[skittles]

a few months ago i kept having this feeling like someone was watching me from my closet and also felt as if someone was always leaniing over my shoulder in my car ... it got so bad that i was afraid to go in my room by myself when it was dark... scared that something would jump out and grab me....... i know it sounds dumb but it felt so real ........ and now for the past 2 days ive been feeling as if someone is in my appartment... i just hope its not starting all over again....

[wi_fighter]

Do you think this has anything to do with abruptly stopping your medication three weeks ago? It might be worth considering.

[skittles]

yeah it might be..... i might have to talk to my pdoc about it

[Sarah116]

I have the same thing happen to me and I fact it happened today! Sometimes it even stops me from doing things I like or taking care of myself and sleeping. It can get pretty scary but I try to remind myself as my Doc says it is just a delusion.

[wi_fighter]

As much as I hate needing medicine to feel "normal," I take it anyway, because I hate how I feel off of it even more. But I only have to take one pill twice a day. If my regimen was more complex, I might have a hard time putting up with it too. I think it would be so much easier to take meds for mental health reasons if there wasn't such a stigma tied to it that "it's all in our heads." Well, duh, no kidding.

I like how one of my son's friends described his mom's anti-depressants. He goes "My mom has to take temper pills." hahahahahahahaha

[goldmaiden]

Have you heard that often schizophrenic people feel like they are being watched? I have had this symptom for a few years.

There's a good book about it called 'The divided self', not sure of the author. You may be able to find it in a library. I would really reccommend reading it, it really helped me feel better about my symptom.