How do schizophrenics act how do you know the signs?!
Question: How do schizophrenics act how do you know the signs!?
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I've a friend who was diagnosed with schizophrenia when we were both about 20!.
Just before he was taken into hospital it was pretty clear that something serious was wrong with him!. He could hear hallucinations, but he didn't know it at the time, instead he thought people on the radio or in person were talking about him!. He told me of a lot of paranoid conspiracies that involved him and it was pretty clear that they were not true!. For example he thought that a top 10 song had been written about him because a lyric described something that could be found in his room, the band had played in the nearest city to our town, and someone in his work had relatives in this city!.
This was about 8 years ago and he hasn't had a relapse in years!. He takes medication (I'm afraid I don't know what type) and while you could tell that there is something strange about him if you talked to him I don't think it is obvious that it is schizophrenia he has!.
I'll list some of the odd ways he behaves now, but I don't know if they are due to his illness, his medication, his personality, or because he stays in all day by himself:
1) Short attention span - he can ask a question or make a statement and before I have finished replying say something completely unrelated
2) Rarely exercises - he says this is due to how his medication makes him feel
3) A lot of fears of minor things
4) Not very emotional - I haven't seen him angry, sad or upset although he does laugh quite a lot
5) A lot of plans that he doesn't follow through on
6) Doesn't seem to care about his appearance - his hair is long and he always seems to wear the same old clothes
7) Occasionally says inappropriate things - a few of our female friends have complained to me about him, and he has talked about our teenage cannabis use within earshot of my parents and neighbours
8) Occasionally (only a few times a year) talks about some of his more bizarre conspiracies is if they are true - vast criminal conspiracies, multiple dimensions or mass hypnosis, but unlike when he was ill at first he seems relatively unconcerned by them
Ah, sorry!. It seems like I have went on a bit!. What I'm trying to say is that there is a chance that a schizophrenic may have no signs of their illness at any particular time!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Just before he was taken into hospital it was pretty clear that something serious was wrong with him!. He could hear hallucinations, but he didn't know it at the time, instead he thought people on the radio or in person were talking about him!. He told me of a lot of paranoid conspiracies that involved him and it was pretty clear that they were not true!. For example he thought that a top 10 song had been written about him because a lyric described something that could be found in his room, the band had played in the nearest city to our town, and someone in his work had relatives in this city!.
This was about 8 years ago and he hasn't had a relapse in years!. He takes medication (I'm afraid I don't know what type) and while you could tell that there is something strange about him if you talked to him I don't think it is obvious that it is schizophrenia he has!.
I'll list some of the odd ways he behaves now, but I don't know if they are due to his illness, his medication, his personality, or because he stays in all day by himself:
1) Short attention span - he can ask a question or make a statement and before I have finished replying say something completely unrelated
2) Rarely exercises - he says this is due to how his medication makes him feel
3) A lot of fears of minor things
4) Not very emotional - I haven't seen him angry, sad or upset although he does laugh quite a lot
5) A lot of plans that he doesn't follow through on
6) Doesn't seem to care about his appearance - his hair is long and he always seems to wear the same old clothes
7) Occasionally says inappropriate things - a few of our female friends have complained to me about him, and he has talked about our teenage cannabis use within earshot of my parents and neighbours
8) Occasionally (only a few times a year) talks about some of his more bizarre conspiracies is if they are true - vast criminal conspiracies, multiple dimensions or mass hypnosis, but unlike when he was ill at first he seems relatively unconcerned by them
Ah, sorry!. It seems like I have went on a bit!. What I'm trying to say is that there is a chance that a schizophrenic may have no signs of their illness at any particular time!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Tricky, not as the stereotype would suggest and there are many manifestations of schizophrenia!.
Most people get it confused with multiple personality disorder, which it isn't!.
I lived with a schizophrenic for a while!. She was very withdrawn and suffered from massive bouts of paranoia and depression!. She said when it was at it's worst the voices queued up in her head to tell her how crap and worthless she was!. She never acted like a different person or assumed a different personality!.
But this is just one case in what is a wide spectrum of symptoms!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Most people get it confused with multiple personality disorder, which it isn't!.
I lived with a schizophrenic for a while!. She was very withdrawn and suffered from massive bouts of paranoia and depression!. She said when it was at it's worst the voices queued up in her head to tell her how crap and worthless she was!. She never acted like a different person or assumed a different personality!.
But this is just one case in what is a wide spectrum of symptoms!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Hiya, i have just studied schizophrenia!. there are three types of symptoms!.!.!.positive/negative/psychomotor!.!.!.
each group has a range of symptoms!. some include!.!.!.delusions (such as delusion of granduar-they think they have a high status)!. they may feel they are being controlled by radio signals for example!. they have a low social skills as with the schizophrenia one of the symptoms is problems with communications, they seem to switch from topic to topic, make up new words (neoglisms) or rhyme words with no logical meaning!.
schizophrenics often believe that people are talking about them (paranoid schizophrenia)!.
hope this helps xxxWww@Answer-Health@Com
each group has a range of symptoms!. some include!.!.!.delusions (such as delusion of granduar-they think they have a high status)!. they may feel they are being controlled by radio signals for example!. they have a low social skills as with the schizophrenia one of the symptoms is problems with communications, they seem to switch from topic to topic, make up new words (neoglisms) or rhyme words with no logical meaning!.
schizophrenics often believe that people are talking about them (paranoid schizophrenia)!.
hope this helps xxxWww@Answer-Health@Com
my sister is very loud that is how i know the voices are screaming at her!.i also know they tell her to do mean things i was a target she jumped me and with her finger nail she cut my eye permanent dammage,they are quiet or loud depressed they talk about some weird stuff suicidal cutters sleep alot or not at all sis paces hide stuff from somebody elses and two months later she admitt it was her ,at first i hated her she was mean ,always trying to kill herself cutting she is homosidal and suisidal !.i just didnt understan not untill they told me i was bi polar and bpd i did the same things cutting mean rages manic episodes!.suicidal ect !.but alot of the times they act just like your average person all depends on the person!.we talk every day now and its good cuz she helps me and i herWww@Answer-Health@Com
schizophrenia is a cluster of symptoms- a syndrome, to use the medical term!. to try to describe it is like describing lets say, the types of human beings!. there are so many types and even subtypes and classifications!. nobody can say their classification is the best because we still have so many unanswered questions about this disease!. the reason why i am writing is- beware of thinking its just ' hallucinations' or 'delusions' or 'amotivation'!. if u really want reliable information , check out the american psychiatry association website or any website belonging to a psychiatric association of any country!. best is, get in touch with a psychiatrist, especially if u doubt somebody u know might have it!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
You might check out these websites:
http://www!.nimh!.nih!.gov/health/publicati!.!.!.
http://www!.schizophrenia!.ca/files/Rays_o!.!.!.
http://www!.mayoclinic!.com/health/schizop!.!.!.
They have a lot of very good information on schizophrenia!. The first two websites have booklets in pdf format that you can download and save for future reference!.
There is also an excellent book, "Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers" by E!. Fuller Torrey, Fifth Edition!. I know Barnes & Noble has it!. Amazon!.com only has the 4th edition!. That is very good reading and tells a lot about schizophrenia!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
http://www!.nimh!.nih!.gov/health/publicati!.!.!.
http://www!.schizophrenia!.ca/files/Rays_o!.!.!.
http://www!.mayoclinic!.com/health/schizop!.!.!.
They have a lot of very good information on schizophrenia!. The first two websites have booklets in pdf format that you can download and save for future reference!.
There is also an excellent book, "Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers" by E!. Fuller Torrey, Fifth Edition!. I know Barnes & Noble has it!. Amazon!.com only has the 4th edition!. That is very good reading and tells a lot about schizophrenia!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
from what i've read, it varies greatly!.!.!.not all types of schizophrenia have hallucinations and usually they're just auditory if they do!. they'll probably act paranoid!.!.but it takes alot of psychological testing to determine schizophrenia, not just signsWww@Answer-Health@Com
From what I heard they become very paranoid, they might think that someone is out there to "get them", that they are being followed, their conversations are being eavedropped on, the may have hallucinations (they hear or see things that other do not see or hear!.)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Schizophrenia takes on many forms!. Some hear voices, others have multiple personalities!. The symptoms vary from person to person and can be a big mix!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Go to google and type in "schizophrenic" and it will tell you everything you want to know about it!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Its basically super paranoiaWww@Answer-Health@Com
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