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Sudden distancing from best friend

CityBushWay

My friend got suddenly distant

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What Happens When an Antipsychotic "Kicks Out" or Stops Working?

ILADVOCATE

I know that when I was on standard antipsychotics (before my recovery with the Phase II glutamate antagonist in FDA study glycine) I had ...

8 answers | 1 comment

Are there types of schizophrenia?

EchoeP

I think schizophrenic but aware I am. I do not hear voices that tell me to do things or see things that aren't there(at least I don't th...

2 answers

PTSD SZ TD akathesia TBIx2

drifter0213

anyone exp akathesia and unable to pay attention ?

Sex drive after stopping risperdal

svi2008

Hi! Does anyone know how long does it take for sex drive to come back after stopping 1mg risperdal? (I've been taking it for 2 years). T...

8 answers

Does any one take seraquel for sz disorder?

tink1967

My Dr. put me a Seraquel and I take xanex every night to sleep I just can not wake up in the morning my alarm rang for over an hour and I...

3 answers | 2 comments

Boyfriend of 2 years has finished the relationship and is now saying I have BPD

PloddingOnAgain

I’m gay and been with my partner for 2 years. Up until a month ago we lived together at his mums house. For most of the relationship he’s...

3 answers

Schizophrenic versus questionable medicine induced delusions

Melissaakers71

I have a friend who's going through a divorce never been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia since the divorce she has displayed signs ...

1 answer

Schizonphrenic (?) friend. How to deal with it?

charlize001

For years we were just really good friends. She was kind and complimentary though always somewhat self-absorbed. Then wham, out of the ...

3 answers | 1 comment

How do i respond to crazy accusations

Shaylamarie1995

I have been with my boyfriend for about 7 months and we bolth love eachother alot sometimes because of his schizophrenia tho i feel i lov...

6 answers | 7 comments

thought-blocking

drifter0213

I read that one of my symptoms of SZ the inability to concentrate are thought-blocking even when I see my psych doc I bring a list of mal...

3 answers | 1 comment

is mixing risperdal and weed causing me permanent brain damage?

full9r

I've been taking risperdal for over a year. Whenever I smoke weed now it gets me really messed up and dumb feeling. I smoked every day fo...

2 answers

Olanzipine withdrawal

charlotte390

Hi everyone, I've recently switched from olanzipine to geodon and for a month now I've been feeling very depressed and a bit suicidal...

4 answers

Are these suicidal thoughts caused by medicine?

Igis

I am taking Zyprexa 20mg and Clozapine 300mg. At certain times in the day, every day, I get really agitated inside my head and don't know...

1 answer

Help! I can't think, memorize or even concentrate.

Arenjames

Hi I'm Aren. I'm supposedly grade 12 right now but I'm still grade 11 because I had to rest for a year due to my early stages of schizoph...

3 answers

How long do the effects of risperidon last?

Danny00157

I discontinued risperidon two months ago. I have not had any psychotic symptoms. I believe my schizoaffective disorder is in remission. H...

2 answers

Has anyone been prescribed Risperdal and then have extremely rapid tooth devay?

Lauramayden

I took Risperdal for only a few months and now my teeth are weak and cracking.

3 answers

When is it "the voices"?

fctte

Hi, long story short. I am a hypochondriac and recently been freaking out about having schizophrenia in particular and it got extremely w...

1 answer

ADD and Schizophrenia

ferretgirl5

Can someone have both schizophrenia and ADD or ADHD? My latest psychiatrist seems to think I have ADD but that I have never been schizop...

15 answers

10 years

drifter0213

ten years ago I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia paranoid type at UBH and my doctor Dr. Stowe I was introduced to abilify then Geodon res...

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drifter0213

El Paso, TX

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