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Originally Posted by costello
The disease has four stages, taking 7 to 18 months to run its course: - The patient suffers increasing insomnia, resulting in panic attacks, paranoia, and phobias. This stage lasts for about four months.
- Hallucinations and panic attacks become noticeable, continuing for about five months.
- Complete inability to sleep is followed by rapid loss of weight. This lasts for about three months.
- Dementia, during which the patient becomes unresponsive or mute over the course of six months. This is the final progression of the disease, after which death follows.
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Stages 1 and 2 apply to me! Now I'm worried even more! I don't have a complete inability to sleep, but I can't sleep at night and only ever manage to sleep around 9am for 2-3 hours. Even then I feel I have to force myself.
I don't want dementia! That's for old people isn't it? Now what will I do. What can I eat to make me sleep more? I'm only taking Olanzapine 20mg, but not sleeping, I just met my Mental Health Team nurse today, she is nice and not like I first thought (I thought she was the police woman who arrested me!) and she said I am seeing a pDoctor for meds review in April but after speaking to me today, well I wouldn't call it speaking, because I can't manage a conversation, she seem more worried and said she needs to bring the review forward. My mum did tell her I stomp around all night, there was no need for her to say that about me, made me feel stupid.