is anybody else feeling worried about these news items about web hackers?
YES.
I can't watch the news or read the papers at the moment without feeling like the news item is a message to me. Doesn't help that I'm currently ip with paranoid dellutions of the government watching me.
The average,
well-adjusted adult
gets up at 7.30am feeling just plain terrible.
Call me Kate.
I have dyslexia so please excuse my poor spelling and sometimes poor understanding.
that must be really difficult, especially being IP etc. i am determined not to let my mind get sucked into paranoia, but it doesn't help that these reports seem like evidence/warnings, like you say. i think i will avoid news channels for the moment. i hope IP is helping/starts helping you. do you know how long you'll be there?
Sorry to barge in. I need to prevent a relapse if one is on the way. It may not be. I have a list of early warning signs but it is a very old list as my cpa is well overdue. I have two definite out of five noted and two of those five partially on top. Also have some but not all of ews from more recent relapses. However i do not have any info on relapse prevention or early management, only crisis management ie what the htt should do if i present at a&e drink an 'episode'. I really want to and need to take some control. Have written a kind of plan, to.go to vol work next week and revisit ews daily and ring cc on thur or Fri if there is no improvement (or deterioration if i can acknowledge it) but am wondering if there is any sort of self help i can do in the meantime or anything that helps others?
maybe make a special effort to avoid stress and stressful situations. and i don't know what symptoms you're having but if you're hearing voices try blocking them out with music. doesn't always help but worth a try. also, make sure you're sleeping enough and eating enough. these may feel very obvious things but i know from my own experience that the obvious things can go by the wayside at difficult times.
Thanks tamobhuuta. I will keep making sure i eat and sleep well. I could do with eating more healthy. I don't hear voices no. I hope you're doing okay?
I'm on olanzapine and it's a nightmare for making me tired. Do you exercise at all? I wasn't sure when someone suggested that it might help increase my energy levels, but it really has helped.
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does anyone else get really dispirited about the prognosis of their illness? I have paranoid schizophrenia and I've been told that full recovery, without medication, is very unlikely. I feel like my future is being eroded away.
Hi tambo, I don't have schizophrenia but I'm not surprised it feels so disheartening to hear that about your prognosis. I've never been told my prognosis, but have been told that I can try coming off medication every now and then (the length of time after an 'episode' that I have to stay on meds for seems to differ from doctor to doctor).
Sometimes I feel very frustrated with having to take the meds and deal with the side-effects. I can get worried I might have to be on it for a very long time. But, aside from the risk of long-term effects, I usually don't mind too much.
I think with a lot of psychosis problems, acute episodes are usually a mixture of chemical/biology stuff, and being under a lot of stress. I think being under too much stress can trigger symptoms in people who are stable on medication sometimes. I wonder if you can get any sense of empowerment from working on increasing your stress tolerance? Some people I believe can find that they can reduce medication to a lower maintenance dose if they feel more able to deal with the really difficult stuff that comes up in life.
Hi guys, sorry to bump in like this when nobody knows me but I have a question -
I've recently started talking about the things that I experience and have been told that it's psychosis. But, it's been going on for over a year now. I thought psychosis/psychotic symptoms were an acute thing, only lasting months at most?
It can be acute, but equally it can be chronic. I had a 3 years of constant voices, and I've been hearing voices/seeing visions/smelling phantom scents on and off since I was 8. Also, paranoia and "unreal beliefs" can be part of psychosis. That's always difficult to live with :(
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Hi tambo, I don't have schizophrenia but I'm not surprised it feels so disheartening to hear that about your prognosis. I've never been told my prognosis, but have been told that I can try coming off medication every now and then (the length of time after an 'episode' that I have to stay on meds for seems to differ from doctor to doctor).
Sometimes I feel very frustrated with having to take the meds and deal with the side-effects. I can get worried I might have to be on it for a very long time. But, aside from the risk of long-term effects, I usually don't mind too much.
I think with a lot of psychosis problems, acute episodes are usually a mixture of chemical/biology stuff, and being under a lot of stress. I think being under too much stress can trigger symptoms in people who are stable on medication sometimes. I wonder if you can get any sense of empowerment from working on increasing your stress tolerance? Some people I believe can find that they can reduce medication to a lower maintenance dose if they feel more able to deal with the really difficult stuff that comes up in life.
I am really grateful that my meds are so effective, and i'm getting used to the side effects. it's just the thought that i'll be on them forever... the psych I saw yesterday said she would be very cautious about decreasing my meds ever, pretty much. certainly not until I've been stable for a long time.
my symptoms were chronic, over a number of years but stress did make things harder. i'm now on a gap year after my degree so I have a safe time and place to tackle my reaction to stress.
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Originally Posted by Frozen Yoghurt
Hi guys, sorry to bump in like this when nobody knows me but I have a question -
I've recently started talking about the things that I experience and have been told that it's psychosis. But, it's been going on for over a year now. I thought psychosis/psychotic symptoms were an acute thing, only lasting months at most?
I had psychotic symptoms for years before I got the right anti-psychotic. some times were worse than others but it was fairly relentless.
Last night was horrible and I hope I never go through it again. I woke up in the night to go to the toilet and looked around my room and everything was alive. There were massive spiders, small skinny human creatures that crawled, there was rain coming out of my celining and figures coming out the wall. I was hallucinating really bad. Like the worst I ever have.
I was crying and screaming and the staff at the hostel had to call an ambulance.
After a long wait in a&e i had to beg not to be admitted. I was given some diazapam and sent home.
I saw my team today and they have decided that I need home treatment and some more benzos for the weekend.
Worst night ever!
I think I have a brain infection because my hallucinations have never been this bad before!
The average,
well-adjusted adult
gets up at 7.30am feeling just plain terrible.
Call me Kate.
I have dyslexia so please excuse my poor spelling and sometimes poor understanding.
That sounds absolutely terrifying, Kate. I'm really sorry you had to go through that. Wish there was something I could say to help, but I hope the diazepam helps ease things a bit.
Edit: Did you mention the fear of brain infection? It might be worth speaking to the HTT about to get some reassurance. I'm just thinking about where you mentioned that you saw them when you woke up - some people experience hypnopompic hallucinations upon waking, which is quite normal, but I think if you already tend to have hallucinations because of an illness, then the combination must be a lot more frightening. It sounds like it was a very distressing experience and I can imagine why.
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