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I am just wondering for those of you with schizophrenia how do you know when you can trust what your brain is telling you? I am not always quite sure. I generally second guess myself and think that maybe my instincts and thoughts are based on delusions.

I live in Canada and abilify is not yet available. So I need to buy it from a online pharmacy. Does anyone know of any online pharmacys that sell abilify for cheap? Both the original and/or generic?

Hi I'm interested if anyone has information on antipsychotic dosing? I've found that 200mg seroqual works for me. Also 7.5 mg Zyprexa is pretty good. Is 200mg seroqual = 7.5mg Zyprexa (or is it closer to 5mg (in terms of dose strength.) I'm planning on trying abilify. I've never tried it before but I'm guessing that 10mg Abilify is about the same as 200mg seroqual and 7.5mg Zyprexa (in terms of dose strength). Does this ...

I have two questions about Schizophrenia.

1. If a psychiatrist told a patient who was diagnosed with schizoprenia that his disease was chronic and that the symptoms would never go away if he didn't take medicine for the rest of his life, would this be medical malpractice? What if the patient who was diagnosed (possibly misdiagnosed) with Schizophrenia doesn't take his medicine and does return to normal? Is there anything that can be done about ...

Hi all,i have been on numerous anti,d,s over the past 12 years with little affect.I have recently seen a pdoc for the first time after taking 2 overdoses and been told i have resistent depression with paranoia,and mania and been put on Olanzopine 7.5mgs along with my ad ciprolex 20mgs.I,m finding that even though my anxiety and aggitation has got a lot better i still feel very low,unmotivated and don,t wish to spend time with ...

Starting a few months ago, I've had what I can only describe as having another 'presence' inside my head, I talk to it and it sometimes talks to me too. I usually feel comforted when it's there. All day today though, and last night, it's gone and my head is silent and I feel lonely because it's not there. I'm not sure though if I'm just making this up with my imagination or if this ...

I imagine if you come on here and you have this illness or something similar to you are kinda a weird person and have some weird ways of thinking. Well I do and I find them kinda amusing. Trippy $#%^ like when I'm masturbating I think I wonder how many people on my block are doing this right now or having sex. Or when I get high I think I wonder how many other people ...

Revisiting Schizophrenia: Are Drugs Always Needed?

New York Times

By BENEDICT CAREY
Published: March 21, 2006

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/21/healt ... schiz.html

Hi,

I started hearing voices just after my 20th birthday. I began getting very anxious and uncomfortable around people. And then I thought they where picking up on my anxiety and I began to get extreme fight or flight feeling. In order to compinsate I thought I could read peoples minds. Like they where thinking things lilke "this kid is really anxious", "his a bit wierd" and theings like that. Not all that bad but ...

If I believe there is something wrong with me can I have my doctor preform a brain scan? Does anyone know where I can get a brain scan in Upstate New York. (Near Rochester)