Guys, I can tell you what happened, can you tell me what you believe I have? I am completely recovered, though I do feel cold and wear a jacket, even in 60 degree weather, I'm always cold unless I exercise. I feel as though I have been misdiagnosed with schizophrenia, when in actuality I may have hypothermia with delirium.
I was living in Potsdam NY as a student during December 2013 to January 2014. During this time we hit the record lowest temperature of -37 degrees Fahrenheit.
I had tried to catch the landlord several times to pay rent, he told me to slip it under a door in an envelope which I was uncomfortable with, so I did not pay my rent.
I came home one day to a freezing apartment, and I had to make a choice: sleep here, or find a chair on campus, a 15min walk over snow and ice, a -37 degree weather walk away. I chose to spend the night bundled in a blanket in the heatless apartment.
I don't know how long I was there; how many days I went unheard from. It felt like weeks.
I woke up from I don't know how many 'sleeps' later to a booming voice. I tried to make it happy, it wanted me to prey and bow to God. I was atheist at the time, so I thought he had a right to be angry with me. After digging in the snow like he told me to, (terminal burrowing I believe it was) in next to no cloths (paradoxical undressing, though at the time I was certain I was wearing cloths though I didn't know how I acquired such a costume I thought I was dressed in) I went back to sleep.
Next I remember waking to a phone ringing. It was my parents, shouting they were coming to pick me up. I was shivering, which was odd as I no longer felt cold. The wolf shadow was on the wall, I stared horrified as it moved, afriad to look to the left to see if a real animal was in my presence. The booming voice kept shouting. When my parents came, I was moving slowly, limping, shaking, slurred speech and confused.
I was driven a many hour drive away, and days later admitted to the psyc ward for shouting incoherently at the sky. I was very, very confused.
I was diagnosed with psycosis and schizophrenia. I believe I had moderate or severe hypothermia with delirium. What do you guys think? If it is a misdiagnosis, what should I do to fix it?
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