Ask A Schizophrenic Anything!

Hi

Do/did you hallucinate, and if so, where they visual or auditory?
What drugs are you currently taking?
Do you find keeping your mind occupied helps against schizophrenia?
Do you have trouble studying due to the cognitive effects of schizophrenia (I hope not)?
Are your family and friends supportive? How long did it take for them to be understanding?
I'm not sure what those drugs are, but I recall there is a drug that can induce schizophrenia ['angel dust'] - might you have taken this during your difficult times?

Sorry if any of the questions are uncomfortable to answer - feel free to ignore any such questions
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Thanks

Has schizophrenia affected you academically?

BBC 3's recent documentary Don't Call Me Crazy is about the only representation of life on a teenage inpatient psychiatric unit that I have seen on TV.

Did you watch it, and if so do you feel that it was a fair portrayal of life as a teenage psychiatric inpatient, and the staff who work in such units?

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I went to a public speaking club meeting once where I was one of the speakers... there I talked to one of the attendees before the start of meeting and other than her shyness, I noticed was how she would constantly fidget with her hands.

Once the meeting started something strange happened to her. She kept screaming at multiple points for no reason while pointing and staring at thin air (sometimes to her side and other times ahead). Everyone was polite enough to pretend as if nothing was wrong... I guess we were too shocked to say anything. I did not see her again after that meeting.

Do you think she was hallucinating? Do some schizophrenics do that?

where did you grow up?

edit - and what's the deal with the little magnifying glass pics after some of your posts?

When I was in cambridge one of my friends insisted that I went to a church ceremony there was a guy there acting very strangely. I think people with mental health problems get attracted to religion, I know I was. I don't know what it is but religion seems like an answer. I can't really explain beyond that, sorry.

And in case you were wondering I really am related to mohammed and el cid through my family on the cornfield side- it's through the spanish royal family and the duke of gloucester. I'm not bull****ing.

what section were you put under, I know they have section 2 and 3, think section 2 means you can leave if you want. my close family member was sectioned under a section 3 so they were not allowed to leave.

did you get hurt by any of the patients while you were there?

were you put in a single or mixed sex ward?

do you hallucinate people at all?

thanks

What'd you do when voices are shouting at you to do bad things? Like are there any coping mechanisms you find work particularly well?


(I have schizoaffective disorder, not schizophrenia).

I see.

Sorry to hear you have Schizophrenia

What do you want to study at university?
How are you finding Alevels?
Does Schizophrenia affect you while in school or are you taking medication?

You don't believe me do you? LoL

WooH thank god that's over a lot of posts to reply to. Keep them coming though. I enjoy it. It all adds to my fame. LoL

Lol, no it could be possible. My grandmother

told me how we are related to one of the loyal companions of Muhammad (pbuh).

I would like to study art history. I'm planning to apply to the OUDCE.

I read a lot I find writing difficult.

I'm studying online and yes I take meds.