Q: What could possibly be wrong with me? Schizophrenia..??
Go see a psychiatrist immediately before this gets any worse. He or she is the person qualified to give you a diagnosis that is accurate at this moment in time based on your symptoms.
The longer you wait the harder it will be to recover. Imagine feeling what you feel and hearing those voices and seeing hallucinations for the rest of your life with no relief.
You can have relief and you might even be able to not have these symptoms any more if you start taking some kind of medication to help halt them, along with cognitive behavioral therapy or talk therapy.
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia when I was 22, I'm 45 and have a Masters degree, live in my own apartment and have a professional job.
So I can offer you hope for having a good life after you're diagnosed. There is no shame in having schizophrenia and please do not get distressed because of the media stereotype of people diagnosed with schizophrenia.
We're just human beings like everyone else and we face some kind of battle that can't be won unless we take medication and commit to our recovery and stay in treatment. The symptoms will not disappear on their own.
Please see a real live psychiatrist as soon as possible. Like I say there is no shame in having this illness and it can be treated to give you peace of mind.
Regards,
Christina
I'm sorry to hear about what you had to go through. Not everyone with schizophrenia has the same experience living with their symptoms and unfortunately it seems your ex-husband had a more severe form of the illness.
I support your decision to break away from him.
Regards,
Christina
I'm no expert, but from my own experience of symptoms and various diagnoses, my advice would be for you to see a psychiatrist. ASAP. There is a lot of good information online, but I think your first choice should be a professional you can talk to in person. A psychiatrist, of course, would be able to offer you the best treatment options, too. I wish you the best.
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I was married for 5 yrs to a man that was diaganosed shortly after i left him with Schizophrenia. He would think that everyone was out to get him and that everyone was talking about him! He would accuse me of cheating with everyone I couldnt even go to the gas station with outbeing accused of cheating and I honestly never cheated on him! I wasnt allowed to look at anyone of the opposite sex or he would go into a rage in public it didnt mastter where we were! He was mentally,physically,sexually abusive to me you name he did it! He would tyhinkpeople where outside of the windows calling my name just crazy things! I funally left him and had to move 500 miles away he went to prison for a few years and that was when he was diaganosed with it and bipolar, depression. So many tings make since now and believe me I am nosayoing what he did was rifght becasue he has problems but at least I know that it wasnt me making him act like that! The thing that bothers me is we have 2 sons and the youngest one is adhd and has anger problems its always somehting in school he went from making honor roll to straight F's just the past year! I am getting help for him before it gets any worse thats for sure