schizoid - changing to type 2 or 3 disorder?

Hey,
Ive been a schiziod for as long as i can remember and have been happily ignoring everything and everyone for years - but recently at work (factory worker) ive started to hear voices amongst the general chatter on the factory floor, and i think i may be turing paranoid (their out to get me etc....). How do i stop this? i dont fancy turning into a type 2 or 3 and always being anxious and paranoid etc. i just want to remain blissfully indifferent and detatched. doesnt look like medication or therapy realy works with any of the personalty disorders (as a schizoid i wouldnt go for that anyway hehe). am i doomed or has anyone got any tips for staying in the type 1 zone? thx.

I have noe medical knowledge whatsover, but it sounds to me like you're turning psychotic. As I understand it thats an occupational hazard for us schizoids.

I have received medication for voices in the head and paranoia and it works for me. They have no effect on the PD however.

What are the type 2 or 3 you're referring to?

Thx for your reply, Ive been reading what information I can find on the web about schizoid progression to more serious conditions and also found what you point out - ie that its 'an occupational hazard'. Forget what I wrote about type 2 & 3 disorders etc - I confused the various clusters (a,b,c) with other more serious conditions eg schizophrenia which is one of the psychotic disorders (I was very tired at time of posting - been typing up my sisters uni assignments).

You mention that you had 'voices in the head' - were you aware that they were imaginary, or did you believe they were real? Right now I think I have everything under control and dismiss any of my supposed delusions of people spying on me as just that. Is this what happened to you? Did the situation spiral out of control? What was the medication prescribed and is it only available by prescription? You say it has no effect on the PD - That I am a schizoid is not my worry. That I am turing schizophrenic certainly is! My delusions are currently only at work - never anywhere else - could you hear the voices everywhere or just in certain places or specific times?

Im content as a unemotional nobody who fades into the background and have no desire to cure my 'schizoidness' as it were, but people depend on my paycheck and there is little work where I live, so giving up my job is not an option despite the fact that my work place is seemingly the only source of my delusions. Paradoxicaly I could continue the way I have been and could turn psychotic/schizophenic and unable to perform my job and end up losing it anyway!

Thx again for your reply. Hope you can answer some of the questions i have asked you.

rl wrote:You mention that you had 'voices in the head' - were you aware that they were imaginary, or did you believe they were real?

The voices have always come when alone and so I immediately recognized them as my own brain screwing with me. The voice "sounded" just like a normal voice though so I might have been in doubt if I had been in a public place.

rl wrote:Right now I think I have everything under control and dismiss any of my supposed delusions of people spying on me as just that. Is this what happened to you? Did the situation spiral out of control?

It started as lack of trust in other people, escalated to thoughts about them spying on me and talking about me behind my back and from there it spiraled to full-blown paranoia and completely out of control. And all the time I considered myself the only sane and rational person around.

rl wrote:What was the medication prescribed and is it only available by prescription? You say it has no effect on the PD - That I am a schizoid is not my worry. That I am turing schizophrenic certainly is! My delusions are currently only at work - never anywhere else - could you hear the voices everywhere or just in certain places or specific times?

The medication was Zyprexa (Olanzapin) which makes me fat and lazy, but now I'm switching to Abilify (Aripiprazol) which supposedly won't make me a fatso and perhaps it also will make me function better at work. And before you ask:They are both hideously expensive.

rl wrote:Im content as a unemotional nobody who fades into the background and have no desire to cure my 'schizoidness' as it were,...

Exactly the way I feel

ps:

Yes, this type of medication is only available by prescription.

Thx. Ive thought about what you have written and I may be falling into the same abyss. I will leave it for as long as I have any hope that it will pass. I can ignore subdued voices on a factory floor, but if I begin hearing voices in isolation and become much more paranoid than I already am, I will go and see a doctor. At least I Know that there are medications that work (I live in the UK so I dont have to worry about the cost - I think).
Im very grateful that you have shared your experience and I hope the Aripiprazole works well for you.
Damn our wretched minds that toy with themselves

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