I have a terrible fear of schizophrenia-why?!
Question: I have a terrible fear of schizophrenia-why!?
Hello,
My name is Sean McClain and I am a 18 year old male!. I was diagnosed with anxiety/depression at the age of 12 and it has stayed with me ever since, more so the former!. I attend an alternative education program due to my inability to wake up early!. Lately (The past 3-4 months) I have had this crippling fear of 'going crazy' and I suppose an illness that embodies this fear is Schizophrenia!.
My symptoms lately have been the following:
Depression
Anxiety
Insomnia
Withdrawn from family, closer to friends
Racing thoughts
Derealization/Depersonalization
Overwhelming fear of hallucinating
I still have the drive to attend college, and I go to the gym 5 times a week and I have many friends!. I'm just tired of these oppressive thoughts!
And a couple of ending questions:
Are those who are in the onset-phase of shizophrenia aware that they are becoming ill!?
Are these symptoms of OCD/GAD!?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
-Sean
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My name is Sean McClain and I am a 18 year old male!. I was diagnosed with anxiety/depression at the age of 12 and it has stayed with me ever since, more so the former!. I attend an alternative education program due to my inability to wake up early!. Lately (The past 3-4 months) I have had this crippling fear of 'going crazy' and I suppose an illness that embodies this fear is Schizophrenia!.
My symptoms lately have been the following:
Depression
Anxiety
Insomnia
Withdrawn from family, closer to friends
Racing thoughts
Derealization/Depersonalization
Overwhelming fear of hallucinating
I still have the drive to attend college, and I go to the gym 5 times a week and I have many friends!. I'm just tired of these oppressive thoughts!
And a couple of ending questions:
Are those who are in the onset-phase of shizophrenia aware that they are becoming ill!?
Are these symptoms of OCD/GAD!?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
-Sean
Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
You don't have the clinical criteria for schizophrenia!. In order to be diagnosed you must have two or more of the following:
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior and/or negative symptoms(flat affect,alogia,avolition)
Paranoia associated with schizophrenia tends to be a feeling that people are out to get you!.
It sounds like you are having symptoms of depression and anxiety!. If these fears are interfering with your life, you may also have a phobia!. (seek medical advice)
I am a music therapist who works with schizophrenic patients daily!. Although I cannot diagnose, from what you said you don't meet the DSM criteria for schizophrenia !. Www@Answer-Health@Com
delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior and/or negative symptoms(flat affect,alogia,avolition)
Paranoia associated with schizophrenia tends to be a feeling that people are out to get you!.
It sounds like you are having symptoms of depression and anxiety!. If these fears are interfering with your life, you may also have a phobia!. (seek medical advice)
I am a music therapist who works with schizophrenic patients daily!. Although I cannot diagnose, from what you said you don't meet the DSM criteria for schizophrenia !. Www@Answer-Health@Com
It's probably the fact that you wouldn't be in control of your mind!. That's what freaked me out about it!. I've got GAD and I used to freak out about any kind of disease or mental illness!.
I wouldn't think that one would really know what was going on, unless they were very in tune with what their mind was telling them!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I wouldn't think that one would really know what was going on, unless they were very in tune with what their mind was telling them!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
sean if u get a good answer message it to me plz!.im going through the same thing exactly!.everything you listed i feel the same!.plz let me know!.do your racing thoughts keep you up at night too!?like you cant shut your mind off!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Sounds like anxiety!. I am schizo and I did get diagnosed with depression and anxiety younger than you and the schizo hit when I was 22!. I had no idea!. My life just kind of fell apart!. Everyone was out to get me, everything was a conspiracy!. I would go to my mothers house everyday and burst into tears because all of these plots against me were ruining my life!. I will never forget that one day when I was talking to my brother on the phone and I was telling him about my troubles and he said, "It's ok!. Lots of people have schizophrenia!." I was like blown away!. I didn't know anything about schizophrenia and it was the last thing I thought I had!. I went to a psychiatrist and went home with a bag full of pill bottles!.
So what I am saying is you probably don't have it!. I ain't a doctor, but you are just worrying about it so much that you think you have it, but you don't actually have the symptoms!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
So what I am saying is you probably don't have it!. I ain't a doctor, but you are just worrying about it so much that you think you have it, but you don't actually have the symptoms!.Www@Answer-Health@Com