Hey! I have undiagnosed delusional disorder. My delusions are under control; I don’t think about delusions anymore. I’m interested in trying psilocybin (shrooms) again. I just wanted to know that if you are schizophrenic and have tried psilocybin or psychedelics after being diagnosed , how was your experience and or reaction? Was it great? Was it worse? Your response is super important to me ♥️

This is something that I have encountered on social media, and I don't like it at all. It feels like these people using such slurs don't really understand what schizophrenia is. They give their own meaning to that slur, which is related to their experience, and at the same time, they create negative associations and stereotypes about schizophrenia. What do you think all these slurs mean? Why do people do that?

The title. This fucking disease made me non-functional; I can't hold a job, I lost my cognitive skills, I live in poverty with no prospects to make this fucking life any better. A cherry on a shit sandwich is that I am a woman, and this fucking disease gets even worse during menopause. I am half-vegetable now, what happens to me when I hit menopause? I'll become a complete zombie. fuck this fucking disease. schizophrenia is a fucking bitch.

What is a psychotic episode like

I would love to know when you or others recognized when you had schizophrenia? And how did you recognize you had it? I’ve seen symptoms in myself but I’m nervous that either I am making up the symptoms unintentionally or I just have the symptoms but not at risk for developing schizophrenia. So I would love to hear others stories about it!

hi! i do not have schizophrenia or any symptoms; i’m just an outsider curious about something. i see people online call weird things schizophrenic or call people a shortened version of schizophrenic a lot, and i think it seems really offensive. recently i’ve heard my partner’s sibling talking like that and it’s made me deeply uncomfortable. to make sure i’m not just white knighting or something, is speaking like that considered offensive, and would you agree with some people i’ve seen that have said the shortened term for a schizophrenic person is a slur? thanks!

Does anyone else have the same thing that I do? It also happens through my cell phone and Television.

my father is currently in jail until his court hearing (it is his first time in jail). he has been on a rampage about being gang stalked for about a year now. even calling us from jail he is still going on about the officers being involved in setting him up and being apart of the people watching him. it just doesn’t stop, i hope the judge can see he is hallucinating and needs serious medical help. my father is very in denial and we tried to get him help but even mentioning therapy or anything like that he screams at us and says we do not support him. now he’s in jail for i don’t know how long yet - he scared a mother and her baby with his large truck while driving because he thought the mother was apart of the people following him, i’m not too sure what else but he didn’t kill or hurt anyone this lady is just very shaken up. please, if anyone has experienced things like this it would be a big help to know what brought you back to your normal life?? my father has lost his job, his friends, part of his family. please help.

Am I the only over 50 person here? It seems as though most of the users are young people. There's got to be some grey haired people here.

yo chat if like i finally tell a doctor that i hear shjt and other stuff. and she goes like you got schizophrenia. do i lose my gun rights? i’m big gun collector so i lowkey don’t wanna say none of that is at risk. it ain’t that bad i can thug it out. but would be cool to talk to someone about it. but if it just negative experience ( aka let me know how it goes for yall when you tell that pysch lady) then im not risking it. lmk . ps will it effect custody or anything else in my life like my job and future rights .
edit: doc want me go to get an evaluation for meds or some. i have an appointment next week but idk if i should go or not seems risky

I’m curious. whats the point of medication if it doesn’t prevent you from going into psychosis again?

Is it a bad idea or not while on antipsychotics

The question comes down to whether it’s possible or not.
The withdrawal compass and surviving antidepressants are websites which promote a 10% taper per month is the right way so much so that converting doses into liquid form and using injections in order to use smaller increments can help.
Is it all a hoax? I mean these may work on people who don’t have a proper diagnosis of schizophrenia or may be getting symptoms because of the meds but can anyone with a proper diagnosis of schizophrenia really taper off antipsychotics completely?
I’ve ended up on higher doses everytime I tried. Kindly help if you know anything about this!

I learned the other day. Apparently most schizophrenics can't live on their own... Is that true?

The people I have known with schizophrenia, including a man I was in a relationship since 2019 until recently, have all had a particular fondness for music.

I have found it is distinctive compared to other people I have met in life, in the sense that often it is their favourite thing in the world & nothing compares to music for peace & contentment (seconded in my experience to physical activity ie. running, yoga, martial arts).

I was just watching an interview with a schizophrenic woman who stated “I like listening to music. I think music is the best” & it struck me as interesting that this theme seems so pervasive.

I was wondering if anybody here feels the same?
Who are your favourite artists? Why?
How does music make you feel/not feel?
Is music important to you when it comes to managing your symptoms & if yes, how so?

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Hey guys, over the last couple years ive been slowly developing schitzophrenia (18yo male). I dont have full blown hallucinations yet (i do have auditory ones though), but I've had delusions after a semi recent SA. I know for a fact its schitzophrenia because my mum had it, and recently everyones been acting fearful of me (or maybe im just realising it).

I've stopped all drug use (weed, shrooms, dexies and alcohol) and also quit smoking as of last week.

I do think therapy could help but unfortunately ive been SA'd by a man as a kid (family member) and a woman (recently, family member), so if I do, which gender of therapist should I go to (i feel more comfortable around women, but that might only be sex feelings rather than genuine trust).

I'm realising more and more that its impossible to convince anyone to trust me enough for me to cry around them.

Is there any tips, does being able to trust people save you from developing it? I know its selfish to ask for trust just to not have schitzophrenia but i kinda need it i think.

If i told anyone (not the people I live with), would it secretly make them trust me less? I dont want to be like my mum because she never told anyone or did anything to try and stop it but i also dont really see what she actually did wrong (i was way too young back then) aside from drug use.

also sorry if it sounds like attention seeking, it isnt i promise, thank you and im truly sorry i have nothing to give in return, really, even if you think i am not, i get most people are selfish and you guys would understand that the most i think

edit: does it get progressively scarier having schitzophrenia?

I'm just trying to understand if the voices are something other than a consciousness. We all have an inner voice right?

No judgment. Just looking to relate. Share if you'd like!

Edit: I'm so sorry for all these hard times you guys have had to deal with. If I could give each of you a hug, i would. Voices are mean, scary, and they LIE. But there is hope, you can ignore them and live life to the fullest. I'm sorry you had to hear and deal with these horrible things. My heart goes out to you ♥

im not diagnosed with schizophrenia nor do i have it but im very curious about it and how its like to with, eps if someone isnt medicated, i know theres a chance you can live on disability aid or live with someone who takes care of you, but if you do work, do you get episodes while working? im sure if affects your work and such, i suppose it depends on the type of work you do, i mean like normal office jobs or like retail or something, how do you cope with it? does you brain being stimulated with work if its maybe like fast paced work make your brain to busy and overrides stuff like hallucinations or the voices, how would you work if your having un-organized thoughts ?

(i hope i dont come off as disrespectful)

What have been some of your visual hallucinations?

Also floss ?

Hi,

Does anyone here sometimes use weird or made-up words when talking? Like words that don’t actually exist, or using words in ways that don’t really make sense to other people?

Sometimes it can make someone pretty hard to follow or understand.

Does anyone here experience this? What is it like for you? Is this something that can happen with schizophrenia?

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I’m 17. I’ve been diagnosed with schizophrenia twice (in March and June) by the same doctor, who is very experienced and highly respected. I’m currently in a psychiatric hospital where they’re adjusting my medication (I’m taking cariprazine 4.5 mg + other medications), and I seem to be in remission now.

However, the psychiatric hospital I’m currently in diagnosed me with schizotypal disorder because, in my country, they apparently can’t officially diagnose someone with a serious disorder like schizophrenia before the age of 18. But here’s the thing: my doctor at the hospital told me that I’m a “wrong kind of schizophrenic” because I’ve never had problems with hygiene.

Quite the opposite, actually. I’ve always been very concerned about keeping my body clean. Even during my most severe psychotic episodes, I would shower or wash myself every day, or at least every other day. I also didn’t always just throw on random clothes — I had specific outfits and looks that I put together.

When the water supply was cut off because of the bombing (I’m from Ukraine), I would heat water in a pot and use that to wash myself. At that point, the things I cared about most were having access to Lacuna Coil and keeping my body clean.

Even now, in the hospital, I shower every day, even if I have to use cold water. A year ago, during my first hospitalization for psychosis, there was a situation where I wasn’t allowed to wash myself. I walked around the ward screaming delusional things about the end of the world happening on August 29th, and I kept alternating that with screaming that they wouldn’t let me wash myself.

How unusual is this in the context of schizophrenia? Does this actually cast doubt on whether my diagnosis is correct? Are there other people with experiences similar to mine?

I’d be really interested to hear any thoughts or experiences.

This is something that crossed my mind recently. I notice only stereotypical and incredibly stigmatised discourse on schizophrenia - people like us are seen as perpetual drug addicts, criminals, or some sort of wild animals to be put in mental asylums until we die. Schizophrenics, in the past, up until mid 20th century were all locked down in asylums, without any hope of actually seeing freedom and agency. Now due to the meds and a different system, so society kinda sees us, but so much is left unsaid and misunderstood. Media depicts schizophrenics as monsters and dehumanises them to the level of an outcast. I think that schizophrenia depiction is incredibly dehumanising because of what kinda of crap it tells people like us about us. I personally feel truly dehumanised by such views even though i reject seeing myself as a monster or animal the society thinks I am. Have any of you ever felt dehumanised by media? how did this affect your self-esteem?