News of Psychotic Disorders

I was diagnosed with schizophrenia 1 year ago, for complicated reasons I am unable to get those files transfered (ex-different continent.)

I've been seeing new psychs for about 3-4 months now. I told them I was diagnosed and they shake there head and say, 'No, I don't believe it.'
They say that by JUST BY TALKING TO ME I DO NOT HAVE SCHIZOPHRENIA. They diagnosed me with borderline personality disorder and told my family I ...

I've been having sudden intense fears or 'fantasies'...I don't know what they are...
I was up all night last night (insomnia) and suddenly I had the vision in my head of my kitten drowned in the toilet downstairs. I was SO sure this was real and was shaking and crying too scared to go down and check because I was sure it was true, or by walking down the stairs it would become true. I've ...

"Most Americans are unaware that the World Health Organization (WHO) has repeatedly found that long-term schizophrenia outcomes are much worse in the USA and other developed countries than in poor ones such as India and Nigeria, where relatively few patients are on anti-psychotic medications. In undeveloped countries, nearly two-thirds of schizophrenia patients are doing fairly well five years after initial diagnosis; about 40% have basically recovered. But in the USA and other developed countries, most ...

All the books i have and everything i read about schizophrenia, it always mentions somewhere along, that schizophrenia is not schizoaffective disorder. I have the book "surviving schizophrenia" There is only one, little, 2-page chapter in all the 500 pages about schizoaffective disorder. This irritates me....the two are so similar. Actually, schizophrenia IS schizoaffective disorder...or so it seems. But schizoaffective disorder is not schizophrenia (it's like that whole "a rectangle is a square, but a ...

I got your emails, but there is something wrong with my emailing....i am unable to respond to any of the emails i get. It just keeps freezing up on me. I don't know when i'll be able to get it working again. I might have to get a new internet service...i've been having problems with my connection too.

i read your personal story. It's very interesting. Sorry you have gone through all that.

well, hopefully ...

After my third episode, I have been degrading slowly, and the medication does not help against interjected thoughts and delusions. I believe that I am being tracked down and abducted by aliens, especially during periods that I am not on my meds. I had really bad blackouts and hallucinations the last time i was in the hospital. The pills dont work very well. I still have freeform (colors, spots, lines, and images moving or undulating) ...

In 1976 Julian Jaynes proposed in his book The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind that man had no consciousness until 1000 BC.2 According to the Jaynes' hypothesis, between 10 000 and 1000 BC the bicameral mind operated in humans. The left hemisphere was the site for speech, and the right hemisphere was the site for hallucinations that expressed voices and commands of gods and demons. Hallucinations were a normal phenomenon. ...

I lack faith in humanity

it appears to be a cruel world

how do the #####& get away with it?

I had an EEG test done about 2 weeks ago now...They said they would have the results in 10 days...I never received a call or any info on the results...I assume this is a good sign and nothing weird turned up...Am I right?
My condition right now is preventing me from calling in to check or contact them...
Is no news always good news with these things?

Have any of you ever been into 'the dark arts', like voodoo, curses, etc?
Years ago I was involved in lots of 'black magick' and I was actually very successful with curses/spells. Now I feel like I'm paying for it...I became ill and delusional not long after putting an end to casting magick...
I find myself wondering if I have these demons in my head now because of all the $#%^ I've messed with...Anyone relate?