[MoonSunn]

Just wanted to thank everyone again for showing such a warm welcome this soon, being supportive and actively participating in threads

[martamiriam]

Originally Posted by DocJohn

Hi folks and welcome to our support group for people who have a schizophrenic or psychotic disorder and support for their loved ones and family.

If you're looking for helpful information resources on schizophrenia, you may want to check out our resource directory of reviewed schizophrenia and related resources online.

Welcome and I hope you find the support you're seeking here.

DocJohn

I haven't been on for almost six months. Things went from bad to worse in February in regard to my former schizophrenic boyfriend. He is the love of my life and as i turned 66 in May its definitely not a crush...I don't go to the clinic anymore as they just want to warehouse me because I cannot get over him...he filed another injunction against me and the jp granted it against me ex parte. I had written him several emails trying to get him to respond to me as he was blocking all attempts to contact him....he has been very delusional and hearing command hallucinations for the last almost two years and so there was a judgment against me. I was denied a chance to defend myself as she granted his injunction ex parte so I appealed it. I was able to shout over her at the end of the proceeding and voice my concern that as a paranoid schizophrenic he was dangerous and likely to hurt or kill someone. Imagine my shock and depression when I found out that due to my appeal he had hired a lawyer against me. This man who claimed to love me so very deeply just dropped me and hired an attorney. I am indigent and have no money but was able to write my reply brief to his attorney and am appealing it to the superior court. My goal is to get him involuntarily evaluated and hopefully committed though I am leaving the country if I can raise the rest of the money i need before the end of the year...I am hoping once I get the case against my ex straightened out and hopefully get an oral argument with this judge....he is a good judge and will be fair I hope as he has been in the past....I feel so sad and lost even after all of this time...Michael was the love of the twilight of my years and now I am so lost without him and lonely...HELP! If I take any more drugs for depression and sadness they will commit me for life..I don't know how to feel better. I am physically handicapped and live with my Asperger's son..I am going to be taking classes this fall but am so sad at times that I barely make it through the days...will I ever feel better? And can the judge have him evaluated based on what i said in the lower court? Or do I have to go to a hospital to do that? No one there was willing to do anything but now that he filed an injunction against me based on his delusions I hope that someone like this judge will have him involuntarily evaluated...

[Angelique67]

If anyone said those things about me, or threatened to have me committed I'd want them out of my life too.

[Macha84]

I have a friend who thinks a man(vocally) is possessing him. He believes this man makes him gag and screech. I notice it happens when he is stressed: ie talking on the phone , discussing the topic therapy(other than medication), when someone tries to gently tell him that this voice is unhealthy and to disregard it, and so on... He lives in a place where his medical health is somewhat overlooked and needs advocates. If anyone has any advice on how he can overcome this ( such as insisting on therapy or anything ) that I can bring to his "guardians" it would be greatly appreciated. Good luck and best wishes to all.

[TBowes22]

My voices (which are a doctor and a neuroscientist or something) sent electrical impulses through my nerves from an artificial neuron and it has helped me quit smoking??

[TBowes22]

They have me believing that I could get any job in this hospital that would otherwise require a BS or MS degree without going to school because I am a "genius". LOL does anybody else hear things that are similar to this?

[France16]

Hey people does anyone know any coping skills for the voices?

[Memphismayfire]

I JUST found out in schizophrenic, I'm scared, no one will listen to me, the voices HATE me, AND EVERYONE THINKS I'M FLIPPING CRAZY!!!!! What am up supposed to do?!? I can't do real therapy I'd have to do it online but I don't know where to go and I don't want to!!

[martamiriam]

Originally Posted by jjishere

Hattie: Also: Schizophrenia Definition - Diseases and Conditions - Mayo Clinic

Good luck. I hope things work out for the best and that he gets treatment that works soon.

my schizphrenic boyfriend told me he was deeply in love with me but he keeps filing restraining orders against me. The first one was dismissed but he filed another one six months later when I emailed him trying to get him to respond to me via email. He had his emails blocked and I didn't know that he was reading them in secret after they went to the spam folder. I am still feeling rejected and abandoned. we had been so close and it is now almost two years since he walked away from me and told me to stay away two days after telling me he was hearing voices to kill people. I am not sure if I will ever see him again and am despondent. I tried to kill myself seven times to no avail. My son kept calling the cops on me...I wish i was dead..

[123zagori]

Hello there...I am new here and I am very confused as to what's happening to me...I'm 15 years old (female) and some strange things have been happening the past few months...I have been hearing voices INSIDE of my head and they decide what I should do and what not.I'm scared of them because the one says she is a ghost and she can posses me and make me kill everyone I love and the other voice (a male one) says he's a serial killer and he will kill me when I least expect it.Lately (the past 2 or so weeks) I have been seeing things such as shadow people in the corner of my eye...When I look again they are not there and/or are just another object...Sometimes I even see them move when the object I confuse to be them is completely still.Then there is this girl around my age following me through refelctions...I don't know what's wrong with me..I am afraid of what they can make me do...They get me paranoid and angry for no reason...I tend to confuse reality and fantasy a LOT lately..When I go out to school I don't know what's real or not...What if this is more than just puberty?!..I'm scared...

[123zagori]

Originally Posted by Angelique67

If anyone said those things about me, or threatened to have me committed I'd want them out of my life too.

The same here

[WannaDog]

This is my first time to this site and am so glad to have found it. I have a question. What is going on when things, places and even people smell so very bad that I have to leave? Sometimes it actually smells like feces. Sometimes like musty and moldy. (I've had those checked out and no one else smells them.)
Yesterday my doc took me off Seroquel 300mg as it was driving my sugar up to the 400s and my blood lipids on the last panel to 1170. yes, 1170. I was on it for almost 6 months and am diabetic. We only learned of these drastic numbers last month when I did an A1C test and since, a metabolic panel.

He's ordered something for my sleep but for the next 3 weeks (or unless it gets really bad and I have to call him) I'm not going to have any anti-psych meds.

Have you heard of this odoriferous symptom before? I forgot to tell him about it. Just told him I haven't heard voices or felt paranoid in 6+ months.

[WannaDog]

Originally Posted by mymissouri

I have a family member who is under court order to find a job and treat his paranoid behavior. He found a job and has done very well at it, but he avoids going to a doctor and taking medication. Instead, he relentlessly spends his off time trying to find "proof" his illusion is real. If he fails to follow the court order he could very well be placed in jail. There seems to be no way to persuade him.

I am so sorry for you and your family member who suffers from this mental illness. You probably know that it will not go away by itself, and if triggered, could lead to a very serious outcome. He needs to seek help now to show the court that he is doing a program. If they put him in jail (the worst place for a mental patient, there is no knowing of how he will be treated by the other inmates and he will probably come out much more sick than he is today. I am speaking from experience with my sister. Denying that she needed help, that her psychosis was real but as long as she could hold down a job proved that she was ok, then having an uncontrollable fit of rage and disaster put her in the same place. I know you can't "make" him do anything but let him know that you've heard from someone who has already been there and jail is hell, I mean hell, for a mental patient in prison. They don't give you counseling. They only sometimes give you your meds, because they often don't have any in stock. And the violent inmates see who the mental patients are and taunt them, bully them, beat them, and rape them. He will become a victim. I'm telling you the truth and I know it isn't pretty but I hope it helps stir your brother on to seeking help before it is too late. T

[WannaDog]

I am so sorry for you and your family member who suffers from this mental illness. You probably know that it will not go away by itself, and if triggered, could lead to a very serious outcome. He needs to seek help now to show the court that he is doing a program. If they put him in jail (the worst place for a mental patient, there is no knowing of how he will be treated by the other inmates and he will probably come out much more sick than he is today. I am speaking from experience with my sister. Denying that she needed help, that her psychosis was real but as long as she could hold down a job proved that she was ok, then having an uncontrollable fit of rage and disaster put her in the same place. I know you can't "make" him do anything but let him know that you've heard from someone who has already been there and jail is hell, I mean hell, for a mental patient in prison. They don't give you counseling. They only sometimes give you your meds, because they often don't have any in stock. And the violent inmates see who the mental patients are and taunt them, bully them, beat them, and rape them. He will become a victim. I'm telling you the truth and I know it isn't pretty but I hope it helps stir your brother on to seeking help before it is too late. T

[pennyroxbury]

Originally Posted by hatty

i am trying to get some info i think my son is schizophrenic but i don't know for sure

Hey hatty, what sort of symptoms has your son been experiencing? Does he hear voices? Does he see things they are not there? Does he seem paranoid? like someone's out to get him? does he seem suspicious of you or other family members? I know how you feel

[CantCMe]

hatty, why do you think your son is schizophrenic

[CantCMe]

splinter. you are in the right place.
ever heard of master splinter????

[CantCMe]

Originally Posted by Goodboy

hi im new here...I think i have schizophrenia.Could you pls help me as i have no where else to go.I suffer from alot of depression and nothing seems to be going right for me in my life.I need ur help

you are alone but that's ok right now you can talk to me I have schizophrenia also and I'm very happy. going on eight years now trust me don't listen to them. its better to find out whos voices your hearing and cut them out your life and figaur out what you see in your mind because these voices are tricky and its hopeless if you don't cut them out your life I had to cut these voices out my life in October 2015. I'm very happy aint a damn thing they can tell me. they messed up my life and I realized life is more realer than ever. past present and future. think of your dreams being put up on a triple beam..tell them voices you'll never lose focus. really tho

[CantCMe]

I Have Schizphrenia ! And I'm most grateful for my mother. Ive had schizophrenia for 8 years now. and in October 2015, I changed my whole perspective. And going crazy is just apart of the game. Keep God First and make them player haters believe.

[CantCMe]

Originally Posted by Angelique67

If anyone said those things about me, or threatened to have me committed I'd want them out of my life too.

yo you have your rights you can cut them out of your life