotions and feelings. fear, when
the phone rings or door goes that it might
be for me, when i have to leave the house,
as i might see someone i know. guilt, that
i have worried people bt cant do much
about it. depression-that i bought all
this on myself. i know that i dont think
properly. all i do is imagine
conversations people have about me,
wandering whats happened to me, why i'm
being so selfish and cant just 'get a
grip'. thats why i prefer to stay in, out
of sight out of mind.like i said i feel
guilty having worried ppl but know that
worry has probably turned to hatred now.
ive got butterflies all the time and if i
think of something that frightens me, my
stomach whirls. i find myself going into a
daze very often, and wander how long ive
been like that for. i talk to myself in my
head, i dont know how to describe this,
its like loud thoughts, i wouldnt call
them voices because i kno im creating
them. although i have had thoughts pop
into my head which have almost made me
jump, like i wouldnt know why i'd think
that. one of the few times ive been out
since the incident, i was assuring myself
i'd be ok and thought, ''come on, get a
grip, WE'LL be fine'' whose we?! and while
i lie in bed i try not to think about
anything and strange words pop into my
head. also if i have had any interaction
with anyone i will go over and over it in
my head, wishing i'd done it differently
or working out what the othe person
thought. i dont know if i have
scihtzophrenia, as i dont have
hallucinations. but summits up! wow i
think i'm done! sorry if ive bored ppl, i
just needed to get that down.
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irChris777
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 21 Dec 2007 Posts: 23
Posted: 01-05-08 08:37am
i began smoking weed for about a 2 year
period straight and was paranoid also that
the person i was buying it from was doing
something to it.(and actually with good
reason- many ppl wouldnt buy weed from
that character.) he would act jealous of
me because girls liked me and try to be
controlling of me. i began to withdraw
scoially and could not even hold
conversations with ppl anymore. ppl began
to drastically increase this by rejecting
me and threatening me since most of them
were black and i was white. they would
laugh and intimidate me thinking "boy how
fun to scare the white person." i think
the weed played a part in what happened to
me and it wasnt pretty. i dont want to
tell you everything that happened to me
but its similar to what is happening to
you and ya its the beginnings of schizo.
i would suggest to immeadiately begin diet
changes and start to eat healthy and never
ever smoke cigs or drugs or use alcohol
again. also immeadiately find a group of
ppl that will accept you (like a church or
something) and show you unconditional love
and explain to them what happened to you
and that you have anxiety problems and
difficutly talking to ppl. these things
will help you. take omega 3 and 6 and 9
your brain needs those to properly
function and begin taking a multi vitamin.
these things have been proven to decrease
chances of developing schizo in children
who have risk factors of developing it.
please immeadiately do what i said and do
not withdraw from ppl but get around
positive ones that will accept you and be
nice to you no matter what. also take the
oils and multi and change your diet.
trust me you dont want this to get worse.
i spent liek a year and half in my house
sleeping by a shotgun after dealing with
those ppl looking behind me on my way to
walk to taco bell instead of making 25
dollars an hour at sbc like i should have
been. i felt liek a horribly rejected
person. it wouldnt surprise me if your
boyfriend treated you this way as well.
google controlling/abusive relationships
and stay away from ppl who make you feel
like you have to walk on eggshells to
please them. not everyone is that type of
person and you need to understand that. i
hope what ive said to you helps i wish
someone wouldve saw what was happening to
me and let me know what was happening.
its ok to tell yourslef get a grip WELL be
fine dont worry about any thoughts that
encourages you hun. when i finally
developed audible voices (never had
hallucinations) the things that i heard
were very similar to what i heard from the
black ppl and from my alcoholic father.
(health forum, stupid, fat, ugly, kill
yourself, i hate you, and also complex
lies to scare me.) i believe honestly you
should begin to read the Bible - try
Psalms and find a church family and do the
oils and vitamins and diet change.
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Sinc17
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 29
Posted: 01-05-08 13:46pm
I smoked like i was 14-13 years old, i
smoked allot. Your story is verry similair
to mine, I lost ambition in things and my
charmes in times of my illness. Making new
contacts or old contacts where u feel
comfartable with is really good, dont
collapse in your own so called
''missery''. This sounds maybe akward but
u have to re-discover the goodness of
mankind. I have been living allong time so
paranoid that people hate me to the bone,
that even TV's try to harras me. Dont let
it go so far . Like Chris said before,
GOD can help u . Try looking in some other
posts here, it could help u. My hearth is
with u
sincerly, -me-
PS: sorry for my bad english
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Georgia59
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Posted: 01-07-08 16:00pm
Really, you need to stop the drugs- they
are hurting you more than helping you!
They can exacerbate a mental problem.
And go see a doctor, they can help you,
and help determine what exactly is wrong.