Posted by Doo on April 23, 2001, at 21:31:34
In reply to How do I know if I am going schizophrenic?, posted by Thrud on April 17, 2001, at 23:16:37
Hi Thrud,
I just want to say that I know what it is to fear the damn dark hole. I don't have any family history of psychoses, but I myself experienced a drug-induced psychosis, which turned my life into a nightmare for years. Whenever I hear kids doing some mushrooms, I tell them that it can be dangerous, very dangerous, even though I know they will do it anyway. Since that day, it's been more than 5 years now, I have periods that scare me a lot. That fear is really, really bad. It's life an intense fear of death, of dissolving. I don't know why I talk about it, I guess I need to share it with poeple who know what I'm talking about.
Take care,
Doo.> For about the last six months I have been trying different AD meds for a depression/anxiety problem I've had for about ten years. More and more lately I've noticed that I've become more "spacey", regardless of the drug I happen to be on at the time. It is as if things are becoming more confusing and reality is making less sense to me. I find myself withdrawing more from social situations. I'm scared that it is the onset of schizophrenia, since my mother suffers from it (the paranoid version). I have not yet experienced any hallucinations, though. Is this what it is like to slip into schizophrenia?
> Thanks.
>
> Thrud
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