night_cath ([info]night_cath) wrote in [info]schizosrus,
2005-08-24 15:56:00
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How did you get diagnosed???

Hey, I'm new here...

Well, it will seem strange to you, but anyway.

I can relate SO MUCH on all the stuff said here. I can relate so much on these symptoms of schizophrenia.

But the thing is, I never ever got a diagnosis. I tried everything. Psychologists, psychiatrists, acupuncture, whatever, I've been to 2 different mental hospitals, several times... My mother sent me to a mental hospital when I was 4, about 10 times or maybe more. And I got back when I was 16.
I've had lots symptoms, and so much more. I read all your posts and thought, Wow, finally I'm not alone. I can relate to all this.

I've been living with all this for ages, without any diagnosis nor help. I'm doing sort of self-therapy on my own (because I have no help), trying to keep control, trying to find ways... But it's always, always there.
I can't work or almost not, I can't do much. It's a jail inside of my head I guess.

How did you guys get diagnosed???

At one point, the only goal I had in life was to get a diagnosis, to get help. But I sort of forgot about this unrealistic dream of mine.

Nobody of the specialists seem to understand or want to help: they either find it to be too big of a problem, they're not 'specialized' in it as they say, they refer me to the wrong persons, they don't listen, or they laugh at me (yes, it happened!!).

So how did you guys get diagnosed?!?

Also, if I ever get a diagnosis, I guess it'll mean that I'll be prescribed medication. I'm not convinced that pills will work and are the solution. So in another way, I don't want to get diagnosed for this reason. I don't want to have doctors testing drugs on me and see which ones work best, and meanwhile I'm all totally nonfunctional, even worse than before. I'd feel like a laboratory rat being tested.

OK send your comments and thanks in advance for your precious advice!

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[info]verdammtmadchen

August 25 2005, 09:50:33 UTC 6 years ago

Being diagnosed isn't really the key issue. For a while I was in therapy without knowing what I had. Finding a good therapist and a reliable psychiatrist is the best way to go. You don't have too meet the criteria for a mental illness to be put on the medicine. Good luck in finding the right help.

[info]doingtheunstuck

August 26 2005, 19:51:34 UTC 6 years ago

My story of diagnosis starts when I was around 6. I was in first grade and stabbed my teacher in the hip. The bitch deserved it, but I won't go into that with this comment. I got hospitalized for that and the school wouldn't take me back without a doctor's OK. That's what got me in the system and initially got me drugged.

I got cycled through more meds than I can remember and more diagnosises than I can remember as well. All of the meds did the more harm than good thing for me and such... Eventually, I started exhitibiting symptoms that were much more "schizophrenic" than anything else, apparently and I lost control to the extent that the doctors took notice (by the time I was 7, I had already decided that the doctors weren't friendly... heh). Poof. Schizophrenic and even MORE drugs that just landed me at points where I was bed ridden, felt uncomfortable sitting still, but had unbelievable joint pains if I moved around much and other such bad situations, meanwhile... I still didn't get too much better when it came to the symptoms, especially the negative ones.

Around the time I was 11 or 12 or so (my sense of time is so beyond fucked), I got lucky and managed to get out of the system. I still exhibit symptoms, but I have learned to deal with them. I am "functional," at least in part, I guess.

I can totally understand your urge to get diagnosed and get help, but that can be a dangerous street too. Keep that in mind and... I guess, good luck.

[info]aiylithe

January 11 2006, 21:56:27 UTC 6 years ago

hehe

Technically I haven't been diagnosed either, and I try not to be too blatant about symptoms and the like. I know I'm crazy, my friends know I'm crazy, but the times my mom decides to send me to a shrink-person, I try and be sane so I don't end up on meds(which severely messed up a friend of mine). Just relax, try and center yourself, and tell yourself that nothing at all is real unless you want it to be. Good way to justify not doing my homework; it doesn't exist. ^~
Best of luck!

[info]starspeed

January 19 2006, 21:13:07 UTC 6 years ago

I was diagnosed in 1965 with schizophrenia. I then got recertified in 1998 by the Veterans Affairs. They tell me now I am totally and permanently disabled. I get a handicap license plate now. Sometimes I'll fake limp from my car to the store. For about thirty years I self medicated. Funny thing when you do a lot of coke and have pot to smoke, my symptoms dissipated. All together they have tried at least 30 different psych drugs. None helped until Effexor and Geodon. Now when I see someone walk past my window I no longer go outside to see who it was.

[info]malasha

November 6 2006, 13:09:35 UTC 5 years ago


Process adaptation switch on easy without medicines.

Then I've got accustomed and stop afraided of those feelings ( i never affraid voices), I've been finding condition of comfort all the time almost.

I prefer don't go to doctor too. Although i know diagnose the case may be.
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