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Okay, so I know you're not supposed to look up things on the internet because they can be anxiety provoking and such more. But, I'm trying to explain exactly what is going on in my head, which in my mind could be like 50% OCD and maybe 50% something else. I'm just starting to tell myself it's all OCD like, obviously hand washing is a big one (which I have, not just stigmatizing OCD itself) for me. Putting things perfectly in line when anxiety strikes. Re-doing things. I get intrusive thoughts, but it's like I can hear them in my head. I had an appointment yesterday and the day before I was driving and in my mind I could see this guy in my car and he was freaking out and telling me "Don't tell them, or else you'll die like me!" I also have a hard time checking back into reality when these thoughts get bad. Sometimes I can actually hear things, but you know that "inner dialouge" everybody seems to have in their head, it's not my voice. Sometimes it is, like as I'm typing it right now. But it's a lot of the time males and females and triple tone robotic voices every once in a while. I feel like I've dug myself into a black hole with all this stuff and it's becoming very irritating. I feel like it's my fault for some reason, but I don't TRY and have these things happen to me. I just took Latuda today for the second time, but cut in half what the doctor told me to cut in half, lol. Low 10 mgs.
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Hello. In my unprofessional opinion (because I have no training whatsoever) that is seems like both. I am diagnosed with OCD, and the first half of your post was basically me. Intrusive thoughts are really bad for me. But the second half, in my unprofessional opinion, seems like schizophrenia, or some type of schizophrenia like disorder. I am not saying that this isn't part of OCD, and I am not trying to undermined or overexaggerate your symptoms, but I have never had someone tell me what to do in my mind. Sorry if this wasn't phrased appropriately. I looked up Latuda on Medscape and it is a second generation anti-psychotic used to treat schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. I have no idea if you are on any other medications, but it seems to me that you are only being treated for schizophrenia. I suggest you talk to your pdoc about OCD and get some treatment for that too. It may help reduce your symptoms from schizophrenia. I'm sorry if I said anything wrong. Hope this helps though ![]() Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
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