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Schizophrenia or OCD and anxiety

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christophe65952
christophe65952

I would really appreciate if anyone who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, or schizophrenic disorders or knows someone who is could possible help me sort this out

I've made a lot of progress with my OCD and generalized anxiety which as I've said before I was originally diagnosed with four months ago

Googling has been one of the many compulsions of mine and using this forum so I don't plan on making this habit as I've gotten better with it but how does one know if he has schizophrenia

I don't have beliefs like the tv is taking to me but I have had moments where I get really anxious almost like a mania where my thoughts race and and race and I have all kind of random thoughts in anything and everything that have nothing to do with what I'm doing and make all kind of connections to things

I have also had times where songs have been kind of stuck in my head but eventually stopped and that could be OCD which a lot of the times you latch onto thoughts and hold them and worry so I'm essence keep it going

I'll have moments of paranoia but not complete irrational like I don't think there are cameras hidden somewhere although I have done that before where like I feared my webcam or any lens could be watching me That may come from watching too much tech shows and movies but I never had a conviction about it or it disrupted my life

My paranoia could be something like my dad coming down stairs and I'm washing dishes and I'll get paranoid he'll say something about something I'm not doing right as he has done that before

I'll replay or hear like conversations from something I've watched but I'm also very creative so it's hard to draw the line because when I create it's not hard to "hear" and create scenarios and conversations in your mind I imagine that's how all screen writers or creatives create

I've had some moments where I can remember thinking I heard someone calling my name or maybe hallucinationed

I was deep into fringe topics like science aliens astronomy astrology etc.

I've always had this optimistic belief about that I could change the world or that we're all destined for something great but I wonder since I read the symptoms of schizophrenia am I just obessing about it and matching symptoms where their really aren't any

With OCD you struggle to trust yourself and your feelings so when I read the symptoms I can't always say for sure it I had them and Ive read where OCD and schizophrenia can be hard to separate and the big difference being those with OCD KNOW their obsessions are ridiculous but struggle to stop I know my Obsessions most time aren't true but I also fear because it's hard to diagnose schizophrenia and I read it usually appears in late teens and early twenties and I'm 22 and there is a stage where a person begins the symptoms

Most days I fear I'll lose my control over reality or that I will and won't notice

So please I wanna put this fear to bed can anybody help

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  • christophe65952
    christophe65952

    Posted

    I also have seen a Pyschiatrist who only said I have a chemical imbalance and gave me Lexapro for anxiety and depression but I wonder can a person unconsciously hide their schizophrenia like "act" sane

    I have another Pyschiatrist I'm seeing whose highly reputable

    I have also seen a therapist for four months and she says she doesn't think I have schizophrenia but I also have discussed all my symptoms because I can't tell if there really or just OCD

  • Aspinan
    Aspinan christophe65952

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    Hi Christopher, your symptoms are pretty normal anxiety and depression symptoms not schizophrenia, it's all fuelled by your OCD, equally your not showing signs of paranoia as you are aware of what your doing, you can still rationalise things. The signs of true schizophrenia and paranoia is when you start to believe fully the things that you perceive as true, such as the government is out to get you and has surveillance on you, you don't see it as an irrational thought. 

    Hearing things is also quite common, I often think I hear the phone ringing when it's not, I also think songs on the to or radio are sending me a message, I know they arnt I just think it. 

    All these things will pass as you get better so do try not to over think and I know how difficult that is, as my first psychiatrist once said to me "your not mad, your not bad and you will get better". 

    Put the fear to bed.

    Neil 

    • christophe65952
      christophe65952 Aspinan

      Posted

      Thank you! I think I was having a manic moment as is common with OCD when you get a spike

      I have had moments where after four months of anxiety and cod you consider some otherwise illogical things like am I cursed or is the government or something doing this to me because you just can't believe your mind or anxiety could do this to you

      It's that "it's gotta be something more" thinking cause even now I struggle to believe OCD could have shrunken my world so small into near constant fear, doubt, obsessions, and questions

      I am recovering but I still definitely struggle with not wondering if I'm suffering something more

      Do you deal with OCD or anxiety?

      and if so how do you tI it's yourself like I'll answer a question in mind and wonder if I can trust how I'm feeling if I'm really me if that makes sense it's like where you doubt and doubt everything even to the point to where like you said you can convince yourself am I seeing things or hearings things

      These are the three main questions I get in some form everyday without fail they could come from something as small as wondering wether or not I really turned a light bulb off and if it really is off

      1.How do you...

      2.What if....

      3.How can you be sure...

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