News of Schizophrenia Forum

Hi... I was talking with a friend tonight and some things he said have me concerned. He's 26, college grad but sort of drifting through life.

We were talking about that tonight, and he said things that alarmed me a bit, such as he doesn't trust his brain, he feels destined to change the world but doesn't know what he wants to do. Then the conversation turned and he said that he sometimes doesn't know ...

I'm just wondering if there is an age cut off for diagnosing schizophrenia. I know that it ussually affects people in there late teens and early 20s. Sometimes late twenties and early thirties but can it start later then that?

I have a friend that first began to have delusions in his late thirties (38). They went away after taking meds for a while and then he stopped taking the meds. Now at 40 he ...

Hi all,

First of all I have schizophrenia with comorbid OCD. Currently I take 240 mg of Ziprasidone, 30 mg of Abiilify, 10mg of Zyprexa and 20mg of Lexapro.

My problem is that I am unable to concentrate in something, I lose the concentration very easily, talking to people, reading the newspaper, ...

Can someone tell my what the is wrong here ?

this forum is under one of my usernames.i know it's not my forum,but why is it undermy username.here we go .not unless your username is beckyb6.the one who set it up.

I'm terrified that I may have schizophrenia. It's gotten so bad that I've developed panic disorder as a result and am currently being medicated for it.

When I try to go to sleep, I often have racing, random thoughts. I'm not sure if it's just that weird, edge-of-sleep kind of thing, or if it's something more severe. Sometimes as I'm going to sleep I'll "hear" something in my head. It's usually right as I'm falling ...

Hi all,

I was diagnosed with ocd together with comorbid schizophrenia and I am not sure about whether the OC symptoms belong to the schizophrenia or they are really part of OCD.

How can someone make the difference when diagnosing between having OCD or OCD together with SZ ?

Cheers,
Luis

Hi,

I found this forum from searching on Google. I've never posted here before and am a bit reluctant but I've got something on my mind and need to express it. I hope I'm welcome here.

NOTE: some people might find the contents of this post disturbing... especially if you're psychotic or recovering from a bad LSD trip or something...

I've got 'schizophrenia-like symptoms', apparently. I've had them on and off since I was about ...

over 2.2 million people are sz.and im one of them.the voices are going away now,but out of that 2.2 millon
25%make a full recovery
25 % live independly
25%need a network of support
15%hospitalized
10% dead

this is after 10 yrs of diagnosage
i don't know what category i fall into,everytime the voices are around me,i need a network of support.i don't think i need a network of support when they are going away.i feel ...

how can you hear voices with epilesy

Ive been suffering for about 6 months with serious mental health problems. These consist of increadible highs and devestating lows. I then became concerned everyone I knew was playing one giant joke on me. Then I thought they were out to hurt me. I feel Im over this now however I still cant truly trust anyone.

The serious problems started when I just walked out of college one day. I walked for 4-5 hours non ...