[yunjaery]

i don't think i have schizophrenia but i have been taking medication ( saphris 5mg) for 2 years because my parents forced me to take it. my parents took me to see a psychiatrist because i have sleep problem, i could only get like 5-6 hours of sleep a day. then i was diagnosed with mild schizophrenia because i'm very sensitive to sounds when i go to sleep, for example my ceiling fan squeaky sound when it turns, a cat that keeps scratching my roof, the noise that plastic bags made when there are wind blowing ( i can't stand all those sounds and need to make sure my room is quiet when i go to sleep). those sounds are proven to be real ( my parents hear it too) it can be very soft ( people just tend to ignore it) but my ears are really sensitive with sounds. those sounds are annoying to me and i can't fall asleep if hear them. my father alsp told the doctor that i'm suspicious that people hate me ( it only happen when i first got in university, in an unfamiliar surrounding. now i'm fine)

at first i didn't want to take the medicine because it makes me very sleepy and drowsy but i started to take them because i can fall asleep very quickly. at one point i started to treat that medicine as my sleeping pils ( i can sleep for 10 hours if i take that medicine)

the problem is now when i want to stop taking that medicine, i can't fall asleep. i can't stop thinking this and that when i lie down on my bed. i can only sleep when i take medicine. i want to stop taking it because i don't think i have Schizophrenia. i don't have hallucinations or anything, i think my only delusion is i can't fall asleep if i don't that medicine

Originally Posted by yunjaery

i don't think i have schizophrenia but i have been taking medication ( saphris 5mg) for 2 years because my parents forced me to take it. my parents took me to see a psychiatrist because i have sleep problem, i could only get like 5-6 hours of sleep a day. then i was diagnosed with mild schizophrenia because i'm very sensitive to sounds when i go to sleep, for example my ceiling fan squeaky sound when it turns, a cat that keeps scratching my roof, the noise that plastic bags made when there are wind blowing ( i can't stand all those sounds and need to make sure my room is quiet when i go to sleep). those sounds are proven to be real ( my parents hear it too) it can be very soft ( people just tend to ignore it) but my ears are really sensitive with sounds. those sounds are annoying to me and i can't fall asleep if hear them. my father alsp told the doctor that i'm suspicious that people hate me ( it only happen when i first got in university, in an unfamiliar surrounding. now i'm fine)

at first i didn't want to take the medicine because it makes me very sleepy and drowsy but i started to take them because i can fall asleep very quickly. at one point i started to treat that medicine as my sleeping pils ( i can sleep for 10 hours if i take that medicine)

the problem is now when i want to stop taking that medicine, i can't fall asleep. i can't stop thinking this and that when i lie down on my bed. i can only sleep when i take medicine. i want to stop taking it because i don't think i have Schizophrenia. i don't have hallucinations or anything, i think my only delusion is i can't fall asleep if i don't that medicine

My advice get your education first , then see how you get on. It looks like your on these meds as a precaution. If I were you id take the meds through college

[Sometimes psychotic]

My first question is whether the cat, bags etc are all real sounds....right now my primary symptom is hearing knocking....it could be real but it's often not. If I take a tape recorder and try to record it, it doesn't always record but sometimes it does. So your parents might hear some but not all of the sounds If it's real sounds I recommend silicone ear plugs they work great also anything to generate white noise like a fan will help. As far as the meds you should never quit cold turkey you need to start tapering usually with help....generally cutting the dose every six weeks helps, by 1/4 to 1/2 is about as fast as my docs tried but slower is often easier.

Originally Posted by yunjaery

i don't think i have schizophrenia but i have been taking medication ( saphris 5mg) for 2 years because my parents forced me to take it. my parents took me to see a psychiatrist because i have sleep problem, i could only get like 5-6 hours of sleep a day. then i was diagnosed with mild schizophrenia because i'm very sensitive to sounds when i go to sleep, for example my ceiling fan squeaky sound when it turns, a cat that keeps scratching my roof, the noise that plastic bags made when there are wind blowing ( i can't stand all those sounds and need to make sure my room is quiet when i go to sleep). those sounds are proven to be real ( my parents hear it too) it can be very soft ( people just tend to ignore it) but my ears are really sensitive with sounds. those sounds are annoying to me and i can't fall asleep if hear them. my father alsp told the doctor that i'm suspicious that people hate me ( it only happen when i first got in university, in an unfamiliar surrounding. now i'm fine)

at first i didn't want to take the medicine because it makes me very sleepy and drowsy but i started to take them because i can fall asleep very quickly. at one point i started to treat that medicine as my sleeping pils ( i can sleep for 10 hours if i take that medicine)

the problem is now when i want to stop taking that medicine, i can't fall asleep. i can't stop thinking this and that when i lie down on my bed. i can only sleep when i take medicine. i want to stop taking it because i don't think i have Schizophrenia. i don't have hallucinations or anything, i think my only delusion is i can't fall asleep if i don't that medicine

It does sound as though you were misdiagnosed. It seems that you may have insomnia rather than schizophrenia or any sort of psychosis. If you were schizophrenic you would be hallucinating in some fashion and you would probably also have some type of delusions. You would at least have one of them or possibly severe difficulty communicating.