Ask a Schizophrenic [meds] English person living in a rough area anything.
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Yes, I love in a rough area.
We recently had our bank robbed, for example.
Hopefully this thread will be more interesting than the rest, as I have many questions to be asked.
did you rob the bank?
Ever killed somebody
Shut up Dean, haha.
[QUOTE=cathal6606;21443222]did you rob the bank?[/QUOTE]
Nope, but it was on my street where it happened.
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[QUOTE=n00b_assassi;21443225]Ever killed somebody[/QUOTE]
No.
when you hear voices, are they a second voice in your head or are they external?
[QUOTE=Godzillarr;21443233]Shut up Dean, haha.[/QUOTE]
no :(
[QUOTE=cathal6606;21443244]when you hear voices, are they a second voice in your head or are they external?[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't say second, as there are occasions when there are more than one
I feel as though they come from the back of my head.
Sometimes they are external, those are hallucinations. Most of the time though, they are inside.
I'm out to get you. Therefore, how do you feel?.
[QUOTE=Pinsandneedles;21443269]I'm out to get you. Therefore, how do you feel?.[/QUOTE]
You are not out to get me. However, I feel as though you are not real, that I am living in a dream world.
Do you like music? if so what bands?
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;21443278]You are not out to get me. However, I feel as though you are not real, that I am living in a dream world.[/QUOTE]
Yessss it's all a dream, jump off a building and you will be free.
not rly
[QUOTE=n00b_assassi;21443292]Do you like music? if so what bands?[/QUOTE]
I love music. I listen to Pink Floyd, David Bowie, The Verve and Talking Heads.
Your avatar suits you.
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Are your hallucinations awesome?
what do you see in them?
does your schizophrenia involve batman somehow?
[QUOTE=RaptorRed;21443550]Your avatar suits you.
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Are your hallucinations awesome?
what do you see in them?[/QUOTE]
Nah, they're scary as hell.
They vary, sometimes it's humourous things like seeing sheep cross the road.
Other times they're ghostly faces that look as though they're screaming but making no noise. They follow where I look, each place I look is a different one. If I close my eyes I see them, if I open my eyes I see them, everywhere I look. I have to keep them moving so they go away eventually.
A lot of the times they're spiders. I'm afraid of spiders so they scare the hell out of me. There's loads more, but no -they're very unpleasant.
Sorry about the late reply, a doctor was just around.
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[QUOTE=Akuma_lektro;21443692]does your schizophrenia involve batman somehow?[/QUOTE]
No.
I think far too literally to find any hallucinations scary.
How has being Schizophrenic effected your life.
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;21443914]Nah, they're scary as hell.
They vary, sometimes it's humourous things like seeing sheep cross the road.
Other times they're ghostly faces that look as though they're screaming but making no noise. They follow where I look, each place I look is a different one. If I close my eyes I see them, if I open my eyes I see them, everywhere I look. I have to keep them moving so they go away eventually.
A lot of the times they're spiders. I'm afraid of spiders so they scare the hell out of me. There's loads more, but no -they're very unpleasant.
Sorry about the late reply, a doctor was just around.
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No.[/QUOTE]
Alright, hmm Let's say you are hallucinating, can you still think clearly?
And do you know that what you are seeing is not real? and it can't harm you?
[QUOTE=RaptorRed;21443989]Alright, hmm Let's say you are hallucinating, can you still think clearly?
And do you know that what you are seeing is not real? and it can't harm you?[/QUOTE]
No, the vast amount of times when I hallucinate I'm having what they call a psychotic episode. I'm thinking very irrationaly, I don't see this. Which links in to your next question. Most of the time I don't know if what I'm seeing is real, my girlfriend helps me with that. I don't trust anything I see or even think, as I don't know if the thoughts are my own. If that makes sense
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[QUOTE=Unwallis;21443987]How has being Schizophrenic effected your life.[/QUOTE]
A hell of a lot, for the worse. College is becoming very hard work for me. I'm forgetting to do homeworks, I'm getting stressed and sometimes I even have an episode in class, in which by then I have to tell the teacher that I need to leave class.
I'm becoming more and more withdrawn every day. I no longer speak to my friends and I'm just a zombie up in my room, I only go out to see my girlfriend.
Do meds help/what do they do?
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;21443914]Other times they're ghostly faces that look as though they're screaming but making no noise.[/QUOTE]
That [I]would[/I] be very unpleasant, especially when trying to take a shit.. That could help you shit actually.
[QUOTE=Unwallis;21444032]Do meds help/what do they do?[/QUOTE]
They help. They block my irrational thoughts the same way they block every other thought -or so it feels.
They make me pretty high, my speech becomes slurred and I'm pretty much a xombie.
I guess they help though because in comparison to what I'm like off the meds I'd say I'm a lot more controlled. I'm sedated most of the day, as recently as I had to go to hospital (Had a bad episode) they increased my dosage.
My dosage trend in chronological order is as follows:
Started on 2.5mg. Increased to 5mg. Increased to 7.5mg. Increased now to 10mg.
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[QUOTE=clc666;21444039]That [I]would[/I] be very unpleasant, especially when trying to take a shit.. That could help you shit actually.[/QUOTE]
And you'd think you'd be able to escape them by going to sleep. Wrong. Every dream I have is a bad one. Either that or I can only remember having the bad ones.
Have you ever tried to hurt yourself? (Hope its not too personal)
What's the worst hallucination you've ever experienced
Do you see the same faces every time? If you do then I would get used to them pretty quickly, probably even name them.
[QUOTE=Unwallis;21444073]Have you ever tried to hurt yourself? (Hope its not too personal)[/QUOTE]
In the past, yes. I do not cope very well with stress. However now when I get stressed I tend to smoke a cigarette. Before you bitch, it helps me a lot. I am aware of the negatives, but they assist in calming me down, if only by a little bit. Smoking a cigarette every odd day I find prevents me from hurting myself to relieve the stress.
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[QUOTE=clc666;21444079]Do you see the same faces every time? If you do then I would get used to them pretty quickly, probably even name them.[/QUOTE]
No I don't see the same face more than once. There's one of them though I do remember. Why don't you help me name him?
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[QUOTE=Itachi_Crow;21444075]What's the worst hallucination you've ever experienced[/QUOTE]
Definitely the faces one. I felt trapped, scared and like I was being followed everywhere I look. Controlled.
Well I have to know what he looks like first, cause I would be naming based on looks :p
[QUOTE=clc666;21444101]Well I have to know what he looks like first, cause I would be naming based on looks :p[/QUOTE]
A cross between
[img]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0d46U7K9IzU/SO2_wOtZ-_I/AAAAAAAAANc/4o4Z6h36SVU/s320/Shivers+Screaming+Face.jpg[/img] and [img]http://www.poster.net/pink-floyd/pink-floyd-screaming-face-4900144.jpg[/img]
But facing directly towards me.
That is actually kinda cool, I would probably talk to them and stuff, but we could name him Dot, just because those pictures reminded me of a dot.
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