Information and opinions on Schizophrenia from DCROY9633 at SchizophreniaConnection.com. The HealthCentral Network, Inc. (www.HealthCentral.com) is one of the top health destinations on the Web, with more than 35 condition-specific, wellness and general health Web properties. http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453 http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/rss self application/xml en-us 15 120 19 http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453 http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/95817/reaper-grim Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:12:26 -0500 DCROY9633 Reaper, Grim   Let me see the nightworks not only under my pillow But in the netherworld behind creation that lies Deep and wide and threatens me at times It stretches out like the evening sky becoming dark Like the Styx ferried about by the dead but Ultimately spilling them over into the lostness of death The grief of the goodness of youth that is gone Why do I yearn for that broad horizon that stands At the end of things and... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/95817/reaper-grim http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/95805/medication Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:49:36 -0500 DCROY9633 I just have a short story to relay to all.  This is to reiterate the importance of taking your medication and how not doing so can affect relationships.   For some time I have been playing Russian roulette with myself.  I.e, some days I take Zyprexa and some days I don't.  In order to control my appetite and hopefully lose weight.  I have lost 16 lbs now and am proud of every pound.  However, this week I didn't go... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/95805/medication http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/95748/withdrawal Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:39:50 -0500 DCROY9633 The first day or so, having no TV was fairly easy.  I had a list of things I had been meaning to do, some for years.  I got most of them done that day.  Then I felt like my dad did when he retired -- he painted the house inside and out, cleaned out the garage and attic, waxed the cars, went to Hawaii -- and then he was back at home bored to death.  Within 3 months, he got another job, one in which he drove a nursing home... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/95748/withdrawal http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/94966/end-day Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:36:33 -0500 DCROY9633 Something is driving me crazy.  And it is my television.  Or rather, my use of the television.  Whenever I get tired, whether at 10am or 4pm, I sit down in front of the TV and find myself just mindlessly watching TV the rest of the day.  I feel there "ought" to be something better for me to do with my time.  We humans only have a limited amount of days to live and what gives me the right to waste mine watching mostly... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/94966/end-day http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/93929/dave-lament Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:54:46 -0500 DCROY9633 I am writing this post, my first in a while, because of Dave's latest post.  In it, he said he used SZA as an excuse for shying away from people.  When, actually, he had been shy all his life.  I do things like that, too.  But then I wonder if my shyness at an early age was because my sz started then.  It seems like it has always been with me in some form (the sz.)   In kind of the same way, when I was still... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/93929/dave-lament http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/90501/ssdi-review Mon, 12 Oct 2009 22:13:56 -0400 DCROY9633 I am still waiting to see whether my benefits will be re-approved.  But knowing how the gov't does things I may be in for a long wait.   How does Thailand sound?  I have an opportunity to go there next July for 10 days.  I don't know how much it will cost yet, but if I plan to go I have to make a downpayment of $150 Sunday.  So I will have to decide this week.  It will be a group from my church going there for a... http://www.healthcentral.com/schizophrenia/c/86453/90501/ssdi-review