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It's also important to note that you can have hallucinations and delusions without having schizophrenia. It can come with depression, bipolar, and some personality disorders.
@@aaymathebest4705 My mistake sorry, I was meant to type BD (bipolar disorder) and instead I typed BAP which stands for Broader Autistic Phenotype (not in any way related to this subject). I'm not a medical professional but as far as I understand schizophrenia, people who suffer from it do not talk to themselves but often do have auditory hallucinations which feel like they're hearing voices externally (not their "inner voice"; not every person with schizophrenia necessarily "hears voices"). Bipolar Disorder does not indicate auditory or visual hallucinations but people with bipolar CAN have hallucinations if they're experiencing what is called a psychosis / psychotic episode.
@@ravenclaw832 i mean, that's why it says you need 2 or more symptoms. I wouldn't say they are not common, but they are not strong enough to diagnose schizophrenia. A lot of people with depression experience derealization or depersonalization, and I personally feel that in harder moments that can become very similar to a delusion. Minor hallucinations are quite common in many stressful and tiring situations.
Thank you so much for stressing 'the self diagnosis is bad' point. I've been diagnosed with schizophrenia for 10 years and I found it very hard to come to terms with my diagnosis at first. After many hospitalizations and many years working to come to terms with my illness I am finally at a place where I can accept myself and my symptoms 🙂.
Been there, Georgia! Similar story for me, I am in the UK, and I didn't take meds for 10 years, a number of voluntary hospital submissions (no forced stays, I had the "right" kind of personality to avoid spinning out - not a medical opinion, lol), it took a long time, I still struggle with believing my experience isn't real after 18 years...
Did you ever consider that a off set in brain development can increase pressure in the lower an mid brain levels with factors like blood pressure stress factors and inflammation causing increased pressure impairing growth or functioning in said reagens of the brain basil's ganglia.. If some medications impair thyroid function dose it effects the pons from regulating the arousal levels. What are the chances a doctor would work with me rather the assum I'm just a crazy person..? If schizophrenia never progress that doesn't effect the doctor just us. The pharmaceutical industry relies of stacking prescription drugs to function. Theres a disincentive to change that. That's not paranoia that's fact baced observation. Ask your doctor to day to explain a cemical imbalances is. If they don't bring up the brain regions that control arousal or go through explaining the endocrine system and how the sympathetic & parasympathetic system intact with your introspective system. There not treating your health issues there push out dated assumptions of anatomy baced on old data
I came to terms with the diagnosis quickly because I was like aight that makes sense now please help me make it go away, the thing that hit me extremely hard was the long life terms and even if I try to get help it won’t go away, the fear for passing it on to children or the fear of thinking my nephews and nieces have a chance because of me even though it’s not my fault, all that shook me to my core and I’m still struggling to accept that this is for life but every day is a battle and I’ve been doing a lot better than I was but now I have health issue which is just my luck but just my luck I got a service dog who’s in training to help me with both psychiatric and health problems :)
I hope that once you find a level head or the common understanding that you can thrive despite your diagnoses that you go on to help people perhaps this comment has already helped people but those that have recovered from Chuck abuse make the best counselors and those who have battled homeless Les make the best case workers, I wish you well in your education field. Because having an inside understanding will allow you to be more compassionate and empathetic
How I confirmed that Im schizophrenic:- 1) I was great at communicating, but suddenly I noticed that I'm not able to express my feelings and words properly, people have difficulty understanding what I'm trying to convey. My vocabulary also became terrible, earlier I was great and now I have started making spelling mitsakes too... 2) I was an extrovert, but after getting schizophrenia I became an introvert and I dont like spending time with anyone. I like being alone. 3) I feel that I become a werewolf at night and I have killed 100 people by now... (Might be true) I also think I posses some superpowers which other don't have. 3) I can frequently hear someone talking at night, even when there's no one there, I can see hallucinations of cats, dogs, zombies, people etc... Around me. I sometimes hear weird sounds like a child laughing at night, I'm the only kid in my house and I'm 17... 4) I always feel someone is stalking, creeping or watching me and I'm gonna be murdered by someone, I am always suspicious of everyone ( also called PPD disorder) This thing is ruining my life.
1 4 and 2 is literally me.. iam diagnosed with ocd 4 months now but for 2 months ive been experiencing things like you said..the only time ive hallucinated was 2 weeks ago at night were i was under an anxiety attack and i was seeing things out the corner of my eye..idk what i have (i certainly have ocd) but iam getting tested for schizophrenia next week
You’re almost to 100k subs, I’m so so proud of both of you ❤️ you are helping by SO MANY PEOPLE, both folks with schizophrenia and folks like myself that want to offer love, understanding and acceptance to folks in my community living with schizophrenia
Thank you for your videos. I literally called my psychiatrist today and have had my medication increased and will be getting a new diagnosis. I truly thank you for your videos.
Saying that self diagnosis is bad without acknowledging the systemic inequality that prevents so many people from ever even having the opportunity to recieve a diagnosis or treatment is problematic. Racism, poverty, medical trauma, and ableism prevent lots of people from having access. Just because some people are lucky enough to access mental health services doesn't mean that people who don't have that access deserve to live in confusion and fear with no community support for their entire lives.
@Ash; I'm in the UK and we have a free health care system, but Black patients disproportionally get diagnosed with schizophrenia because a lot of the lack of understanding between different groups and someone white or middle-class and from the same background as the medical team will illicit more empathy and may be given an alternative diagnosis, whether bi-polar, autism etc, sometimes it's just semantics. However, I've been diagnosed with this condition by psychiatrists, been sectioned and medicated for over 20 years, and done plenty of reading and research on the topic, and I conclude that their analyse was accurate, but I get told all of the time by Black people who have no training in psychiatry that I don't actually have schizophrenia and was misdiagnosed, and the mental health "community" is just as insular as others, so you're not accepted there either. The best thing I find when I'm told that I don't have schizophrenia is to ask what my condition is then and the response is either silence or some platitude about we all have problems. Not assimilating into any particular community doesn't really cause much of an issue for me as I'm naturally a misanthrope, so being ostracised from either work colleagues, family, Black people, white people, the mental health community isn't jarring, it's just frustrating when people dismiss what you have to say and don't acknowledge your story as factual, rather they treat it as an embellishment, even if you have empirical evidence to substantiate your claim.
@@richbarrett6380 It's a shame people dismiss your diagnosis. Psychiatric diagnosis can be a blessing and a curse, but they advantage people and help them deal with what's going on inside them far more than they cause problems. They are generally important for getting access to the right treatment; in fact a large part of how disorders of mental health are classified relates to what medications work for them. Schizophrenia is a condition that needs medication, so a professional diagnosis is pretty much essential. It's a shame that there is so much communication disparity; I remember reading about a (very small scale) study in which two psychiatrists were asked to independently diagnose 100 patients according to ICD-10 criteria and then according to DSM-IV criteria (this was in 2009; neither of those editions of those manuals is still in official use now). One diagnosed 44 according to ICD-10 criteria, and 26 according to DSM-IV, and the other diagnosed 24 according to ICD-10 and 13 according to DSM-IV. The researchers concluded that the higher diagnosis of patients with schizophrenia using ICD-10 was that it didn't have a specific criterion for first crossing off the possibility of an affective disorder being present, since psychosis is quite common in BPD, and occurs in MDD and SAD. The study did also have them diagnosing schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder, and unipolar depression. What it really highlighted, though, was how individual a diagnosis is and how much it is down to a professional's judgment, and hence that we really do need to make sure that they are considering the implications of what statement they give for the person, and what will be most helpful for that individual. The question of what diagnosis is required, is I think, more of an issue for psychiatrists than the question of whether a person is actually ill. The disproportionate diagnosis of people of Afro-Caribbean descent is an issue, but I do think that we need to focus on drawing attention to issues and giving feedback and other things to help improve the NHS mental health services than abandoning them in favour of alternatives.
Thank you for a better understanding! Thank you for being a beautiful soul who did the work and got help! You’re inspiring other to get the help they need!
Yes I was diagnosed with schizoaffective, anxiety, major depressive disorder, and it sucks. I am recovering help but it’s not easy, but honestly what is.
I don't but my dad does. Anyone else with a parent with it? It was hard growing up but thankfully his meds always worked and he always took them. He got super depressed at one time and ended up in the hospital. I was his best friend growing up so I really felt that if he did commit suicide then it be my fault for not being able to help him. Thanks for the video. :)
When I was diagnosed it started when I was hearing monsters in my head and seeing things and feeling things and thinking people are trying to steal my information which was hard to deal with.
Am I having hallucinations too? I Cause i feel like I keep on seeing something crawling or flying across from me but I’m not so sure if that is real what I am seeing, and every time I look at a picture it looks like it’s moving but I’m not sure if it’s moving or not and it’s really confusing me, And I notice that I smell things that people can not smell. yesterday day I was looking at these trees, but they was moving in a weird way, I saw the wind moving the trees but the trees were moving in like a S illusion or pattern,I hope I make sense enough for you to understand.this has started I think 4 or 5 days ago.
It took about 2 years to be diagnosed skitzoeffective (sry spelling) I was in denial for another 2 years.. Then one day it clicked at his office. Things are starting to become clearer with 4+ years of treatment.
The symptoms I listed just started about 3 months ago. Again, never heard a peep, never felt paranoid or delusional or fearful. Is there any known DSM for that kind of experience set with no negative effects? I mean, I truly find the mind fascinating, and getting to see some of my mind's projections in physical form is super exciting. I mean I feel fine. I feel terrible for people who have negative symptoms. I can see how, if tinted with fear or paranoia or belief, these events could be very traumatic.
I remember when my brother did research on having ADD/ADHD he told me what is part of having that, I have ADD, diagnosed when I was a young kid. OHHHH the things he found I was like oh so I am just a package full of it all. So when I tell people I have ADD I also say I am just a package full of JOY and you never know what you will receive first from me.
I been diagnosed years ago but I just can't believe it! I feel fine now, thoughts are still really in a hard place but they used to be unbearable! Like literally!
My mind goes crazy whenever I want to sleep. Anxiety overload and depression with constant suicidal thoughts. Like every waking moment. I’m 56 now and it’s been the story of my life. I don’t think my doctors are doing their job properly. I’m having two types of therapy a week, one face to face and the other on the telephone. I have two schizophrenic friends and they’re nothing like each other but there are certain things I relate to in both of them. I constantly hear music mostly and sometimes voices but I know they’re not real. I also think the government or some dark force is trying to destroy me. I get the smells too. I hear my name too.
I didn’t know I had schizophrenia because they never told me. They just said I needed to take medication or go home to my parents. They seemed to know what to look for like dilating pupils and speaking gibberish but I didn’t know what it was because they didn’t tell me. Years later I was watching a documentary in England and I was shocked to see people with the same symptoms that I had and they had schizophrenia. It took years but I was able to kick it by myself on my own without drugs or counseling and without even knowing what it was but I knew it was a problem. I consider it a great accomplishment but it seems like people don’t even care much. All I did was to ignore the hallucinations and delusions and that is easier said than done. You have to not believe what you are believing. You have to give up your pet hallucinations. I was fortunate that I did not become aggressive or violent but I can understand that it is possible for a schizophrenic to do anything that you think of doing because there is nothing stopping you from doing anything that you think of. I hope the best for everyone and some people do need medication because you might hurt yourself and other people when you are having the symptoms.
I was diagnosed schizophrenic in 2013 and about 4 years ago they changed my diagnosis to schizoeffective. I was considering stopping my meds because they are controlling me instead of helping me not feel sick. I have decided after listening to these symptoms and concern correlation with my symptoms and I realize I still have schizo disorder so I'm going to stay on my med and talk to my psychiatrist about what he thinks I should do to avoid my paranoia of thinking the meds are controlling me and stopping it from getting better
Thanks a lot for your Information Sister. I want to fight against a Doctor in India who Declared me as Paranoid Schizophrenia patient with out talking with me a Single Word.
You ever get stressed over simple decisions only cause you over analyzed because somehow Apple or orange becomes 21 questions with yourself simultaneously blanking out to the world and looking incredibly confused and concentrated.....
I have schizophrenia 10 year now and it's the worst thing to have i hearing the voice outside and inside and i see thing on the wall sometime i and start conversation or speak or talk or socialise or do anything i feel like stupidest man live you show is helpful only god know where my brain is like i have no brain them need do research on schizophrenia over i have to much of things .
I've had symptoms since a very young age but I've never self-diagnosed. Luckily I reached out to medical professionals and I'm having a therapy in a few weeks :)
After I started to use adhd medication, I’ve been having a lot of these symtomps. I’m fairly positive that it has nothing to do with schizophrenia but it’s kinda scary at the same time.
@@Himbotical i thought schizophrenia was caused by a lack of dopamine, like when people do so much cocaine ,snorting soo much it gives them a very high dopamine spike, and of course the dopamine coming down and giving them that psychosis/schizophrenia thing
After watching this I do fit the diagnostic criteria for schizophrenia yet no one in my life believes it’s a psychotic disorder, I’ve had hallucinations delusions and negative symptoms for 11 months Yet I’m not diagnosed even after 2 hospitalizations
Thank you for your videos. I'm pretty sure I've been living with undiagnosed schizophrenia (or maybe schizotypal disorder) for over 2 decades now. I'm too afraid to seek help but I've managed to keep it under control without medication & live a tolerable life. It's inspiring to see someone else with the same problem actually using their diagnosis to help others. Thanks.
Don’t get comfortable with your self diagnosis, get help, don’t do it alone, you aren’t a professional, even the professionals get it wrong lol STAY GOLD
please speak to a doctor or something. drug induced psychosis isn't schizophrenia but if you are concerned about being disconnected from reality try to talk to a doctor bc it could be serious.
@@undertaker9956 that doesn't sound like schizophrenia then but still bring it up with your doctor (if you have a doctor.) i get how that can be tough but i'm cheering for you to stay strong. i hope things get better.
Im not here to see if i have it I'm here to study. Don't assume that's why someone is here because they want to see if they have it. Skitzo is an illness that the person with it can't make that kind of diagnosis for themselves. Matter of fact the mentally ill don't know their mentally ill. The way we knew my friend was ill was he couldn't hold a job, or he slept so long and wouldnt wake up . And he couldn't focus and finish something he started. Then he started doing drugs and started hearing voices and he didn't make any sense when he spoke . So eventually he had a court order at that time to take medication because of his actions. And as long as he was taking it he was fine. But when he stopped he went into the same life he had before. There are so many symptoms a person can have. Its really scarey.
My dad couldn't differentiate between scitzophrenia and autism combined with adhd and sezures. He also didn't understand internet memes or metaphors. He just wanted to dump me into the streets because I have a hard time finding a job. A false diagnosis is hard to deal with brcause of autism because of my flat tone of voice.
I have beliefs some people might call delusional, but how does one distinguish between perhaps being schizoaffective and just have adhering to a conspiracy-theory like way of thinking? I don't know how to talk about these things to my psychiatrist because people don't understand me and how I've come to my conclusions, and I believe in them strongly. I don't know if I'm delusional or not, but sometimes it feels like it.
Hahah. In one of her previous videos there was a list of symptoms how to understand you have a condition. After reading first 5 points, I though ‘cool, I am mental’. But then it kind of didn’t work out so I became sad. :D
@@monicasaenz141 people with schizophrenia aren't always non-functioning, especially in the prodrome (not that you should self-diagnose, but you should talk to somebody before it gets to that point)
Anxiety disorder here and my panic attacks were so severe that they caused some mild delusions and audio hallucinations while waking or falling asleep. But....once addressed and treated, those things disappeared. Do not self diagnose. My psychologist was certain I didn't have schizophrenia, but my anxiety was preventing me from reason.
Very similar experience, I was diagnosed with psychosis yet otherwise undiagnosed when it really was anxiety and panic attacks which led to minor paranoia. I'm getting the right treatment and am getting better! It can take some time, but it's worth it for the right diagnosis!!
those can also be hypnagogic hallucinations! they're pretty common and happen when you're falling asleep, so if it happens again, try not to worry too much!
I feel that currently, although tbh most of my panic and paranoia is just me freaking wondering if I'm developing schizophrenia or about to go into a psychotic episode, over and over again, and I just can't stop thinking about, the thought of it is a weight in on itself
I also thought that I was Schizophrenic and I self diagnosed which exacerbated my anxiety and depression. After seeing a psychologist I learned that what I was experiencing is from OCD. Don’t self diagnose.
I actually have found that my adhd causes a lot of word fumbling and the lack of working memory before I got back on my meds made me embarrassed and frustrated to try and communicate with people.
How do u find out as an adult if you are adhd? I fumble constantly and cant seem to find the correct word..more over I forgot them ..its hard to explain..
Good psychologists have psychologists, the others bounce off their patients and create havoc and eventually move on. But even psychs who do have psychs get co-dependent and avoid diagnosis. It just happens. Therapy is a billions of dollars economy and people get afraid of their small towns and gossip let alone their actual depths. In many ways going bat shit crazy and getting outside the borders of "sane" culture is a gift.
I feel very certain that I don't have schizophrenia, I watch your videos to support the channel and I love your bravery and openness about your mental illness. I'm so inspired by your grace and generosity it helps me with the battles with mental illness that I struggle with. Thank you.
Hello Lauren and fellow viewers, I had delusions and that connection to the TV and national and international news. However I also had anosognosia so that when I had the delusions I didn't know what was really happening to me. It was only after I was committed to hospital May 1987, October 1988, November 2007 by others my family and one of my closest friends and his new wife who could see I was unwell and then recovering from the delusions that I could see what had happened to me. I'm 67 and I have never felt as well as I do today recovering also now at long last from having severe irritable bowel syndrome IBS since November 1971 that was no less than mind altering. All of us here have different life stories and each one of us is a unique case to use the word a psychiatrist would more likely use - case. Just today for example and lately I was thinking that the sexual abuse I was subjected to at age 11 by another 11yo might just have ripped me apart that led to my having serious mental illness from age 15 onwards. The problem is this is not clear to me in the way other things are crystal clear to me. Over the decades I paid no attention to that sexual abuse. A psychotherapist, who used to be a bank manager whom I was seeing around 2009, told me to think about what sexual abuse would do to a child from my point of view as a 56yo. She understood this far better than I did even though I had been sexually abused myself. I could continue but let me stop there. All the best and many thanks, Peter Nolan. Ph.D.(physics). Dublin. Ireland.
I have often wondered why people with Dissociative Disorder were able to hold on to separate split personalities. When my schizoaffective disorder was at its worst I was actually traumatized by the illness a the time and the horror and wished that I could split my personality. When I learned that it had to do with the severity of early trauma on the extreme end of torture and secrecy and that lesser trauma at the same ages (2 - 7 and then 8 - 13) generally presents as some other form of mental illness between puberty and age 30ish. It sounds like you were negotiating with it for quite a while before being diagnosed. I did the same. I am now 60.
Hello Peter. Thank you for sharing your story and congratulations on engendering such a healthy and happy life from very difficult circumstances. It is so difficult to accept the significance of our experiences as children. I hope that your openness and understanding of your life leads to ever more freedom and peace.
@@jacquelineleitch7050 Hello Jacqui, Many thanks for your reply. Let me read up on Dissociative Disorder that is new to me. I am also not too clued in as to what a split personality is. I do not think I have a split personality except to say because I have felt so egregiously bad by having irritable bowel syndrome IBS I was utterly unable to feel my own authentic feelings since November 1971 when believe it or not my tongue, for example, turned white as chalk. My tongue today looks so much better but still with clear physical damage along its centre right there in the mirror. I have IBS by holding my breath and some experts, but maybe not all, understand that. So by not being able to feel my own authentic feelings I am split between the egregiously awful sensation in my core, as we say here in Ireland sick to the stomach, and my true authentic feelings. I simply couldn't think. My thoughts, the simplest thoughts you can imagine, just didn't work like gears crashing in the gear box every time. So in that sense I'm split inside having to endure IBS and unable to feel my own true authentic feelings. All the best and many thanks, Peter. Dublin.
@@tidemeover8513 Hello Tide Me Over, I'm still not out of the woods quite yet. We have a famous singer over here called Niamh Kavanagh who represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest many years ago and a line from that song is "to feel like a child again". I am blessed to have the most wonderful family two sisters and a brother now that both of my parents are dead whom I miss so much. I have four nephews, two nieces, six grandnephews and grandnieces all who have been, and are being loved, so much by my sisters and brother. I can easily talk about that sexual abuse in isolation but I have to also talk about my excruciatingly painful relationship with my Mammy my mother, my temper and being absolutely terrified of losing my temper and assaulting someone and ending up in prison. Factor in the primal shame I felt by having such a temper by my being a scientist and engineer. You write about how difficult it is to accept the significance of our experiences as children. For example our accent in adulthood is the accent we hear growing up so obviously our childhood experiences have a profound life shaping effect on us. There is no end to the other examples like that. We are like sponges soaking up everything like osmosis when we are growing up of course there's no question about it but when we experience abuse there will be consequences. The problem is the popular vibe is that children all children are always loved and while on average this true it is not no way true in all cases and certainly not in my case when my Dad, who loved me so much, gave Mammy his full support in everything to do with the home and family and this was how it worked till the day he died in June 2011 aged 84. This conspired to have a terrible effect on me. When we cannot feel our true authentic feelings this means that we cannot access our feelings when we were children - we can't feel like a child again. Here in Ireland, and I only know about how all this pans out here in Ireland, there are still many secrets. However my own feeling is without having too great a contact with children today but having my four nephews and two nieces, that things are now getting better for children and the generation just after me my nephews' generation also and there really is great hope that there will be a natural resolution even if some secrets remain secret. I detect all kinds of vibes on our airwaves radio and TV especially TV live TV also and I see so much the secrets that are there. However I really must be kind and loving by always thinking that I'm not the only one to have grown up in Ireland through the 50's and 60's and that so many were immersed in what was there just like we hear the accent of our parents and ourselves speaking that very same accent. I just want to thank you and Jacqui for replying to me and right now believe it or not my next ginormous project will be to do my weekly grocery shop in a nearby supermarket where I suffer - suffer - just going through the check out!! I expect to do extremely well this morning better than ever before and triumph over this adversity. All the best and many thanks, Peter. Dublin.
@@jacquelineleitch7050 Hello Jacquie, I continue to think about what you are saying and to say that I'd never heard of Dissociative Disorder. However I understand. I am now more able to relax muscle wise and in every other way as well and I'm becoming whole again whatever that might mean and that in the sense that I feel more like my true self I do not feel so split off from that true nature. I could easily think that I have been disassociated or split from my natural configuration by having to endure the say muscle tension especially in my core when all that I could feel was that awful sensation unable to feel my true feelings. I will never know with certainty what that sexual abuse did to me when I was 11 however. There are other things I really do know however. I can now feel for you. All the best and many thanks, Peter. Dublin.
I agree with you that one shouldn't self-diagnose. I also don't believe that as long as the diagnosis is given by a professional, one should immediately trust it 100 %. If the diagnosis is done without investigations or discussions beforehand, which unfortunately frequently happens here in Norway with purely clinical/symptom-based diagnosis (except the very rare ones), I think it's in the best interest for the patient to seek another doctor who will acutally give them a thorough investigation before diagnosing them, and most of all one who listens to you and understands what you mean. I was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2013 without diagnostic evaluation. She only based herself on records from the emergency department which had diagnosed me with acute psychosis and later paranoid psychosis, which are really two completely distinct diagnosis. Basically she diagnosed and treated my records and not me, which unfortunately is frequenty the case here in Norway, as are also errors and misunderstandings in the records, which because of this practice end up having an enormous impact on the quality of care. My parents mentioned something about me being weird for a few months before the admission for psychosis, by which they were refferring to me being vegetarian. The psychiatrist read this quote from my parents and jumped to the conclusion that they must have been reffering to me having had delusions for several months without talking to me about it.
I agree. I got misdiagnosed based on only assumptions about me and the psychiatrist never asessed me, only obtained information from my cpn which was absolute BS. When a different psychiatrist did a thorough asessment by themselves, it was found I did not have schizophrenia.
The part of the records is seriously creepy. Now, in Portugal, the national system is all integrated, and every medical professional can access your record that can contain whatever, even lies and mismatching information, especially ER episodes and you have no clue whats written.there unless you ask access to hospital records. Last time I decided to do it, and noticed that were fake informations like "patient has been followed in psychiatry since 2007" when actually i was doing "psychotherapy in 2007.I was seeing a therapist" which are very different things And then there was reference to other physical illnesses there i have and the doctor was checking the records to see if i had indeed been diagnosed and then said "patient has being followed in another hospital for this condition..records state there was a change of doctors ???"" Why does a ER psychiatric evaluation includes in the report that I'm followed in another hospital for an autoimmune disease and that there was a change in doctor??? what does it add? Even if I'm gonna see other specialist, he/she will have access to these records and might take a biases opinion. With errors or not these records and reports will be on the system forever.
This is an old comment but I just wanted to agree that medical records can have false info and really shouldn’t be used for diagnostic purposes. I had surgery on my wrist earlier this year and I had asked the surgeon to prescribe naproxen (I think it’s brand name is Alieve?) so I wouldn’t have to buy it. When I went to a follow up with my family doctor, he informed me that the surgeon had made a note in my file that I had been asking for opiates/narcotics. I was specific in asking for Naproxen, which is *not* a narcotic, because I know my system handles it better than other OTC pain relief. Addictions run in my family so I am _very_ careful to stay away from certain medications, even when I probably could use it (ie Xanax). My family doctor knows this and thought this request seemed out of character, which is why he brought it up. I don’t know why exactly the surgeon added this falsity to my file. But it makes me wonder what else is in there and if any other doctor decided to take it upon themselves to add their own “interpretation” or fiction. Doctors are people and screw up all the time (sometimes purposefully). That’s why 2nd (or 3rd) opinions are always a good idea, if possible. Thanks for giving me a space to share something that’s bothered me for awhile.
My grandmother had schizophrenia. I’m trying to educate myself about what she experienced, and a lot of the things she said or did make a lot more sense now. Thank you for spreading information and awareness💜
I've been trying to get help for what's happening to me for over a year now, things got much worse, and I really don't know if it's schizophrenia. Even if it is, I can't access help for it. I've been to five different providers of low cost care and have been turned down because I don't make enough and my symptoms and trauma are too hard for them to treat. Now I basically just accept my reality and I hope if it's schizophrenia it just takes over already so that I'll stop being aware of my symptoms.
@@raquelpurpleboxes If you live in a city in the US, there's likely a phone number you can call that can direct you to free public health services. In my city the number is 211. If you're able to get in touch with your city's local agency, they can set you up with a case manager who may direct you to apply for disability, or Medicaid or both. Good luck.
@@ianmurdoch6247 I don’t see enough to identify it as someone or something. Most of the time I see the door opening or closing while it isn’t. I also saw someone I saw in the grocery shop in my room, but not very clear, just a few seconds. I blinked and they where gone. Not sure if this really are the symptoms of schizophrenia tho....
@@ranu_7777 Ill see people peaking around corners , lots of time little people. Just for a split second. Or Ill see someone In my peripheral vision. They apear very solid and real. But they disapear when I look directly at them.
@@ianmurdoch6247 same I also have a extreme paranoia of people trying to murder or abduct me I always have to check my back seats I put a solid door on my bedroom and put three bolts on it while I sleep and someone brought up my family has a history of schizophrenia and when I looking everything up and I’m like well shit I might need to go to a physiologist
@@kendrickholland8750 I got so paranoid of police out to get me I became a shut in for years. Just left the house to go down to store and back. I kinda beat it though. One day I had enough or was drunk or somthing. I decided, 'whats the worst that could happen. I get arrested. So what. So I walked to all the places I was most paranoid about. Nothing was there. Nothing. Then I knew for sure it was all in my head. Im still paranoid but now I can deal with it. Put it in its place. I know im just hearing things. More than that it let me start to see its true source. My own fear,guilt and insecurity. Any hallucination that strikes fear. Confront it directly. Or ypu spend years wrestling with it. And your mind knows how to fool you. It uses your fear. Walk into fear and youll see. Its nothing. Thank you for telling me trip. All our experience are a bit different but I learned that our hallucinations can be a tool to let us peer deeper. Just like a dream is symbolic, so are our hallucinations
I know this is stupid, but I’m so afraid of having Schizophrenia. My dads brother had it and apparently a lot of his side was full of other mental illnesses. Everytime I think I see something in the corner of my eye, or think I hear a voice or see something- I get too terrified. My sleep paralysis recently has went from nothing happen, to voices, people jumping and trying to beat me up, and creepy satanic imagery and wow... hope that goes away. Videos like this are important, thank you for making stuff like this! My mind constantly cherry picks out of fear for the worst, so videos like this make me feel a bit more relaxed and at ease.
WE’RE SO ALIKE. My dad’s brother also has it (but from what i heard, he’s the only one with schizophrenia from my dad’s family side). I’ve experienced many hallucinations, all auditory and i constantly deal with delusions. I’ve been trying to find out if i really do have schizophrenia or if it’s another thing. I used to be so afraid of it but now I’m more accepting, the only thing that scares me is if my symptoms gradually get worse, because right now this doesn’t impact me badly
I live with Schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type. I am hypo manic right now and I love feeling this way! I just hate going full blown manic! I really appreciate your page as it has helped me come to terms with my diagnosis and see that life beyond the diagnosis is truly possible. Thanks!
Not great when you also get hyperfocused in heavily cognitively demanding stuff like browsing through wikipedia for hours unable to eat or go to the bathroom, or what I do most, write comments on RU-vid that takes me literally more than 3 hours to write (I hit the max character count at least twice a week); a few months ago I had to make myself hypothermic to try and reduce serotonin levels/revert maoi effects, I was crying and begging for a single second of peace in my mind, bc I couldn't stop thinking at all But a little bit of hypomania is literally what the normal human condition should be like(and would be if not for capitalism) great for creativity in both science, philosophy, arts and basically anything that isn't a standard pointless job and get stigmatized into lazyness. I'm not sure about anything (at all, bc I take the uncertainty principle VERY seriously in all fields), but there's no way in hell that Leonardo da Vinci wasn't hypomanic. He did too much, had too much creativity, slept 2hrs(6×20min) a day, and had too much curiosity about everything. Nobody that's non-hypomanic has all that energy(and cocaine wasn't invented yet, nor ecstasy or methamphetamines) maybe dyslexic with ADHD or autistic, but I bet on hypomanic. (If anyone is interested in knowing how long my comments usually are, this one took me smth between 15-30min, so imagine one 10+x the size) Some different thought patterns and behaviors can be extremely beneficial, though most really have mostly(or almost/completely exclusively) negative impacts in our lives.
@@claire777. are you able to? Now I'm thinking about starting to take my antidepressant again, not only bc I'm depressive(xp'ing negative symptoms/psychotic depression/manic depression/mixed or idk, felt really really bad but I'm also getting euphoric in the same week, same day even( before the depression kicked in I was feeling amazing, even euphoric enough to do some handstands(which triggered some memories that led to the depressive episode itself)))but bc I'd like to shift it to hypomania, but ik I shouldn't bc I'm quite obviously experiencing some positive symptoms as well(maybe even delusional about being schizoaffective itself) I might just go back to taking Ayahuasca regularly, I wouldn't play with those SSRIs. But I also take weed to be able to sleep/eat (and manage stress, anxiety and depression, etc.)) and I can't afford CBD, which is the best antipsychotic I've ever taken(never felt my mind so clear, and instantly) so sometimes I go above the toxic psychotic threshold of 15mg of THC(when there's no CBD present (50mg when it's a 1:1)) and get like this(even more, that is) which btw is a ridiculously low threshold and why I had to get used to microdosing it(down to sub-mg levels) But they honestly don't interfere much with how I feel when I'm not on them, except for the immediate antidepressant effects that lasts weeks/months for Ayahuasca and a couple hours to a couple days for weed I know it's pointless to even send this at all, just like every other comment I make on RU-vid, but it helps me get things out and organize my thoughts(my speech that's full of verbosity and I'm not a native speaker, I swear my thoughts are fine, or seems so enough that it doesn't bother me(apart from the erotomania which might actually be just me not getting any hints, which has definitely happened before more than a couple of times.. so idk which ones the true delusion but I can't deny being delusional about something) Anyway, there goes 30-35min more that I've wasted trying to agree that hypomania is good whilst simultaneously providing a counter-example as to why it's not so great(maybe I'm the one that entrapped myself into so much verbosity by actually adopting it as my writing style that I train constantly.. or I might be a tiny bit too high, but anyway, I'll refrain from interpreting myself, but If someone reads this, you're welcome and invited to give your opinion
@@Ewr42when you wrote your comments does it take a long time because you have to make them perfect? Grammatically and have to make sure that others can completely understand your thought process? I also can’t help but respond to comments that I find faulty in argument even though I know it doesn’t matter. I have to comment. It drives me nuts.
@@nihil8436 i am sorry if you've had a bad experience but you should never deter someone from getting help. please always get help you deserve to live happily and comfortably. medications are good !! its trial and error. you most likely will never get the right dose of the right drug at first but communicate with your doctors and they will change and try new things until something's works for you !
@@emilymcintosh2968 Nope, most psych doctors and nurses are all about avoiding liability, to think they give a crap. Honestly, there is a much bigger risk of getting much worse mentally and physically and even ending up dead, it's not a coincidence that those admitted to mental hospitals have a higher suicide rate. They will dehumanise you, if you had any trauma, have been a victim of crime they will blame you, they will tear apart your character, make you look incompetent and then try force medication, they will even lie in order to place a CTO. But it doesn't matter because they are untouchable and the tribunl is a complete farce. Although there are good people working in mental health too, you do not know who you'll get and life is just too precious to be killed by a psychiatrist and their nurse.
@@nihil8436 - That may have been your experience with the mental health system, but it’s doing a great disservice to negate the efforts of the majority of mental health professionals who are compassionate and dedicated to helping people recover from and/or manage their crises and daily experiences. I have had treatment from psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and social workers/MSWs for my mental health issues and all have been excellent in helping me learn about my diagnoses, the causes and the treatments, and mavigating the mental health system. Some treatments are programs that are limitied in duration and some are ongoing support. I would not dissuade anyone from seeking answers and treatment from qualified professionals. It can mean a matter of life or death, and most often results in improving the quality of life for the individual who would otherwise suffer with long-term, unresolved emotional pain that can manifest itself in maladaptive coping strategies, like self-harming behaviours, dependence upon alcohol and other substances, problem gambling, online gaming, excessive social media use, work or sex “addiction,” and other behaviours that can negatively impact one’s life, relationships and work.
I'm wondering what effect (if any) things like stress, lack of sleep, or chaotic life changes might have on the harshness, clarity, and/or frequency of hallucinations.
*following along because I appreciate the feeling of not aloneness* Looking at the diagnostic things related to schizophrenia makes me feel really self conscious tbh because i experience all of them to a degree and i dont feel like thats normal, even for a person with schizophrenia? It makes me wonder if i am being hypocondriatic or something, idk, but i know that i experience these .. i also wonder of maybe i have a second illness that contributes. Or a nuerodivergence of some kind, but it makes more sense to me if i have one illness that explains a lot and not many that explain bits and pieces. I have really severe delusions about my food or drink being tampered with, that people are looking at me/talking about me maliciously. Im doing something incorrectly or embarrassingly, or that I look bad. I distrust doctors a lot of the time but in a way that i think they will hurt me or will do things against my will no matter how much i protest, and so doctors terrify me. Im TERRIFIED of being admitted for suicidal thoughts. Im often super paranoid about my partner not liking my appearance or liking other peoples appearances more than mine, but this is a mix of my paranoia and trauma.. and most often I become convinced that someone is watching me even when im alone. Theyre hiding somewhere, or in the window. I used to also be super paranoid about hidden cameras but that has subsided somewhat recently. Hallucinations of course, i honestly experience taste and smell hallucinations far more frequently than auditory or visual. When i start hearing things, i know my symptoms are getting worse and if i start seeing things other than shadows or movements in the corner of my eye then Im in big trouble. My usual hallucinations are usually just food things. If im hungry i smell food, i go investigate and it turns out no one is cooking. I know its not just a neighbor or something because theres very little chance they would happen to be cooking outside whatever random dish i just happen to be craving at the time, EVERY TIME, most of which would be cooked on a stove and not outside.. I also have maybe a mix of olfactory hallucinations and delusion, im not sure, where i think something smells "off" or bad and no one agrees. Usually food, or milk, sometimes cups or cookware and i cannot get rid of the smell no matter how much i wash it. Everyone is just annoyed and exasperated when i spend 20 minutes scrubbing a pan just to announce that i cant use it and im gonna try a different one Disorganized speech is weird for me and this could be more of an anxiety thing and not related to my schizophrenia, but im not sure. It happens whenever im excited, good or bad. Super sad, angry, happy, whatever. If my emotions run high i cannot speak. It usually starts as kind of a stutter, where i will either get frustrated and give up altogether or try to push past it and end up talking nonsense. I always thought of it as my mind running too fast for my mouth to catch up, but i realized that it also happens when my thoughts feel... i dunno. slow, far away, or like i cant even reach the end of them before they drift too far away. I recently learned this might be scattered thoughts, at least in the fast end of the scale. Im not sure about the slow foggy end 🤔 but ive been told that sometimes my sentences come out as if i started one and finished a totally different one, maybe with a third one thrown in the middle. Or occassionally its just total gibberish? Random unrelated words. Its interesting because this only really happens around people im super close to. Around others, i tend to just freeze up and stop talking all together. This causes really intense fits of mutism that i cant break out of for several minutes or even several hours if its bad enough. Happens super often trying to order food and such.. I dont know about disorganized behavior, im not sure that id really be able to notice this in myself. I know that i sometimes become a little too wrapped up in my hallucinations while in public and so i behave weirdly or inappropriately, like im scares or dont know where i am. Thats very very severe though, im more likely to just be visibly nervous or paranoid. Catatonia though is a definite for me. I dont really know what happens to cause it, i just know that it happens. Sometimes i just have a super flat affect, and just dont care about anything. Nothing is funny or interesting, i dont care to talk but if i have to its usually in the interest of observing things around me and informing whoever im talking to of them. i also tend to be more....mean? Much less sensitive or empathetic. Its almost like a different person. Its not my depression, i am very familiar with my depressive symptoms and they hamper my personality but dont completely change it. I also have moments of just total nonresponsiveness, but i cant comment much on that because im not really aware of it when it happens. Again, im not 100% sure this is related to my schizophrenia or something else Negative symptoms, ive already touched on some of them that cant be explained by depression like the speech irregularity or catatonia, but i also have a BUNCH that are associated with depression. Its pretty run of the mill depression and suicidal thoughts, im not sure its worth mentioning all my negative symptoms of this A big issue with me in getting treatment for my symptoms is just doctor availability. My clinician doesnt seem to care, or believe me? About my symptoms, gave me a referral to psych on my request. They told me they were not taking new patients and getting ahold of them in the past year and a half has felt impossible. A nuerologist gave me an urgent referral so they CANT turn me away, but they simply never answered the phone or called back. I had a therapist for a while, but she told me she doesn't "believe in" diagnosis and wouldnt let me talk about non depression related symptoms. Shed just brush them off and move on to my depression or my relationship. Ive gotten to the point that i dont want anything to do with these doctors, and idk how to proceed. Thank you for your time, whoever cared to read this 💕
Ashi Kat - best wishes with your efforts to find a psychiatrist that will see you to discuss these issues and provide diagnosis. Sometimes that is the hardest step, at least in the USA if that's where you are.
Just wanted you to know that I read your entire comment and I hope things have gotten better for you. Live long and prosper. 🖖 Thank you for sharing your thoughts.
One of my doctors thought I had Schizo affective disorder because of psychotic episodes - turns out I have Bipolar. It’s a very nuanced set of symptoms that often overlap, and speaking to professionals is crucial. It often takes time before you find the right doctor
What would be some suggestions to help a loved one that has a diagnosis of Schizophrenia but they dont have any insight into the illness and are refusing all types of intervention. #denial of the illness
One of my strongest delusions are as following. 1:God hates me exclusively from birth. 2: when I die the afterlife will be me stuck in a too small cave without any room to move. 3: That i am a disappointment to my parents and is considered a curse( because of my cosmic bad luck.
Around the 18:00 min mark you mentioned about professionals being there to help. For the longest time I thought I was going to be arrested or taken to a hospital if I told anyone how I was feeling. I’ve been working with someone I trust and have been put on medication. I’m hoping to one day be able to go to school. I’ve tried before but I had unaddressed ‘stuff’ that kept me from being able to focus. Thanks for what you do.
That's what stopped me from going to the ER with severe panic attacks. They told me they were going to red flag my profile when I was begging for help because I was terrified and no clue why and they gave me IBS meds instead of helping me in the right way.
A sick mind can't fix a sick mind. I'm pretty sure it goes without saying that diagnosing fits in there somewhere. When I quit drinking I hallucinated for approximately 5 days.
Lauren...thank you for providing information for this much misunderstood ailment. You are contributing to breaking the severe negative stigma of the diagnosis. I have learned so much through your channel.
I would love to make donations from time to time, already participated in your GoFundMe :-). Patreon isn't really my cup of tea. If others agree maybe the possibility for sporadic/spontaneous donations would be nice?
In the United States, I think there is a very healthy incentive for self-diagnosis, not for the purpose of medication & treatment, but for the purpose of self-acceptance & healing. My family runs strong on the schizophrenic spectrum, and has experienced so much trauma in the American psychiatric system that we're barely functional anymore. From electro-shock to pills to restraints to forced sedation to institutionalization to physical, verbal, psychological & sexual abuse, not to mention Institutional abuse like family separations, arrests, etc, folks on the spectrum often face wicked circumstances after symptoms develop. People with symptoms have every reason to not want to seek help, and often don't until they're being 51-50'd or taken by a friend/family member to the ER.
I'm watching cuz some times I get paranoid that I have schizophrenia until I remind myself that the symptoms I have most of them started when I was still a kid and I wanted to watch it to hopefully stop myself from getting paranoid again.
I have DID, CPTSD, anxiety, and autism according to my diagnosis. My partner of a year and a half is diagnosed schizoaffective. I have a therapist and meds but he doesn't. I've urged him to meet with a therapist and consider medication. He was only diagnosed a decade ago but never had therapy. No meds. He has a full diagnostic coming up in two days! I still have issues that have never been discussed. Since we hope to be lifelong partners we are both focusing on our mental issues right now and living apart.
Very helpful. I would add that things like antidepressants and antipsychotics should only be prescribed by a qualified psychiatrist, not a GP. I once mentioned in passing to my GP that I felt a little down that day and he immediately tried to put me on antidepressant medication that he was clearly not qualified to prescribe.
There's a video game called Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice where you play as a female warrior with schizophrenia. It was made with input from schizophrenic people and I was wondering if you could perhaps watch a playthrough/cutscene compilation of it and give your opinion on how well portrayed the perspective of a schizophrenic person? Myself and others would be very interested in seeing that.
Last night I told my mom I smelled chicken or something like that cooking in the kitchen and nobody was cooking and now I’m starting to realize it was probably an olfactory hallucination. I have known about my illness for a while but I didn’t know that was or could be a symptom. I’m glad I know that now so I can look out for it. I haven’t been sleeping for for days and my family is treating me really bad so that is probably why it is happening.
Or maybe they're just a hypochondriac, they are normal-ish but have some mild symptoms of a mental illness and they get frightened from it and they go down the rabbit hole of self diagnosis (I did that, got stressed out so much that a nurse [who had depression] saw that I might be having a depressive episode; and I did have a history of abuse as a child and have had anxiety + and inability to make up my mind about things) which made my psychiatrist diagnose me of having a moderate depressive episode and I was prescribed fluoxtine and mirtazpine which made things worse for me... :')
This is a great video I appreciate all the clarity to it. I have a severe case of narcolepsy type 2. A warning sign of this can be hallucinations and hearing voices the feeling of being touched smells Etc exclusively and ONLY while falling asleep or in the state of sleep or upon waking. Sleep paralysis is common but not if it is every night or every other night. It is also not uncommon to have some delusions and the occasional hallucination or loss of time during the day. I felt it necessary to write this as it took over 20 years to get a proper diagnosis.
I have watched many of your videos and i am thinking that i would not live my life because of some of the horrifying symptoms you have experienced. i am not as strong as the rest of you. it doesn't sound life would be worth living. I am having some Schizo occasionally symptoms and i'm afraid to look for a diagnosis. I am not talking about suicide just quality of life sorry for the scary comment.
I believe my mother may have some kind of psychosis. My heart goes out to her but she is so scared as being labeled as such and refuses to get treatment. I'm hoping with my support that she will come around
I'd rather diagnose myself. The mental health "professionals" I've seen are terrible at their job. Between the age of 13 and 24, I've seen 10-12 different psychiatrists, psychologists, and therapists. I diagnosed myself bipolar, because I have experienced mania lasting 3-5 days, depression, and I hear voices. I told my doc "Hey, I wanna try to fix my mania and not being able to sleep!" I sleep great, I haven't had mania since taking this medicine, and I no longer hear voices. I'm probably an edge case, and I have an interest in the medical field, I've read studies that were done by legit medical professionals, etc. I didn't just wake up one day and decide I am bipolar. It took me several years of research, including research into different medications. I also find it really, really odd that almost every anti-depressant I've taken will cause me to end up in full on mania. Everyone I've talked to who has taken anti-depressants for depression, has not experienced mania. I may not be bipolar, but it's close enough for this mood stabilizer to lessen or eliminate my symptoms. (Still have depression, sometimes.) Oh, and they said I can't be diagnosed bipolar because my mania doesn't last for 7 days or longer. And last time (a year or two ago) I tried to get an appointment with a mental health "professional", I was told despite hearing voices that were urging me to do violence, inability to sleep due to mania (I had been up for at least 4 days) I was very low priority and they'd call me when they had an opening.
Odd that I was recommended this, I've never searched whether i have schizophrenia or not, I have ptsd and that's the only mental health stuff I watch on yt
