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Old Oct 08, 2022, 08:56 PM
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Sounds like both….what have you been doing med and um supplement wise any changes?
Honestly, I flushed everything that is bad for me.. I'll take some time to recover. Tomorrow will be a better day...

I just want to do what my psychiatrist says.. and not use anything else.. I try but my mind is not like a normal patient.. I see what's happening to the world. 3rd eye thing, and what matters with that anyways.. People get deluded..

I don't want to be completely balanced. No one does.. or they wouldn't exist, be involved in life.. Except a Buddhist Monk or something.. I'm not ready for that type of thing. I'm some new soul, figuring it out... Some autism.

My sister + much of my family are old souls.

I don't want to cause people here much stress, just support and such.. Safe place - But remember! I'm harmless..
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Old Oct 08, 2022, 08:59 PM
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Old Oct 08, 2022, 09:14 PM
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Honestly, I flushed everything that is bad for me.. I'll take some time to recover. Tomorrow will be a better day...

I just want to do what my psychiatrist says.. and not use anything else.. I try but my mind is not like a normal patient.. I see what's happening to the world. 3rd eye thing, and what matters with that anyways.. People get deluded..

I don't want to be completely balanced. No one does.. or they wouldn't exist, be involved in life.. Except a Buddhist Monk or something.. I'm not ready for that type of thing. I'm some new soul, figuring it out... Some autism.

My sister + much of my family are old souls.

I don't want to cause people here much stress, just support and such.. Safe place - But remember! I'm harmless..

Are you still taking the olanzapine?

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Old Oct 08, 2022, 09:16 PM
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Are you still taking the olanzapine?

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Yeah it helps... I tried to stop 8 times. lol...

But no I'll stay on it for a good while..
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Old Oct 08, 2022, 09:31 PM
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Yeah it helps... I tried to stop 8 times. lol...

But no I'll stay on it for a good while..
Give it a couple of weeks….it may take a while to get over the withdrawal from everything….just remind yourself it’s only temporary every day.
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Old Oct 09, 2022, 09:22 AM
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I didn’t have any side effects from the fourth Covid shot aside from being really really tired yesterday and sleeping really good last night. I feel fine today

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Old Oct 09, 2022, 09:47 AM
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I’m hoping to graduate this month the care coordination program I’ve been in the past 5 or 6 years. Will contact my care manager next week and try to see if we can set up an appointment to do the graduation checklist thing they have to go over. Because I can arrange my own appointments now, get transportation if I need to, advocate for myself, I haven’t been back to the inpatient psych unit since late 2017, so I think I’ve made a LOT of progress. I was inpatient so many times from when I was 14 years old in like 2008 all the way to 2017. I did have to go to the ER like a year ago because I was paranoid and thinking my meds were poisoning me but they gave me something to relax me and I was able to go home.

I’ve managed my impulsive/reckless behavior, I’ve taken my meds very consistently, almost never miss a dose, stopped suddenly stopping my meds all the time, I’ve done a lot of self-care and built up a lot of coping skills. My moods are very level consistently thanks to my meds instead of extremely high or extremely low.

Just in general I’ve made a huge amount of progress. I still have symptoms sometimes obviously like anxiety/panic, paranoia, low moods, high moods, but not to the extreme that I used to experience all those things.

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Old Oct 09, 2022, 10:36 AM
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Some obsessions are good o.- Yeah I need a therapist.. Lately, it's just like I'm a completely different person. My mom is working rn.. All she does is work, and we live in this small place.. We've all made mistakes, gets us to here.. And I just need to think positively, like I do with telling people those small stories that I have.. Magical. And with the mind breaking, it's happened to me so much as well.. Olanzepine stabilizes me (For you, the clonazepam.. Which can be therapeutic for around a year or w/e) - Hopefully you can get off of it. I find it so hard to be without olanzepine (But it does really help with my cognition.. Which sucks cuz.. A bloody antipsychotic, helping cognition - I must really have a fried brain idk)..

But good things are to come.. I'll be going to Mexico ~6-7 weeks, bring all of my meds.., drink some alcohol, sit in the sun, surf with my siblings, buy things. I never felt stressed on vacations as a kid - It was so innocent and free (Like people say "I want to be a kid" but that means that you have to do what someone else says, have a structure - Which is a good thing idk)..

Magic basically.. That's what I want. If I'm going to have to feel pain/suffering, I want to be able to cry and get it done and over with.. But the longer we suffer, the more there's bad habits/obsessions, numbness feelings, giving up, hopelessness, learned helplessness.. And all that causes stress, weight gain, breaking down of cognitive processes, bad decisions (That's me, man... Or it was..).. I'm trying to improve myself lots! And it'll work.. But I do dwell, stay in the same place (But not as much anymore). People need insight, guidance, LOVE.

LOVE IS PEACE, and... Oh ****, all of the cliches that we read in quotes, like staring at shiny letters made up of suns/stars, rotating... trying to find the meaning about what to do - And it constantly changes, chase the rabbit down the hole, something bad happens, people break - Your clothing gets caught in something and pulls you back, you trip and fall.. Get back up is what we always do.. Sometimes (For no reason - But a higher dimensional one), it ends - For me, you.. a loved one.. A famous person..

What direction is the perfect arrow head pointing to with GENERAL humans.. Fame? Money? Love? Meaning? - It all fades, never happy.. If you're thinking about SCHIZ.. Idk what to say. I taught my mom a lot of things about schizophrenia, the mystical aspect.. I don't think I truly have it (That's what I hope) - If it's a divine problem or fault in the system of this infinite simulation, forever.. Or what life is - (That it's a paradox, and to find the meaning, use the positives) as everything isn't perfect, but also not imperfect..

I could talk forever and make some novel, meaningless scribbles.. But with time, things will get better. Hypergraphia? I like it.. We need to have fun, but also do the hard work to improve, update the mind/life (With forever, constant change..), and then celebrate again. The universe is a celebration..and also, evil destruction and disappointment. We will find a heaven/nirvana (Only if we're ready) but in the end, we are all lead to the same place.. It'll be wonderful, tragic, disturbing. It's ok - As long as there is content or acceptance.. And whatever follows after that ^-
I'm sorry if I triggered you in some way (not from this post, but your later posts perhaps).

Either way, I care about your wellbeing and everyone else's on this forum (that's why I continue to be an active member).

I try to offer my own experience as support, not necessarily as something that you ought to try or something like that.

You're a very insightful and intelligent person. It's also sometimes hard to see how someone's feeling just through text as well. Anyway, I just try to offer what I can to support others on this forum, and if that doesn't work, at least I made the effort.

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Old Oct 09, 2022, 10:42 AM
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Also I kind of think graphophilia is a good thing. Anyway...
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Old Oct 09, 2022, 01:15 PM
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Ever since getting on abilify I have had to eat a little more than I used to because if I don't I get very shaky and nauseous, I'm trying to learn to not feel guilty for that. It's like a physical requirement now that I eat more (I'm not talking massive unnecessary amounts of food) I just can't cut calories like I used to, I have to have more food than I typically would. I guess that's okay, I try to eat a lot of nutritious foods.

I'm gonna have my doctor test me again for diabetes just to be sure. When I see them next month. When I saw them last year and was tested I wasn't even in the prediabetic range. I just want to be sure because of meds and a family history of it

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Old Oct 09, 2022, 01:20 PM
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I bring food with me in my purse anywhere I go, because I'm always afraid I'll start getting really shaky and nauseous in public. So I make sure I have like a granola bar or something in there. Just in case. But in general I just make sure I eat regularly at least every 3-4 hours to stay on top of it.

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Old Oct 09, 2022, 04:29 PM
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Dang, that's too bad. I had a pretty nasty reaction to the latest Covid vaccine as well. I was tired for a few days and I couldn't teach one class I was supposed to teach. And I basically canceled all my plans for two days. Anyway, it was a bit rough.


Edit: oh, I read that as you got the latest one. I guess you haven't gotten it yet.
I got the 5th shot, last week, I got the 4th shot sometime last winter, I think. And I got sick for 4 days after the 4th.

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Happy day to you all!

I'm on Invega, Vyvanse, Dexedrine, atenolol, olanzepine, zopiclone, clonazepam and so..

I'll add pregabalin (75mg).. My pdoc said "You can take 2x a day" - But I stopped taking, cuz it made me feel "Dumb"/couldn't speak well.

I asked the pharmacist to restart it... I took a 2nd 75mg last night, and my resting heart rate went to ~100bpm, so I freaked out (Slightly) and fell asleep.

So today I took 250mg of phenibut (Which we're trying to replace with the pregabalin) and 75mg of pregabalin (Equal to 250mg of phenibut).

Things will go okay idk... That's my update.. My mom is working double shifts. It saddens me. I went to work today, was busy... But vacation soon.
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Old Oct 09, 2022, 09:47 PM
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Little sad. I wrote a bit on Snapchat.

8 weeks: Invega Trinza
Morning: Vyvanse, atenolol
Afternoon: Dexedrine, pregabalin
5pm: Olanzepine, pregabalin
Night: Zopiclone, atenolol

That'll work for now. Slightly addicted to alcohol.

I focus on these things too much - I get criticized all of the time (Especially the two times I went on the video chat). I used to be on the chat and just listen to crazy people. I felt alone. I've felt alone for such a long time.

That's why I did all of the things I did =]

And when I tripped.. After, I continued. I cried in front of my mom, she said "I know that you're truly sorry - Most people don't care when they do these things. It's really sad".
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No it's okay. My mom got me to take a picture of the full moon. The pregabalin is calming - No anxiety when people were walking by (First time that ever happened in my life). Just getting used to the effects.

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I think I did this last full moon too.
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Old Oct 10, 2022, 10:34 AM
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No it's okay. My mom got me to take a picture of the full moon. The pregabalin is calming - No anxiety when people were walking by (First time that ever happened in my life). Just getting used to the effects.

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I think I did this last full moon too.

It’s the hunters moon….there’s a festival in Indiana that celebrates it.

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Old Oct 10, 2022, 01:56 PM
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The negative thoughts are gone. 150mg Lyrica. Although I seem unbothered by everything.. It's great =]

Can get sad, but not irritably/suicidal sad or agitated/apathetic.
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Now I need to know what the hell to do with my life. 12m things. I do this every day though and then give up cuz there's too many directions.
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Pregabalin for anxiety in patients with schizophrenia - A randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study - PubMed
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All of these meds are super hard to get off of (If I were to stop) RIP
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Now I need to know what the hell to do with my life. 12m things. I do this every day though and then give up cuz there's too many directions.

I had this issue before I went back to school. I always say it was he fish oil but honestly it also helped to pick one thing to be forced to go after….it helped stabilize my brain.

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All of these meds are super hard to get off of (If I were to stop) RIP

No reason to stop…

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I had this issue before I went back to school. I always say it was he fish oil but honestly it also helped to pick one thing to be forced to go after….it helped stabilize my brain.

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I stopped the fish oil cuz every time I stop, the heart palpitations are completely gone.
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I had this issue before I went back to school. I always say it was he fish oil but honestly it also helped to pick one thing to be forced to go after….it helped stabilize my brain.

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Yknow I should tell my parents that I want to go to school.. See what they say.

But I need to wait until after the Mexico vacation - Cuz when I come back, I'll be more relaxed/content.. And I'll be sitting here (Like I am now..), yes.. enjoying the algorithm.. But all of the goals and such.. There's so much to do (And I can't attend to all of my interests in one day - More like a week..).

So with time, things will get better. Generally, I've improved.. Just I need patience, to enjoy the present too.. My mom takes me for hikes, skiing - She says "Be in the present, take it in" - And she's right.. When I look back on my unintentionally anhedonic carelessness (Wanting to be somewhere else/have a different life), I see great meaning in those times.. and want to go back.

And being in any relationship makes me anxious. I just want friends (Like in 2018) - Maybe I just need to go with the flow a little bit.. But also I want to participate in wOrLD ChANgE somewhat - To do with psychedelics a little? Consciousness?.. Big picture.. I'll try not to use too many of them in the process there.

What helped greatly was listening to podcasts.. Any random one.. Like listening to the radio (As when I was a kid, lying there in the dark..). If my moms ex didn't come into my life (And I didn't leave Ireland), I would have been diagnosed with autism.. And may have better cognition throughout - But so damn avoidant.. I would have broke maybe earlier in life.
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My dream job is neuropsychopharmacology - But unattainable (Unless I spend like 20 years). Need my brain to heal more? Time will tell.

I won't worry about the nukes rn cuz that doesn't make logical sense.
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