News of Psychotic Disorders

Hello, my name is Doctor Jones, and I am a psychiatrist who specializes in the area of Delusional Disorder. You may not believe it, but I to suffered from Delusional Disorder at one point of my life. I will tell you about some of my delusions that I had at one point. At one point I thought that I was an alien called a Xenomorph who was trapped in a computer called Earth. The other ...

Hello, my name is Dr. Jones, and I am a psychiatrist. I know what all of you people are going through. It seemed like just yesterday when I was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Ever since I have had strange hallucinations and delusions. At one point it got so bad that I had to take a trip to the hospital because I thought that my cat was a robot who could track my brain waves and relay ...

i am just wondering about the progression of this illness. is it possible to experience mild paranoias that dont really bother you but sometimes do. sometimes i get paranoid that my psychiatrist has tracked my online progress to these boards and reads and analyzes everything that i say so sometimes i have to log out of my account and remain anonymous. sometimes i get social paranoias, like when i am in the school bathroom i ...

right now i am taking risperdal but i do not get it because i am not a schizophrenic or bipolor just depression with social anxiety disorder

Dear All,

Firstly a little about me. Im a 21 year old male and have had a similar problem in the past. I was totally normal (mentally) till the time I graduated from school. Then, in college I experimented and abused (for about a year) with marijuana and developed symptoms similar to the ones stated below. Anyhow, I have been off alcohol and marijuana for the past 2 years now. I just tend to smoke ...

Dear All,

Firstly a little about me. Im a 21 year old male and have had a similar problem in the past. I was totally normal (mentally) till the time I graduated from school. Then, in college I experimented and abused (for about a year) with marijuana and developed symptoms similar to the ones stated below. Anyhow, I have been off alcohol and marijuana for the past 2 years now. I just tend to smoke ...

Lately I have been experiencing a good deal of lethargy with no explained reason. My thinking has been muddier than usual, and I have found myself not as sharp. This has been going on for a few weeks now. I have experienced insomnia, random spurts of energy, random spurts of sweating, one or two occurences of racing thoughts, and an "odd" feeling about my head (like my jaw will all of a sudden go slack ...

I have been sufferring from DD - Persecutory for comming up 2 years now. Boy it's been a frustrating, unproductive and exhausting time.

After researching for so long and analysing my thoughts, tracing my past and peicing together my childhood it is all starting to make sence to me... I am still paranoid but I am homing in on the issue that plagues me and hope to have the confidence to confront it.

When I ...

Does anyone rearrange words or sentences by taking the syllables apart and putting them back together in a different order, and find some meaning in that?

For example, "A Trash Can" = "A Can Trash" = "I Can't Reach" = "I Can't Rush" = "I Rush Can't" = "Irish Candy" = "I Share Candy" = "I Candy Share" = "I Can't Shower" = "I Can't Show Hair" Etc.

I am wondering because before I was ...

HI everyone!
I am an Occupational therapy student interested in learning more about the personal side of schizophrenia. I want to be able to understand the major issues that people with schizophrenia or their families find most difficult! Please respond-any info is great and will hopefully make me a better OT in the future!