I have schizophrenic spectrum disorder. Ask me a question.

Thread title should have said 'Ask us a question'

No, that's multiple personality disorder, tard.

forgive me for my ignorance. whats the difference between schizorphenia and spectrum disorder?

are the voices you hear nice or mean or does it vary?

do you see things other cannot see?

Maybe you should ask a question 😛

Schizophrenia spectrum disorder is a milder form that is triggered through emotional swings. It's basically a swing between bipolar and schizophrenia. I can still reason and feel emotions unlike people with full blown schizophrenia.

says who?

how much pot have you smoked?

it's well known that marijuana causes schizophrenia

They are demeaning, but not commanding. They come from outside rather than inside my head. They are not easy to differentiate between real people talking. My fiance is schizoaffective and she hears people singing.

My phychiatrist

How old were you when you got a diagnosis and at what age were you when you began to manifest symptoms?

I believe this to be my daughters condition. She's presenting exactly as my mother did. She has been in a group home since July, by her own choice and there isn't shit I can do about it.

Looking back, I knew something was wrong for a long time but it wasn't until the past year that things got serious and worse for her.

Tell us about the symptoms and tendencies that led to this diagnosis.

What, if any medications are you on?

A ton but I haven't smoked pot since the onslaught of the illness.

well, now you know the source of your "illness" -- nice job, pothead

There is no such diagnosis in the DSM V.

You can be a schizophrenic paranoid type, disorganised type, undifferentiated type etc

I went 7 years undiagnosed but I knew that I wasn't right. I started manifesting symptoms at 26,which is right around the age it starts. I had a part time job with no benefits so I went unmediated. I experimented with vitamins and responded well to niacin treatment but didn't really start recovering until three years ago when I got diagnosed and medicated. Today, I take 60 mg of latuda which is a fairly low dose. I am able to still work for the moment. Get your daughter help as soon as you can. It might just save her life.

hesright

Especially the synthetic cannabis...

Do you take any medications, OP?

Eat a dick.
Marijuana Compound May Beat Antipsychotics at Treating Schizophrenia
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I think OP means schizoaffective disorder

You sir are a tard. Pot didn't cause the illness. It's genetic.

I had delusional disorder/psychotic depression for about 15 years. I could barely function in society, and was convinced there were aliens reading my mind, as well as various other paranoid fantasies which came and went periodically. My mind was a 24-hour highlight reel of horrors.

I was severely abused by my family as a child, but I also smoked a lot of marijuana and took LSD several times as a teenager, which I believe was a catalyst for my breakdown. Have you ever done LSD or any other hallucinogens?

I took mushrooms a handful of times and proportioned on dxm right around the time I got sick.

Yes, that's not my diagnosis exactly. It's unspecified at the moment, most likely schizoaffective.

My delusions center around a community based conspiracy against me, convinced people can read my thoughts, and that the government is watching me specifically. I also see spirits inhabit people and harass me. I know none of this is real because it subsides with medication.l and therapy.

Thanks for the info and being so open. I'm doing just that also. It's been very hard.
Good luck to you, friend.

you are either a shill or denying your spiritual connection. lol

from my experience if you balance your chakras especially crown, you can beat your demons lol

I was given essentially the same type of diagnosis. Good therapists are not going to hang the schizophrenia label around your neck if they can avoid it, because there is a stigma attached to it, and people mistakenly believe that it is permanent and incurable. A good therapist wants the patient to have hope and face his fears head-on, instead of just hanging his head and giving in to the demons. I am living proof that someone with severe psychosis can beat his demons.

That explains why he has given me the unspecified/spectrum disorder diagnosis. All I know is that I am remarkably better on the medication and intend to stay that way.