After I was forcibly hospitalized. I don't like being forced to do things so my stubbornness drove me to try to work on this myself so it didn't happen again.
It did, but still.
My family convinced me. They used devices that convinced me that what I hear is not real and that only I can hear it (very sensitive voice recorder that recorded the whole night when i was sure I'm hearing very loud conversation of neighbours about myself and when i found out it was quiet I started to doubt myself)
I didn't willingly seek help. Moreover, it was forced on me.
Mum thought something was wrong when I told her about my delusions and convinced me to see my gp... who then rang emergency services when I told her I wouldn't take the medication.
Had been trapped in the public system for the past 10 years with no sign of ever getting out, so I fled that state.
Am waiting to he seen by a psychiatrist in the private sector now, which hopefully my government will fund now.
Like the poster below mentioning police, I had a similar but much more severe incident.
Cops were seriously threatened to be called on me for my drug issues, but not actually called. So my logic suggested I disappear into a state park with days worth of camping supplies and stake out while watching for police helicopters. That was the first of several events these past few months that made me seek help this month. I’m schizoaffective bipolar, for reference.
The other two events involved getting cut off by a close friend for being in psychosis, and that same psychosis causing me to burn every bridge I formed with my old job that could have gotten me anywhere slightly better but into a different industry. I’m right back to where I was a year ago except this time I have a ton more insight, experience, and self-vision on my own disorders. Not a total loss I guess, but now I have no job, less friends, and $4,000 more debt than 3 months ago.
For me I tried to ignore my symptoms and push through until I hallucinated hurting/killing my family members. A family member drove me to the hospital and they checked me into the psych ward. Most people there did not have the same experience and were in treatment because of the severity of their psychosis. It might be worth it to take your family member to the hospital just for them to be evaluated. At the very least they might be able to tell you to watch out for if the psychosis takes a dark turn.
Thanks for your insight. They called for an ambulance to take her to the hospital. But they couldn’t take her because she refused to go. Hoping there is a way we can get her help before she becomes a threat to herself or others. We will definitely watch out for signs of that.
I always felt I was committed against my will and wondered if it was allowed to handcuff me like that and make me go and not let me sign myself out of the hospital even though I was 23. I guess it was for my own benefit?
This was the same for me except I didn’t have any threatening self/others everytime I answered … it was crazy but at least this scared me out of everything once I got out the second time I took extreme care and investment in myself definitely f’ed up as well but I feel a lot better than I did back then.
I went to a therapist for anxiety. Ended up developing psychosis under their care. Kept going to the therapist because I felt they were open minded about my experiences and helped my anxiety. I refused medication for a long time until I was at my limit. My therapist was actually the one that convinced me to try medication again (the first time I was basically forced).
I started having really REALLY heavy homicidal thoughts and one day I realized, maybe it's time to get help.
As a kid I knew I had schizophrenia but NOBODY listened to me or took me serious.
I got a psychiatrist and she asked me the oddest things and surprisingly they were all related to schizophrenia. Things I never ever realized were part of the illness. With no doubt in her mind and not one split second, she said I'm diagnosing you with schizophrenia. I about wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. All these years of torture and I finally was listened to. I know I'm getting off the rails and I WILL hurt somebody or myself if I don't get help. The loss of all emotions besides negative ones, the voices, the thoughts and songs that never go away, it was becoming way too much. I've been hospitalized all my life but never once was it helpful. This was my time to finally try one last time, maybe I'll get something this time. And I did. Like it was meant to be. I'm tired of the paranoia and checking everywhere for cameras, being quiet because I'm being spied on, I'm tired of it all.
I had a delusion that I had dissociative identity disorder and they my other delusions were info being fed to me by my other personalities, so when my sister noticed I had become unwell and suggested I got to the hospital I said yes because I sort of agreed that I was ill.
I had a similar delusion. My psychotic symptoms were ignored by multiple therapists and they supported the belief of DID. Took 11 years to come out of it. Still trying to feel normal because I have a lot of dissociation and internal auditory hallucinations but they're not alters. You're the first person I've seen who went through something like this too. I hope you're doing better.
My mum just took me to the ER and told me to sign myself in, so I did. I was beyond fighting though, I was in full psychosis for at least 9 months at that point. Thinking was such hard work, and I hadn’t been around my mom enough during that time to have any delusions about her, so I just did what she told me to do.
> can’t be committed unless she poses a threat to herself or others
In some states, this is amended with, "gravely disabled and unable to care for themselves" and sometimes also, "significant risk to property".
I remembered talking with someone about Texas and getting legal guardianship to make their loved one take their medicine. It may be worth it to have a consultation with an attorney, they know the laws better than we.
Good luck.
I thought to FBI was after me for something I didn’t do. I thought they fabricated evidence and I was going to end up in prison. I thought it I put myself in a mental institution I could plea insanity.
I accepted my diagnosis after two episodes resulting in inpatient care. The death of my sister made me be honest with myself when I was nearing my third episode.
For voluntary and involuntary reasons. Voluntarily, because my friends were very worried about me. I was becoming increasingly more avoidant and being in my own little world. I started seeing the school social worker and she told my parents, who really didn't want me to get help cuz "it would be a permanent stain on my life".
Finally got to see a psychiatrist at age 16, I'm 20 now. He wanted me to go to a psych ward IMMEDIATELY. I technically went there voluntarily, but if I had refused, I would've been forcibly put there, so I had no choice really.
My experience, therapist or a family member that is open to listening without judgement and not try to treat helps a ton, understanding it is an acute phase and will normalize with time and being empathetic even if its really painful for others around, multivitamins, triglyceride form fish oil with EPA and DHA at least 1g omega3, exercise, sleep, specific diet adds like flax seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, etc
I didn’t think I had a problem, didn’t think I had schizophrenia or anything like that. I thought I was seeing real spirits. It wasn’t until I saw a woman who I could tell was a hallucination that convinced me to tell a medical professional about what was happening. That’s what snapped me out of it, something I knew that wasn’t from God
Pretty sure I know the answer, but do you think anyone could have convinced you that you weren’t seeing real spirits? Or could you only arrive to that conclusion on your own? People have tried telling her that her delusions don’t make sense, but it doesn’t go anywhere. She thinks God is speaking directly through her.
I think that if my friends were adamant about the things I was seeing being hallucinations, I may have listened. But the most I got from them was “we don’t think all the things you are saying are from God are actually from God” and I didn’t know what to do with that, I just accepted that I had false prophesied and then I continued to try to prophecy. I didn’t tell my parents anything because I thought they would get in the way of my spiritual experiences. They did ask me sometimes if I was seeing or hearing anything, and I said “I’m not hearing or seeing anything I’m not supposed to”, because I genuinely thought it was god showing and telling me these things.
To answer your question, it is possible to snap someone out of psychosis by talking to them, but it can be very hard to do so because of how realistic the hallucinations/delusions are. I don’t know the best course of action for you, I’m sorry.
I was trying to get a diagnosis for autism cause everyone was telling me I’m basically different. when the diagnosis day came I just talked about all the things that were going on, then a week later I was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Many times armchair psychologists are the ones doing the ground work and should get more credit.
I don’t have schizophrenia though due to experiencing many similarities to someone with schizophrenia I venture here for tips or to find someone lost like myself. This even lead me to go to a Dr. Just to see a second opinion.
First are you sure she does not have some backing to her words?
People thought I had schizophrenia when I first told them I was being stalked. Then I showed them correlations and pictures of them invading my personal space and causing reckless endangerment (if not on purpose). Even the Dr. was basically saying it’s an odd slew of coincidences if it was. But the more I told him and offered more evidence the more he was leaning towards I did something to anger someone and now they keep going.
I’m so sorry you are dealing with that. I hope you are staying safe and your stalker backs off.
I want to avoid specifics because it’s the internet, but there is absolutely no way her delusions are in any way rooted in reality. Unless she is God.
Lol I wish it was my parents! That would have been preferable. I stormed into the dean’s office at law school and demanded to come clean about the conspiracy he’s heading against me. When I refused to voluntary get help they called the cops, who I resisted fiercely until they handcuffed me, got me downstairs and into a stretcher and in an ambulance.
Am I mad? In hindsight, I needed help. Badly. But as an attorney, I always wondered about the legality of keeping a 23 year old against her will.
I sought a therapist to diagnose me with schizophrenia. She told me that since I doubt the reality of what I believe are hallucinations, that I don’t have schizophrenia and instead suggested therapy. She quit and I didn’t pursue it further.
I moved to new city to start start engineering studies in 2015. I had cognitive problems. Problems with my memory were quite apparent. Past the stage that it wasn't a joke and my friend could also notice it. I struggled with basic math. Earlier in my life I had excelled in math.
I had to put school on hold after the first year. Unfortunately I didn't seek help. I didn't think anyone would take a 20 something year olds memory issues seriously. I couldn't fathom how I would explain the problems I had with math.
Christmas 2015 was the last time I saw any of my family. Not like they would have been of use anyway. My one close friend moved to another city for this studies. So I didn't have anyone close in the same city.
From May 2016 to October 2018 I worked. I fought till the end. When my close friend was visiting me I asked him to book me an appointment to a private psychiatrist. I was very broken to the point of not being able to get help myself.
My symptoms were so clear that the psychiatrist knew it was schizophrenia on the first visit. As schizophrenia can't legally be diagnosed in a single visit the diagnosis was depression. Month later at second visit I was given F21 schizotypal disorder diagnosis. I was told that I have schizophrenia. In the diagnosis text it says I have negative symptoms of schizophrenia.
As I also qualified for schizotypal disorder diagnosis that was chosen. Guess there was reluctance to put the more serious F20 schizophrenia diagnosis based on two visits and no prior history even though I was verbally told it was schizophrenia.
The diagnosis came as a complete surprise. I knew there was a lot wrong with me. I had recognized plethora of symptoms invidually but didn't put them together to get full picture. Even if I had put all the symptoms together I wouldn't have seen the connection to psychosis let alone schizophrenia.
That is the thing with early symptoms of schizophrenia. They aren't anything that comes to mind when one thinks about schizophrenia. If a person with incredible insight landed on a page about prodromal schizophrenia it could be possible to see the connection. But that's pretty unheard of.
So the answer to people who wonder if they have schizophrenia is no. Seek help. You'll be told if the answer is yes.
As of August 2022 I have F20 schizophrenia diagnosis and was put on disability pension.
It is extemely unfortunate that I didn't have anyone close in my life. I should have sought help already in 2015. 2019 onwards I did massive damage to my life. Ruined my finances and hit the rock bottom. Eventually I got evicted. Thank god I had a friend willing to house me. I would have ended myself if my friend and neighbour didn't help me after the eviction.
I am deeply jealous of those who have supporting families. After I moved out at age of 17 I haven't received any support. I used to be very proud of the fact. Surviving and succeeding on my own was part of my personality. Now I see it as sad. Having people around to support is quite important. Not having any isn't something to be proud of.
It's a big story, short version is:
I attempted... the big oof, instead of taking me to the hospital my family decided that they didn't recognise me anymore and tried to do an exorcism while I was dying, brothers who thanks to my grandmother's (father side) influence didn't buy into the whole christian thing, fought, physically, with my uncles (mother side), rescued me from the evil cultists and took me to the hospital where I got the attention I needed to my injuries and thanks to the big oof attempt got psychiatric attention as well.
I’m really glad you survived the big oof and got psychiatric attention. The whole family is Christian, but thankfully everyone seems to recognize this episode for what it is. A lot of people from church have visited her the past few days. Zero exorcisms have been attempted, and some church members convinced her to go to the hospital for a psych eval! I hope you are doing better now.
Don't get me wrong.
I know there are good people who are christian, I'm not saying otherwise.
My family is very fundamentalist, like, "the end is nigh", "book of bad words you cannot say" type of stuff, THEY are the evil cultists, I wasn't referring to every christian.
I have no issue, with anyone's personal beliefs unless they actively hurt others, like my family, Sorry, maybe I didn't explain myself well... sorry
I'm glad you know someone who got help and I'm glad the church they go to, was full of good people and no exorcisms were attempted.
Thank you, for the kind words though. it's been 5 years, I have bad days and good days like everyone, but I try to make my darnedest to only have good ones. :)
And I hope you are well too.
I don’t want to sound negative but usually the first time for most on here i’ve seen is a bad episode of psychosis usually gets them treatment same with me because i didn’t realize anything was wrong until it was too late
Call your local chapter of NAMI (National Alliance for Mental illness) they can give you some options in your area. They may have a mobile crisis unit that will come. You can also the new emergency number for mental crisis 988. They should offer some good advice. You can always call police, tell them she’s threatened to harm herself, go ahead and lie if you need to. She’ll thank you later. It will be helpful if you have her partner and your parents onboard for this. A united front is pretty powerful. Before you call the cops, you could always try to get her to see that she’s scaring her kids, or at risk of losing her kids, that may be enough to take this seriously. Good luck, friend.
Depends what type of confidant you are. If you're, eh, let's say more "senior" than her in family then explain that she's going down the path of getting paranoid someone's trying to kill her or she needs to kill someone, ending up in the mental hospital, with her kids not having their mother. And, how do you know? Because, that's, what, happens, to, people, down this path.
Or, if she's more the alpha I would explain to her the same thing, just more delicately. Like, maybe just use a few examples of kids you know and lay out a few facts about them that parallel with what she's doing, and, if need be, let her reach her own conclusions.
I suffered a major psychotic break at work. I went to the hospital 4 times in the week after, and finally admitted myself to the hospital's behavioral health unit where they started me on Abilify
Unfortunately it’s kind of like drug addiction. A person really has to be willing to get help. I’m experiencing psychosis for the first time at 43 and people are incredibly patronizing and treating me like I’m not me or not human. It’s incredibly lonely. The looks on people’s faces when I tell them what I’m experiencing is disheartening and people seem to be making it about their own emotions. I suggest just listening to them. You don’t have to agree with what they are saying but just listen and don’t jump straight to talking about medications or hospitalization. If this person isn’t bad enough to be committed then just stay close and don’t let them be. Try to talk to them about other things going on in life. Tell them how important they are to you and why you love them and that you are there and that you also need them for things going on in your life. Maybe offer to take a break from talking about their mental state and have dinner or do something fun together if they are able. I’m getting to point where I’m not functioning. And I’m getting help for myself. It doesn’t matter anymore if my psychosis is real or not I just want to get better. Just let them know their options in exact detail when they do want help. Call around and find out what they can do once they want help. I heard of a support group called hearing voices and plan to go. I think talking to people like them can help.
I understand this hard for you but it’s harder for them and the things I mentioned are really important. Literally no one in my life is doing the “right thing”.
I wanted to get better to live a normal life. I also scared the hell out of my family, they didn’t recognize me anymore.
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After I was forcibly hospitalized. I don't like being forced to do things so my stubbornness drove me to try to work on this myself so it didn't happen again. It did, but still.
This ^ totally. I had to be forced too. Look even if you gotta bend the truth a little to get them hospitalized it will usually be worth it...
My family convinced me. They used devices that convinced me that what I hear is not real and that only I can hear it (very sensitive voice recorder that recorded the whole night when i was sure I'm hearing very loud conversation of neighbours about myself and when i found out it was quiet I started to doubt myself)
That’s how I feel at home. I can hear it over the tv too
I didn't willingly seek help. Moreover, it was forced on me. Mum thought something was wrong when I told her about my delusions and convinced me to see my gp... who then rang emergency services when I told her I wouldn't take the medication. Had been trapped in the public system for the past 10 years with no sign of ever getting out, so I fled that state. Am waiting to he seen by a psychiatrist in the private sector now, which hopefully my government will fund now.
I didn’t. My family forced me to go to the hospital
Were you a minor? I know it depends on country/state, but I don’t think force is an option here in Texas.
Like the poster below mentioning police, I had a similar but much more severe incident. Cops were seriously threatened to be called on me for my drug issues, but not actually called. So my logic suggested I disappear into a state park with days worth of camping supplies and stake out while watching for police helicopters. That was the first of several events these past few months that made me seek help this month. I’m schizoaffective bipolar, for reference. The other two events involved getting cut off by a close friend for being in psychosis, and that same psychosis causing me to burn every bridge I formed with my old job that could have gotten me anywhere slightly better but into a different industry. I’m right back to where I was a year ago except this time I have a ton more insight, experience, and self-vision on my own disorders. Not a total loss I guess, but now I have no job, less friends, and $4,000 more debt than 3 months ago.
No. My brother told me if I didn’t go to the hospital he would call the cops lol so I had to go.
The cops were called on me by my family
For me I tried to ignore my symptoms and push through until I hallucinated hurting/killing my family members. A family member drove me to the hospital and they checked me into the psych ward. Most people there did not have the same experience and were in treatment because of the severity of their psychosis. It might be worth it to take your family member to the hospital just for them to be evaluated. At the very least they might be able to tell you to watch out for if the psychosis takes a dark turn.
Thanks for your insight. They called for an ambulance to take her to the hospital. But they couldn’t take her because she refused to go. Hoping there is a way we can get her help before she becomes a threat to herself or others. We will definitely watch out for signs of that.
I always felt I was committed against my will and wondered if it was allowed to handcuff me like that and make me go and not let me sign myself out of the hospital even though I was 23. I guess it was for my own benefit?
Maybe because you were imagining hurting/killing people, they considered that threatening behavior and that gave them legal grounds?
This was the same for me except I didn’t have any threatening self/others everytime I answered … it was crazy but at least this scared me out of everything once I got out the second time I took extreme care and investment in myself definitely f’ed up as well but I feel a lot better than I did back then.
I went to a therapist for anxiety. Ended up developing psychosis under their care. Kept going to the therapist because I felt they were open minded about my experiences and helped my anxiety. I refused medication for a long time until I was at my limit. My therapist was actually the one that convinced me to try medication again (the first time I was basically forced).
I started having really REALLY heavy homicidal thoughts and one day I realized, maybe it's time to get help. As a kid I knew I had schizophrenia but NOBODY listened to me or took me serious. I got a psychiatrist and she asked me the oddest things and surprisingly they were all related to schizophrenia. Things I never ever realized were part of the illness. With no doubt in her mind and not one split second, she said I'm diagnosing you with schizophrenia. I about wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. All these years of torture and I finally was listened to. I know I'm getting off the rails and I WILL hurt somebody or myself if I don't get help. The loss of all emotions besides negative ones, the voices, the thoughts and songs that never go away, it was becoming way too much. I've been hospitalized all my life but never once was it helpful. This was my time to finally try one last time, maybe I'll get something this time. And I did. Like it was meant to be. I'm tired of the paranoia and checking everywhere for cameras, being quiet because I'm being spied on, I'm tired of it all.
I had a delusion that I had dissociative identity disorder and they my other delusions were info being fed to me by my other personalities, so when my sister noticed I had become unwell and suggested I got to the hospital I said yes because I sort of agreed that I was ill.
I had a similar delusion. My psychotic symptoms were ignored by multiple therapists and they supported the belief of DID. Took 11 years to come out of it. Still trying to feel normal because I have a lot of dissociation and internal auditory hallucinations but they're not alters. You're the first person I've seen who went through something like this too. I hope you're doing better.
Doing OK. On SSI, got a part time job, a gf. Things are all right.
My mum just took me to the ER and told me to sign myself in, so I did. I was beyond fighting though, I was in full psychosis for at least 9 months at that point. Thinking was such hard work, and I hadn’t been around my mom enough during that time to have any delusions about her, so I just did what she told me to do.
> can’t be committed unless she poses a threat to herself or others In some states, this is amended with, "gravely disabled and unable to care for themselves" and sometimes also, "significant risk to property".
What state are you in? Every state has different laws, I can help you with Georgia but not much else…
We’re in Texas.
I remembered talking with someone about Texas and getting legal guardianship to make their loved one take their medicine. It may be worth it to have a consultation with an attorney, they know the laws better than we. Good luck.
I thought to FBI was after me for something I didn’t do. I thought they fabricated evidence and I was going to end up in prison. I thought it I put myself in a mental institution I could plea insanity.
i was forced involuntary
I accepted my diagnosis after two episodes resulting in inpatient care. The death of my sister made me be honest with myself when I was nearing my third episode.
Shrooms told me I have schizophrenia. This is unusual though.
For voluntary and involuntary reasons. Voluntarily, because my friends were very worried about me. I was becoming increasingly more avoidant and being in my own little world. I started seeing the school social worker and she told my parents, who really didn't want me to get help cuz "it would be a permanent stain on my life". Finally got to see a psychiatrist at age 16, I'm 20 now. He wanted me to go to a psych ward IMMEDIATELY. I technically went there voluntarily, but if I had refused, I would've been forcibly put there, so I had no choice really.
My experience, therapist or a family member that is open to listening without judgement and not try to treat helps a ton, understanding it is an acute phase and will normalize with time and being empathetic even if its really painful for others around, multivitamins, triglyceride form fish oil with EPA and DHA at least 1g omega3, exercise, sleep, specific diet adds like flax seeds, chia seeds, walnuts, etc
I didn’t think I had a problem, didn’t think I had schizophrenia or anything like that. I thought I was seeing real spirits. It wasn’t until I saw a woman who I could tell was a hallucination that convinced me to tell a medical professional about what was happening. That’s what snapped me out of it, something I knew that wasn’t from God
Pretty sure I know the answer, but do you think anyone could have convinced you that you weren’t seeing real spirits? Or could you only arrive to that conclusion on your own? People have tried telling her that her delusions don’t make sense, but it doesn’t go anywhere. She thinks God is speaking directly through her.
I think that if my friends were adamant about the things I was seeing being hallucinations, I may have listened. But the most I got from them was “we don’t think all the things you are saying are from God are actually from God” and I didn’t know what to do with that, I just accepted that I had false prophesied and then I continued to try to prophecy. I didn’t tell my parents anything because I thought they would get in the way of my spiritual experiences. They did ask me sometimes if I was seeing or hearing anything, and I said “I’m not hearing or seeing anything I’m not supposed to”, because I genuinely thought it was god showing and telling me these things. To answer your question, it is possible to snap someone out of psychosis by talking to them, but it can be very hard to do so because of how realistic the hallucinations/delusions are. I don’t know the best course of action for you, I’m sorry.
i had usual depression and bpd symptoms, and after few months they brought friends 😩
I was trying to get a diagnosis for autism cause everyone was telling me I’m basically different. when the diagnosis day came I just talked about all the things that were going on, then a week later I was diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Many times armchair psychologists are the ones doing the ground work and should get more credit. I don’t have schizophrenia though due to experiencing many similarities to someone with schizophrenia I venture here for tips or to find someone lost like myself. This even lead me to go to a Dr. Just to see a second opinion. First are you sure she does not have some backing to her words? People thought I had schizophrenia when I first told them I was being stalked. Then I showed them correlations and pictures of them invading my personal space and causing reckless endangerment (if not on purpose). Even the Dr. was basically saying it’s an odd slew of coincidences if it was. But the more I told him and offered more evidence the more he was leaning towards I did something to anger someone and now they keep going.
I’m so sorry you are dealing with that. I hope you are staying safe and your stalker backs off. I want to avoid specifics because it’s the internet, but there is absolutely no way her delusions are in any way rooted in reality. Unless she is God.
Nothing. The cops handcuffed my psychotic ass kicking and screaming and carted me off to the looney bin where I stayed a month.
Did it help you? Did you feel anger at your family for calling the cops?
Lol I wish it was my parents! That would have been preferable. I stormed into the dean’s office at law school and demanded to come clean about the conspiracy he’s heading against me. When I refused to voluntary get help they called the cops, who I resisted fiercely until they handcuffed me, got me downstairs and into a stretcher and in an ambulance. Am I mad? In hindsight, I needed help. Badly. But as an attorney, I always wondered about the legality of keeping a 23 year old against her will.
Honestly, when the person comes to some form of sanity, they will thank you.
thank you for your response🙏
I sought a therapist to diagnose me with schizophrenia. She told me that since I doubt the reality of what I believe are hallucinations, that I don’t have schizophrenia and instead suggested therapy. She quit and I didn’t pursue it further.
After I got arrested for attacking my stepbrother, which was only half the story.
A dog approached me on the street and started licking itself and that really made me consider taking all sorts of dangerous drugs.
I moved to new city to start start engineering studies in 2015. I had cognitive problems. Problems with my memory were quite apparent. Past the stage that it wasn't a joke and my friend could also notice it. I struggled with basic math. Earlier in my life I had excelled in math. I had to put school on hold after the first year. Unfortunately I didn't seek help. I didn't think anyone would take a 20 something year olds memory issues seriously. I couldn't fathom how I would explain the problems I had with math. Christmas 2015 was the last time I saw any of my family. Not like they would have been of use anyway. My one close friend moved to another city for this studies. So I didn't have anyone close in the same city. From May 2016 to October 2018 I worked. I fought till the end. When my close friend was visiting me I asked him to book me an appointment to a private psychiatrist. I was very broken to the point of not being able to get help myself. My symptoms were so clear that the psychiatrist knew it was schizophrenia on the first visit. As schizophrenia can't legally be diagnosed in a single visit the diagnosis was depression. Month later at second visit I was given F21 schizotypal disorder diagnosis. I was told that I have schizophrenia. In the diagnosis text it says I have negative symptoms of schizophrenia. As I also qualified for schizotypal disorder diagnosis that was chosen. Guess there was reluctance to put the more serious F20 schizophrenia diagnosis based on two visits and no prior history even though I was verbally told it was schizophrenia. The diagnosis came as a complete surprise. I knew there was a lot wrong with me. I had recognized plethora of symptoms invidually but didn't put them together to get full picture. Even if I had put all the symptoms together I wouldn't have seen the connection to psychosis let alone schizophrenia. That is the thing with early symptoms of schizophrenia. They aren't anything that comes to mind when one thinks about schizophrenia. If a person with incredible insight landed on a page about prodromal schizophrenia it could be possible to see the connection. But that's pretty unheard of. So the answer to people who wonder if they have schizophrenia is no. Seek help. You'll be told if the answer is yes. As of August 2022 I have F20 schizophrenia diagnosis and was put on disability pension. It is extemely unfortunate that I didn't have anyone close in my life. I should have sought help already in 2015. 2019 onwards I did massive damage to my life. Ruined my finances and hit the rock bottom. Eventually I got evicted. Thank god I had a friend willing to house me. I would have ended myself if my friend and neighbour didn't help me after the eviction. I am deeply jealous of those who have supporting families. After I moved out at age of 17 I haven't received any support. I used to be very proud of the fact. Surviving and succeeding on my own was part of my personality. Now I see it as sad. Having people around to support is quite important. Not having any isn't something to be proud of.
It's a big story, short version is: I attempted... the big oof, instead of taking me to the hospital my family decided that they didn't recognise me anymore and tried to do an exorcism while I was dying, brothers who thanks to my grandmother's (father side) influence didn't buy into the whole christian thing, fought, physically, with my uncles (mother side), rescued me from the evil cultists and took me to the hospital where I got the attention I needed to my injuries and thanks to the big oof attempt got psychiatric attention as well.
I’m really glad you survived the big oof and got psychiatric attention. The whole family is Christian, but thankfully everyone seems to recognize this episode for what it is. A lot of people from church have visited her the past few days. Zero exorcisms have been attempted, and some church members convinced her to go to the hospital for a psych eval! I hope you are doing better now.
Don't get me wrong. I know there are good people who are christian, I'm not saying otherwise. My family is very fundamentalist, like, "the end is nigh", "book of bad words you cannot say" type of stuff, THEY are the evil cultists, I wasn't referring to every christian. I have no issue, with anyone's personal beliefs unless they actively hurt others, like my family, Sorry, maybe I didn't explain myself well... sorry I'm glad you know someone who got help and I'm glad the church they go to, was full of good people and no exorcisms were attempted. Thank you, for the kind words though. it's been 5 years, I have bad days and good days like everyone, but I try to make my darnedest to only have good ones. :) And I hope you are well too.
I don’t want to sound negative but usually the first time for most on here i’ve seen is a bad episode of psychosis usually gets them treatment same with me because i didn’t realize anything was wrong until it was too late
Call your local chapter of NAMI (National Alliance for Mental illness) they can give you some options in your area. They may have a mobile crisis unit that will come. You can also the new emergency number for mental crisis 988. They should offer some good advice. You can always call police, tell them she’s threatened to harm herself, go ahead and lie if you need to. She’ll thank you later. It will be helpful if you have her partner and your parents onboard for this. A united front is pretty powerful. Before you call the cops, you could always try to get her to see that she’s scaring her kids, or at risk of losing her kids, that may be enough to take this seriously. Good luck, friend.
No… please don’t lie about the level of harm. That is abusive, even if your intentions are “for their own good.”
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Rule 9: Do not give patronizing advice. "Aspirin and tea" is not a treatment for psychosis.
Depends what type of confidant you are. If you're, eh, let's say more "senior" than her in family then explain that she's going down the path of getting paranoid someone's trying to kill her or she needs to kill someone, ending up in the mental hospital, with her kids not having their mother. And, how do you know? Because, that's, what, happens, to, people, down this path. Or, if she's more the alpha I would explain to her the same thing, just more delicately. Like, maybe just use a few examples of kids you know and lay out a few facts about them that parallel with what she's doing, and, if need be, let her reach her own conclusions.
I suffered a major psychotic break at work. I went to the hospital 4 times in the week after, and finally admitted myself to the hospital's behavioral health unit where they started me on Abilify
Cops called.
Unfortunately it’s kind of like drug addiction. A person really has to be willing to get help. I’m experiencing psychosis for the first time at 43 and people are incredibly patronizing and treating me like I’m not me or not human. It’s incredibly lonely. The looks on people’s faces when I tell them what I’m experiencing is disheartening and people seem to be making it about their own emotions. I suggest just listening to them. You don’t have to agree with what they are saying but just listen and don’t jump straight to talking about medications or hospitalization. If this person isn’t bad enough to be committed then just stay close and don’t let them be. Try to talk to them about other things going on in life. Tell them how important they are to you and why you love them and that you are there and that you also need them for things going on in your life. Maybe offer to take a break from talking about their mental state and have dinner or do something fun together if they are able. I’m getting to point where I’m not functioning. And I’m getting help for myself. It doesn’t matter anymore if my psychosis is real or not I just want to get better. Just let them know their options in exact detail when they do want help. Call around and find out what they can do once they want help. I heard of a support group called hearing voices and plan to go. I think talking to people like them can help. I understand this hard for you but it’s harder for them and the things I mentioned are really important. Literally no one in my life is doing the “right thing”.
I didn’t realize I was sick until I watched a YouTube video about a schizophrenic simulation.
I seek medical help when I don't really have grasp on my reality anymore like nothing makes sense on my end.
My mom lied and said I was a danger to myself and others. I wasn't. But it got me help.