Do I Have Schizophrenia ?

You sound a lot like me. Where are you from? Are you adopted? Haha, just curious if I found a twin or something. Anyways, 17 is pretty young but it happens (i am 17 as well). As for me, I had problems from childhood, and sometimes I end up with depression and other times with anxiety but most of the time just plain psychosis. Get it checked out, I wouldnt be suprised, but dont leave anything out, no matter how hard it can be to remember. Also, you're kinda low on the hallucinations, which is perfectly normal, just sounds like a summer birth a bit more if it is schizophrenia. You might be depressed, have anxiety, or it could be you're just damn tired! Thats what they told me mine could be, though I have more hallucinations (the opposite would be having more problems with though).

Ha, I live in virginia. I'm trying to get the courage to tell my parents. The situation has to be right. I don't think they'll believe me. I keep convincing myself nothing is wrong even though countless people have told me I definitely need help, including people with schizophrenia and a doctor.

A lot has happened since I posted, although the hallucinations have passed. I'm still nervous constantly, except now I get furious over little things. I just remembered the other day about my blackouts that a lot of people get but when they happened to me twice I started shaking violently and collapsed to the ground. I'm also creative and intelligent and have had very stressful obsessive compulsive tendencies for years.

I don't feel depressed. And i'm not tired, because i've had the same sleep pattern for years.

Thanks for replying,
andrew

Ha, I live in virginia. I'm trying to get the courage to tell my parents. The situation has to be right. I don't think they'll believe me. I keep convincing myself nothing is wrong even though countless people have told me I definitely need help, including people with schizophrenia and a doctor.

A lot has happened since I posted, although the hallucinations have passed. I'm still nervous constantly, except now I get furious over little things. I just remembered the other day about my blackouts that a lot of people get but when they happened to me twice I started shaking violently and collapsed to the ground. I'm also creative and intelligent and have had very stressful obsessive compulsive tendencies for years.

I don't feel depressed. And i'm not tired, because i've had the same sleep pattern for years.

Thanks for replying,
andrew

Sounds like it could be a far progressed anxiety disorder, as in you have anxiety and then got stressed with the real thing. Then you get psychosis symptoms from it. I too have ocd, isnt that funny! What ever you have, its gotta be the same as me.

Maybe I have did. Lol

Maybe you have did?? What's that? Ha, it's nice knowing that i'm not the only one. Whenever I explain what i'm going through to my friends they say, "you're so weird." thanks for your replies!

Yesterday after I awoke I heard in my head someone say, "why is he awake?" and then "is he...?" and I found myself nodding my head a couple times. Then I heard michael jackson confess to the molestation charges! I was like, "well, that's big news!" then I realized that it wasn't real.

Did= dissociative identity disorder (split personality disorder) ;)

why dont you do yourself some research on hypochondriasis (dosent sound like you have this though) and check out this link (http://ehealthforum.Com/health/topic32190 .Html) on the same forum here for some good examples of anxiety disorder symptoms. But like I said I dont think you have that. Probably just a bit schizophrenic! :d for some reason though, the sleep thing seems to get me too. I always have most problems before bed and after I wake. Like any disease, eh? You say you hear it inside your head. Do people ever sound like they're talking to you from the outside, or maybe you cant tell if it is?

Btw: im just curious, I dont think I can help you, you gotta see someone for that :)

Is hypchondria the same as anxiety disorder? I share some of those symptoms but I don't think I have it, although I am nervous all the time.

Sometimes it's in my head, other times it's outside of my head. Outside of my head has only happened 3 times, it was someone calling my name when no one did (i asked everyone). The 2 events I heard voices speaking was in my head.

H ttp://serendip.Brynmawr.Edu/biology/b103/f 01/web3/aryani.Html heres a link to check out. I dont want to say that you're making it all up, but I know someone that got other disorders this way, and was even put in the hospital because of mental illness. You dont make it up, not consciously, but you might hear some stuff about it and then it might become real. Lots of people on this forum have it. :) I dont think you do though, but just make sure so you dont get medication that could hurt you when you dont need it. Being afraid of irrational things, hearing your name being called, those types of things mean anxiety and your brain says it dosent want to handle it anymore so it gives in to something that will let some of the pressure out. You can only tell by seeing a professional and letting them know that you think that could be it. If I were you I wouldnt say anything, once things start taking control of your head. My guess is you got lots and lots of anxiety, and maybe you have schizotypal tendancies and the anxiety makes them come out. :)

The link didn't work... :(
what do you mean if you were me you wouldn't say anything, once things start taking control of my head?

I meant about hypochondriasis, dont say anything about that, because its not you. :)

Okay, I won't. I didn't think it was me either, since I was feeling strange and feeling the symptoms before I even looked it up and read the symptoms. :)

Something funny that happens to me is I can take some simple medicine and it screws me up big time. Like I can take a pill just to help me fall asleep (not some powerful drug though) and I get unnormal side effects like getting abducted by aliens.

Ha, that's never happened to me. I bet that's fun, though.

I havn't really researched about it and found out all the facts but one of my mates think I may have schizophrenia.

Basically I can be fine one minute all happy and cheery, having a laugh with my mates and everything then I can just suddenly for no reason at all turn around and snap at them and have ago taking things out on them.

The other night my boyfriend was over and we were watching t.V. In my room we were fine together chatting and hugging you know. Then he accidently pulled my hair, I know he didn't mean to do it, it was a complete accident but I just got really stressy I started shouting at him and I ended out hitting him and pushing him round. Know when i'm the slightest bit stressed or something he is scared to come near me. I'm scared that this is going to push him and my mates away, I can't control it and wish I could.

I don't know if it is schizophrenia but I told a mate about this and they sugested that I may have it. Can anyone help me?

I do that, too

So does that mean I do have it? I'm just scared im gonna hurt my boyfriend, ive tried to kill him and I dont wanna do anythin to hurt him

I don't know. I don't think I have it.

Hello

kim I want to know more of your symptoms to me it sounds as if you have bipolar-- but it does not sound as if you have schizophrenia-- this illneses includes seeing things that are not there or hearing things that are not there. Delusions - false beliefs strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness: for example,
paranoid delusions, or delusions of persecution, for example believing that people are "out to get" you, or the thought that people are doing things when there is no external evidence that such things are taking place.
Delusions of reference - when things in the environment seem to be directly related to you even though they are not. For example it may seem as if people are talking about you or special personal messages are being communicated to you through the tv, radio, or other media.
Somatic delusions are false beliefs about your body - for example that a terrible physical illness exists or that something foreign is inside or passing through your body.
Delusions of grandeur - for example when you believe that you are very special or have special powers or abilities. An example of a grandiouse delusion is thinking you are a famous rock star.
Hallucinations - hallucinations can take a number of different forms - they can be:
visual (seeing things that are not there or that other people cannot see),
auditory (hearing voices that other people can't hear,
tactile (feeling things that other people don't feel or something touching your skin that isn't there.)
olfactory (smelling things that other people cannot smell, or not smelling the same thing that other people do smell)
gustatory experiences (tasting things that isn't there)
disorganized speech (e.G., frequent derailment or incoherence) - these are also called "word salads".
Grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior (an abnormal condition variously characterized by stupor/innactivity, mania, and either rigidity or extreme flexibility of the limbs).
Negative symptoms, these are the lack of important abilities. Some of these include:
lack of emotion - the inability to enjoy acitivities as much as before
low energy - the person sits around and sleeps much more than normal
lack of interest in life, low motivation
affective flattening - a blank, blunted facial experession or less lively facial movements or physical movements.
Alogia (difficulty or inability to speak)
inappropriate social skills or lack of interest or ability to socialize with other people
inability to make friends or keep friends, or not caring to have friends
social isolation - person spends most of the day alone or only with close family
http://www.Schizophrenia.Com/
this is a good website if you want to look at it....
Hope that helped....

A teacher told me that I could have schizofrenia , after I talked to her about what I was feeling and going through.

I hear two voices inside my head, they always fight, beause one tells me somethings right and the other tells me it is wrong and tells me to do something instead, that is worst.

Sometimes I have violent episodes, in which I come to hurt myself , by hitting myself or cutting myself. Sometimes I hurt mysself because a voice tells me to, it tells me im worthless and that cutting myself is the best way of dealing, (instantly, the other voice, tells me not to, but I always end up doing it)

i get panicked whenever I get into a place with a lot of people, like a restaurant, or something, I just feel that when im there, everybody's looking at me, and critizyzing the way I look.

I dont know, but if I continue hurting myself or doing things, ill end up in the hospital, now, I just want to know if I have schizophrenia...

Ileana