Hello, I'm 21yrs old and I've been
diagnosed a little over a month ago. This
was my 2nd mental eval. and they've come
to the same conclusion as previously
determined. In total, I've been diagnosed
with schizophrenia a total of 3times. I
don't believe it. This is a huge
disappointment, not in myself, but in the
mental health industry. There's no way I
have schizophrenia and if I do, then the
so-called mental illness front... is what
it is! It's a facade for pill pushers and
Big Pharma's the most powerful druglord of
all time. One of the greatest deceptions
of all! It's not true. It's not...
I've read everything that I could get my
hands on and let me tell you...
Schizophrenia lacks information. It's a
completely vague illness. No one knows
what it is and all they do is fill texts
up with symptoms and personal
experiences...and theories. The best
explanation came from the psychiatrist,
who said: "it's a name that represents a
variety of different symptoms, with
different combinations of those symptoms
and to varying degrees in severity"...
That's about all he said. Great! The
knowledge just poured out of him.
Really!
I've tried the pills (Risperdal - low
dose)! Hahaha, what a joke.
I'm life is cr@p - there's a whole slew of
different reasons for this - and so when I
took those pills, I don't believe that
I've ever felt the most urgent need to
kill myself more then I did, after a few
days of use... The sadness alone was
unbearable and it gave me intense
realizations of how pathetic my life's
become.
There are other causes and explainable
symptoms and BLAH!!!BLAH!!! I'm so sick of
this ****!
A few months ago, I registered under a
diff. username and dedicated a few pages
work of experiences, family history, my
theories, and so on. It was a complete
waste of time and the replies were
unhelpful. I vowed that I'd never stoop
to posting my feeling on a forum ever
again (no offense, it's just I should
getting an educations and being social.
Things have totally changed! I've got
almost no friends and I hardly ever leave
the house. I only go for walks at
night...). Well, I'm back and this time
I'm certified. Goddammit...
I probably shouldn't say this, but a few
months back, when I was drinking. I'd get
thoughts / or fantasies of
killing...homicide. I was totally
disgusted with myself. That's not me and
if you ever met me, you'd probably think,
that I was the boy-next-door type:
handsome, tall, nice teeth... And I am.
That is, I'm a nice guy by nature. It's
just I've changed, sometimes it seems that
I changed drastically. It's just not
fair. because of these occasional
thoughts (not so much anymore) I'm
beginning to despise myself. When I was
drinking heavily and on my lonesome, I
almost killed a cat. I was drunk and it
came up to me. It was so friendly and I,
I just got the sudden urge to kill it.
So, I pick it up and took it to a dark
location nearby. I sat down and...
(medical question, why am I writing this.
I'm shaking like crazy) ...and took its
head and started twisting. I must have
applied as much pressure as possible...
Nothing, THANK GOD. I guess the cat was
in shock, because it wasn't moving.
However, when I laied it down beside me.
It quickly regained consciousness and
sorta hopped in an odd way. Away it went.
At this time, I became increasingly said
and I started looking for the cat to make
sure that it was OK. I wanted to pet it.
I think I was very close to killing myself
that day. It's just, I can't. I can
never go all the way. I have hope and
it's weird cause I feel like my mind is
making me contemplate these pure evil
things, because I guess I want to lose
that hope and kill myself, but I'm scared.
So, I suppose that, that maybe why.
Just remember, I was drunk. It's no
excuse, though. I think this is why I
become so paranoid at times. I'm such a
good guy (or I used to be) and yet, I feel
like I'm capable of horrible things.
There's no ways I'd ever tell my doctor
about these, because I'll sure that they'd
lock me up. Fry my brain... That's what I
would do if I heard s**t like this.
It's COMPLETE MADNESS!
A few years ago, I returned an old ladies
change bag. She was coming towards my
direction on the side walk, when suddenly
something slipped out of her purse or
pocket. Anyways, she ended up having
about a hundred dollars in there. I was
in need of cash, but I did the right
thing: I turned around, ran after her and
gave her back the change bag. Heh, she
didn't even thank me! So, I'm not so bad.
I've always been a niceguy, even though
my mentally ill father used to abuse me -
physically and emotionally. Oh and
mentally, because he would make me listen
to his delusions. Where was my mom? with
my sister, at home. While I was forced to
go to my dad's work after school. I guess
me and my sis were too much of a handful
for mother dearest. The most annoying
thing, is that they deny the abuse and the
...UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..
When I first made this acc. today. I was
under the impression that I'd write a few
lines and post a website...WOW!
Sorry for wasting your time and ...place
on earth...heh...
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Frank QA
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 12
Posted: 12-29-07 10:26am
I'm not going to bother making corrections
- grammatical and spelling. What's weird
is, after the intro part, my subconscious
sorts took over. Similar to this
instance. I wasn't sitting at my
computer, instead, I'm sorta lost in my
head...With constant interruptions and
raciness of parts of thought.
WWWooosh...wizzzing by. what?
???????
I'm here writting, yet, I'm in a totally
different world and observing my hands.
My hands are alive!!!! I'm writing yet
I'm not aware. Well, no...I am sorta
ware, but I just don't understand what I'm
writting...Yet I am. This is
jnfrsdgbqwyef.
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Frank QA
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 12
Posted: 12-29-07 10:27am
I think that admin should delete my
account and thread! It's too much.
Thinking about...In this confusion is
messed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Philo
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Posted: 12-29-07 16:51pm
If you're getting urges to kill people or
cats, your medication should be adjusted.
Please tell your doctor.
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poisonangel168
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Joined: 19 Dec 2007 Posts: 32 Location: High Ridge, MO, USA
Posted: 12-29-07 17:12pm
If you don't have Schizophrenia, you
probably have some other psychiatric
condition(s) that you desperately need
treatment for. I know that you drink, but
it doesn't seem like you have a problem
with it. Do you use drugs at all? If
not, you should seek a qualified medical
professional who can help you; most likely
a psychiatrist, psychologist, or
psychotherapist though you would likely
benefit most from a combination of
psychiatry and psychotherapy. I actually
suffer from severe psychiatric symptoms
myself, and its a direct result of
childhood abuse in my case. If you are
worried about being put into a psychiatric
hospital (like I was), then you can choose
to be selective about what you disclose or
talk about things that are still happening
in past-tense. I'm sure that lying like
that is not really a good idea, but its
what I've been doing for years. In
general, the things that can cause you
trouble are: homicidal thoughts or
gestures, suicidal thoughts or gestures,
and excessive use of alcohol and/or drug
abuse/addiction. As long as you don't say
any of these things, you don't have to be
worried about being locked up or forced
into rehab.
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woops
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Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 222
Posted: 12-29-07 19:50pm
Yeah, nobody knows what schizophrenia is
right.?
Not a one of us knows what it is, hmmmmm.
Nobody knows.
Take it to the bank homies, somebody
knows.
However, a "schizophrenic" is better off
not knowing what is wrong with him or her.
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Frank QA
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Posted: 12-30-07 17:43pm
Philo,
Quote:
If you're getting
urges to kill people or cats, your
medication should be adjusted. Please tell
your doctor.
Well, I'm getting urges to kill something
that is alive. The most appealing thought
at times (past tense) would be to kill a
person that has wronged me in some way.
None family... I've got my morals. The
important thing to understand is that I
wouldn't do it. Although, it does scary
me. There was another incident, which
also involved myself, being under the
influence of alc. Something happened. I
did something horribly unimaginable and it
lead to me holding a knife. I was dead
certain that I was going to take someones
life. In fact, I was looking forward to
it, savoring the feelings of the moment.
I was going to Kill a person who I had
only seen once, on this particular
occasion. So, I was there with the knife
and I was trying to think of how to do
it... with less noise, no one seeing me
and so on... it turned out favorably; I
didn't go through with it. Now, here's
the thing - I can't be sure whether it was
because I just can't kill someone in cold
blood, or because the circumstances
weren't in my favor at the time. Meaning,
there was a high likelihood that I'd get
caught.
It feels so good to finally get all this
out. Thank you.
Anyways, Philo, I guess I didn't get
through to you - I'm not on any
medication, nor am I ever going to take
any... Never again.
poisonangel168,
Thanks for the post, I'm well aware of all
that...
woops,
You've been diagnosed, haven't you.
I'm sorry, I don't know which
interpretation of your post to use, so
I'll guess throughout all the **** and
we're left with a sarcastic (?) remark:
Quote:
Yeah, nobody
knows what schizophrenia is right.?
What is it? (If you really know, then you
are the only one, so don't use some
dictionary definition, because there's no
knowledge in it, Okay?)
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Philo
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Posted: 12-30-07 17:45pm
woops
wrote:
However, a "schizophrenic"
is better off not knowing what is wrong
with him or
her.
You think that the truth is that horrible,
or what?
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HeatherEM
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Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 11 Location: Mississauga, ON Canada
Posted: 12-30-07 22:00pm
How do you expect people to respond to
this?
Do you realize that serial killers start
with animals? Especially when you hurt
animals by yourself and not because your
friends DARED you to do it.
And you think no one knows what
schizophrenia is? Read the symptoms, THATS
WHAT IT IS!! It is a brain condition in
which your chemicals are not communicating
with each other correctly. Why? We don't
know? Why is the sky blue and the grass
green? It just is, because when you google
grass, it says GREEN.
If no one ever complained of all the
symptoms, we wouldn't know about any of
these mental conditions. But like I said
in my last post, schizophrenia is inside
your brain. We can't see it on the
outside. It is very hard to put the pieces
of the puzzle together. It's not as clear
as a broken bone or a missing finger.
When I began my last medication, the first
week after the dose got increased, I
became suicidal again. Everytime my dose
gets increased, I get suicidal. READ THE
LABEL. It says you may feel better before
you feel worse. Do not stop taking this
medication. Seek safety and call 911 if
you are feeling suicidal.
Hell, I had to move in with my dad for a
few weeks when my dose got increased
because I was too scared to be left alone
for fear of what I would do.
But you do what you have to do. And if you
post here about how bad it is and then
diss society and researchers for not
knowing what the disorder is and how you
refuse to ever take meds again, why are
you here? We want to encourage people to
get help who WANT to be helped. Only you
can help yourself sometimes. If you aren't
willing to get help, then why are you
here?
You may not be schizophrenic. Do you hear
voices? Have dellusions? Hallucinations?
Do you make repetitive movements? (Turn
light switch off and on repeatedly, change
the channel on the tv from 1 to 2 and back
and forth non stop?) Do you wander around
not knowing where you are or what's going
on? Do you wear shorts when it's -30
outside? Do you wear a winter hat and
mitts in the summer?
If your symptoms are that of committing
homicides, suicides, and animal cruelty,
you probably have severe anger problems
that need to be addressed. You can't go
around with fascinations about killing
people you don't know and injuring
animals...
I would think you are anrgy, you seem to
be. And to be quite frank, you are making
me angry for wasting my time writing this
when I'm sure you don't give a damn
anyway. see, people do care and want to
help, but do us all a favour... If you
don't want help, don't ask for it...
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Frank QA
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Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 12
Posted: 12-31-07 04:03am
HeatherEM,
Hey, thanks for responding. I'll try to
answer your post as thoroughly as possible
by breaking it up into small sections...
Quote:
How do you expect
people to respond to this?
Tough question! In a way, I don't have
the slightest idea of how people will
respond or even if they'll respond,
therefore I have no expectations. Now, if
I don't expect responses, then what's the
point of posting on a forum? I could just
as easily keep a personal diary and that
would essentially be the same thing. I
definitely wouldn't expect anything from
my journal, but also the possibility that
I'd get a response wouldn't exist, nor
would the possibility that someone would
read my journal. So, with that said, I
guess we could agree that I expect there
to be a possibility that someone will read
my post and let me know what they think of
it. Whether they do or not is beyond me
and doesn't make a bit of difference to
me. You see, it doesn't matter if someone
reads my post or if they responds to my
post. What matters, is that there's a
possibility that they will do those things
and it's only the possibility that I
expect. Moreover, it's not either/or...
it's the chance that it can be either/or,
that I expect and that's precisely why I
post. Anything further is just plain
guessing and a pointless waste of a
thought. Seriously, wouldn't one have
better things to think about, then
whatever someone on the other side of the
world is "allegedly" thinking?
Nonsense.
Quote:
Do you realize
that serial killers start with
animals?
Yes, some serial killers have and others
did not. So?
Quote:
And you think no
one knows what schizophrenia is? Read the
symptoms, THATS WHAT IT
IS!!
I'm sure that nobody knows what
schizophrenia is and it just so happened
that my FD (that's Family Doctor) admitted
it to be so. For instance: you break a
leg while skateboarding and you're taken
to the hospital. Once there, you undergo
a series of procedures to determine the
exact problem and the severity of it, once
that's accomplished and the extent of the
injury it fully examined and understood,
they (the doctors and nurses) work
together to fix your leg. They understand
how it works, why it works, what happened,
and how to fix it. Because of all this
knowledge put together, a broken leg is
understood for what it is and it is fix.
Before you even know it, you're back on
that skateboard and trying to imitate Tony
Hawk.
Quote:
It is a brain
condition in which your chemicals are not
communicating with each other
correctly.
Yeah, I've also heard of that theory and
I've also heard "professional researchers"
who have enough evidence to refute it.
Quote:
Why? We don't
know? Why is the sky blue and the grass
green? It just is, because when you google
grass, it says
GREEN.
Wow, slow down. What you wrote here, is
strong evidence of your complete ignorance
to what a mental illness, such as
schizophrenia is -- You can't begin to
pretend to explain your point by comparing
something which is understood, with some
that is not.
Quote:
If no one ever
complained of all the symptoms, we
wouldn't know about any of these mental
conditions. But like I said in my last
post, schizophrenia is inside your brain.
We can't see it on the outside. It is very
hard to put the pieces of the puzzle
together. It's not as clear as a broken
bone or a missing finger.
A little better.
One thing that I'm inclined to correct is:
If no one ever demonstrated any off the
symptoms, then we wouldn't be able to
"observe" these symptoms.
Quote:
When I began my
last medication, the first week after the
dose got increased, I became suicidal
again. Everytime my dose gets increased, I
get suicidal. READ THE LABEL. It says you
may feel better before you feel worse. Do
not stop taking this medication. Seek
safety and call 911 if you are feeling
suicidal.
Hell, I had to move in with my dad for a
few weeks when my dose got increased
because I was too scared to be left alone
for fear of what I would do.
I'm sorry... I can relate and it sucks,
that's why I don't take my pills. Do some
more search and you'll find that you'll
have a hard time answering this question:
Have you found evidence that the pills
work to correct the supposed chemical
imbalance? How so...? (be caution: I'm
also capable of guessing and whatever
comes to mind is guessing and doesn't hold
much water...)
One reason why I wanted to kill myself,
was because I became extremely depressed,
by being under the impression that the
doctor was right when he told me: "normal
people aren't affected by anti-psychotic
medication." and he went on to say: "the
medication removes the psychotic thinking
processes and places the person in a
normal state-of-mind". So, I thought that
I was finally realizing that I was mildly
retarded or had some other form of brain
deficiency; ex. I was drowsy, lacked
motivation, couldn't concentrate, nor
could I focus, etcetcetc... Come to think
of it, it's almost as if the meds
themselves somewhat cause a
schizophrenic's erratic behavior.
Oh and I once read about a study which
showed that the mentally ill who took
their medication regularly, were oddly
more likely to suffer a relapse then those
who took a placebo. I don't think that
this is nonsense, because I (what about
yourself?) have an intimate experience
with these types of drugs.
Quote:
But you do what
you have to do. And if you post here about
how bad it is and then diss society and
researchers for not knowing what the
disorder is and how you refuse to ever
take meds again, why are you here? We want
to encourage people to get help who WANT
to be helped. Only you can help yourself
sometimes. If you aren't willing to get
help, then why are you
here?
I'm here, because I believe that there's a
chance that I will somehow further my
knowledge of this "disease" and come to
some sort of reasonable understanding of
it. Notice, how I'm not refuting the
possibility that there isn't "something".
However, that something is not yet
understood. Fair enough?
Quote:
You may not be
schizophrenic. Do you hear voices? Have
delusions? Hallucinations? Do you make
repetitive
movements?
I was told that I am schizophrenia,
because I have all the symptoms that
you've listed above. However, it's all
about perspective. I'm the same sense, so
are my posts on "homicide" and trying to
kill an animal -- for example: I recently
had a dream, in which a possessed cat was
after me. When it turned on me, it leapt
and I was quick enough to grab it by its
head and prevent it from bitting me. This
made its body disconnect from its head.
Its body fell off and its head was still
alive... trying to eat me! I immediately
woke up, in my bedroom, drenched in cold
sweat. Only I know, if there's a
correlation between the two. You know
nothing, except for what I present. You
see, it's all about perspective and it's
not too far removed from what goes on
during the interactions between a patient
and the mental health practitioner.
Furthermore, what goes on during a mental
evaluation is completely relative to each
individuals purpose and understanding of
the situation. Which brings me to this
question: wouldn't a psychiatrist have a
completely different understanding if they
became mentally ill themselves? How would
their understanding of mental illness
change? Would it be beneficial? (~the
lack of insight and at the same time
there'd be an increase of another sort of
insight...).
[Wow, it's been an hour!]
...There's much, much, much more and much
more then that! I'm not going to
continue, because I get the feeling that
you're going to miss the most important
points and nitpick the little less
important stuff...ugh.
Quote:
(Turn light
switch off and on repeatedly, change the
channel on the tv from 1 to 2 and back and
forth non stop?) Do you wander around not
knowing where you are or what's going on?
Do you wear shorts when it's -30 outside?
Do you wear a winter hat and mitts in the
summer?
Some of those maybe normal. Others maybe
exaggerated and others complete
make-believe... It depends.
Quote:
If your symptoms
are that of committing homicides,
suicides, and animal cruelty, you probably
have severe anger problems that need to be
addressed. You can't go around with
fascinations about killing people you
don't know and injuring
animals...
Actually, no - I don't think that there
exists a soul who knows me, who would put
me in the same category with
axe-murderers, or Jason types.
But, then again... you never know. *heh*
Quote:
I would think you
are anrgy, you seem to
be.
LOL, I "seem" to be angry. Just think of
the massive amounts of people, who would
be diagnosed over the internet through
special E-MEs!
(~Electronic-Mental-Evaluations!). It
would be a new epidemic!
Quote:
And to be quite
frank, you are making me angry for wasting
my time writing this when I'm sure you
don't give a damn anyway. see, people do
care and want to help, but do us all a
favor... If you don't want help, don't ask
for it...
[Heh, was the pun intended?]
If you're serious then you definitely have
a much larger anger problem, hence, more
susceptible to violence, then I am.
Btw, I'm not asking for help, because,
frankly (I love this pseudonym) it's
impossible for me to get it in real life,
so how could I possibly expect a different
outcome indirectly (so to speak).
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Frank QA
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Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 12
Posted: 01-01-08 06:39am
Maybe the above is the reason why I'm not
getting responses...?
It was an experiment.
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Georgia59
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Let's keep this friendly, guys.
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HeatherEM
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Posted: 01-02-08 09:02am
Fair enough...
I'm not going to argue, and I wasn't
diagnosing you. I said thats how you
"seemed" to me. That's how I took your
post.
I suppose it is a matter of perception...
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Frangible
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Joined: 27 Dec 2007 Posts: 7
Posted: 01-02-08 16:11pm
If you dislike the term schizophrenia,
focus on what you know to be true for
yourself.
You know you're unhappy and
feel frustrated.
You know you've had dark
thoughts, recognized them as such, and
sound like you want to master your own
mind better. These impulses are more
likely to hurt you than benefit you.
You know you had a difficult
childhood and have a lot of stuff going on
in your life that could be causing or
worsening many of these things.
You know you want to gain
freedom from these things, but so far have
been unable to. You did go to a doctor
and tried at least one medication.
The medication made things worse for you.
That is unfortunate. But the possibility
exists that some other medication may make
things better for you.
In the end, consider the fact that you
want things to be better for yourself, the
same as anyone does. Not everything you
try will help you with that, but that
doesn't mean you should stop trying.
In addition to a variety of medications,
one of which may help you, there are
behavioral interventions and therapy that
reduce the symptoms of what you experience
that you dislike and be of benefit to
you.
As to what schizophrenia really is, it
appears to be a desynchronization of
intensity of activity and communication
between regions of the brain, principally
involving glutamate systems according to
the latest research. There are many ways
this can go wrong, and thus, many
different symptom clusters in the
DSM-IV-TR. The old ideas of "split mind"
weren't exactly right, but nor were they
completely wrong.
Ideally, medication should resolve both
positive (hallucinations, delusions,
intrusive thoughts) symptoms and negative
ones (flattened affect, amotivation, etc),
with behavioral therapies also reducing
these things further, giving you increased
control over and access to your brain's
natural capabilities and the freedom to
use them as you desire. Treatment is not
about forcing you to conform to something
you don't want, it is about giving you the
freedom to make choices for yourself
without having those choices restricted or
eliminated by the severe symptoms.
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Pappy65
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Lithium Posted: 01-02-08 16:26pm
Do any of you know of anybody taking
lithium has ever been diagnosed with ALS
(Lou Gherig's Disease)?
People with ALS are getting excited about
lithium as a treatment for ALS, and I
thought the schizophrenic forum might be
the place to find out if it works as a
preventive (of course it could also be the
schizophrenia that prevents ALS, but that
would be a bad trade).
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Georgia59
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Posted: 01-02-08 18:03pm
You mean taking lithium as a preventative
for ALS? Only for people with
schizophrenia or for anyone at risk?
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Frank QA
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Posted: 01-03-08 22:35pm
Frangible,
Quote:
If you dislike
the term schizophrenia, focus on what you
know to be true for yourself.
It has nothing to do with the name - it's
what's inside that counts...
Quote:
1. You know
you're unhappy and feel frustrated.
2. You know you've had dark thoughts,
recognized them as such, and sound like...
These impulses are more likely to hurt
you than benefit you.
3. you want to master your own mind
better.
4. You know you had a difficult childhood
and have a lot of stuff going on in your
life that could be causing or worsening
many of these things.
5. You know you want to gain freedom from
these things, but so far have been unable
to. You did go to a doctor and tried at
least one
medication.
A...
1. Who doesn't.
2. One applies. Plus, the problem would
be if I didn't recognize them as such.
3. Who doesn't want to master their own
mind.
4. I'm sure there are people who've had
it worse.
5. It comes and goes. Meaning: there
are days when I'll call up an old friend
and we'll go to a bar, play some pool and
enjoy ourselves.
It feels that the belief in this disease,
is a large part of the problem. The
placebo effect is a real phenomenon.
Quote:
The medication
made things worse for you. That is
unfortunate. But the possibility exists
that some other medication may make things
better for
you.
yeah... some Ritalin (speed) may help and
maybe some strong painkillers, to go with
it. It would make me feel great...short
term of course.
Anti-psychotic meds work in a very funny
way.
Quote:
In addition to a
variety of medications, one of which may
help you, there are behavioral
interventions and therapy that reduce the
symptoms of what you experience that you
dislike and be of benefit to you.
"Mental" illness, eh?
Quote:
As to what
schizophrenia really is, it appears to be
a desynchronization of intensity of
activity and communication between regions
of the brain, principally involving
glutamate systems according to the latest
research.
Sounds like you're also describing
"panic".
Quote:
Ideally,
medication should resolve both positive
(hallucinations, delusions, intrusive
thoughts) symptoms and negative ones
(flattened affect, amotivation, etc), with
behavioral therapies also reducing these
things further, giving you increased
control over and access to your brain's
natural capabilities and the freedom to
use them as you desire. Treatment is not
about forcing you to conform to something
you don't want, it is about giving you the
freedom to make choices for yourself
without having those choices restricted or
eliminated by the severe
symptoms.
Well said.
Maybe mental illness is the evolution of
the mind? I find that "some" people with
mental illness are much smarter then those
who are normal.
You have gotta understand: mental illness
that not equal a dysfunction of the
brain.
Pappy65 - couldn't you make your own
thread? ...Isn't Lithium used to treat
mood disorders...?
Please people, I don't mean to sound rude
and seemingly ungrateful, it's just, I'd
rather you all "read" all my posts, before
further posting replies. Thank you.
Nonetheless, your replies are still
interesting.
Thank you.
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Pappy65
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Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 6
Lithium Posted: 01-04-08 15:34pm
For anybody with ALS. If lithium prevents
ALS it might also cure it. I never heard
of anybody taking lithium getting ALS. So
I'm wondering if any of you have.
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Pappy65
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 6
Lithium Posted: 01-04-08 15:36pm
For anybody with ALS. If lithium prevents
ALS it might also cure it. I never heard
of anybody taking lithium getting ALS. So
I'm wondering if any of you have.
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