They say it’s not schizophrenia. So what is it?
I thought it was normal to hear voices and see figures that apparently don’t really exist. Well that’s what I thought until last week when I was forced to see the school psychologist after I told my friend about it. The school psychologist told my parents and they forced me to see a psychiatrist. I was diagnosed with chronic insomnia (I kinda guessed on that one. Not sleeping is probably not normal), anxiety (not that out of the ordinary), and something else, but they just couldn’t pin point it. The psychiatrist said I showed almost all of the symptoms of paranoid schizophrenia, but the fact that my mental capability wasn’t deteriorating (I’m an almost straight A student and have been for most of my life) was preventing that diagnosis. I had to get a bloodtest testing for thyroid complications and I have to get a CT scan or something like that of my brain to make sure that there aren’t any tumors or anything like that. Are voices and visual hallucinations common in any non-psychotic illnesses? If so, what?
By the way, I’m 15 and a sophomore in high school. I’ve never done any drugs that cause hallucinations and I’m currently on Seroquel to try to get rid of the hallucinations but it isn’t really working.
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Lack of sleep will cause hallucinations.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pmAnd most of your serial killers are very capable of being good students.
Just tell to your best friend what you see and hear, he will help you.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pmTell your doctor that the medication is not helping. There may be some physical problem with your brain. Lesions, perhaps.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pmBy the way did the doctor tell you and your parents that the Seroquel may cause weight gain ? Lots.
Lack of sleep most definately cause these symptoms.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pmI want to toss something out to you but please dont think I am crazy just hear me out. What I love about society is how we categorize something as a mental illness when its "possible" something else is happening. Have you considered the possibility that you are clairaudient? (cant see the spirit world but can hear them) And you can bet if someone knows cuz you told em about it they think you are skitzo. I am curious about what the docs say. CT Scan comes out ok. Society doesnt accept psychics and clairaudience as normal. Fact is its more normal than people want to believe. Why do children have imaginary friends. Some of those friends are actually people from the spirit world who cant communicate with those of us with cluttered minds. Anyway no more babble from me but I am curious about what you are hearing. What are you seeing? Keep a journal that nobody can find of what you hear and see and go from there. Do alot of research on the net and see if its just possible. Dont let what I said scare ya. Thats not my intent. I just want you to consider it and maybe its something you can rule out if nothing else.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pmAll I can say is… my family is riddled with mental illness, I’m incapable of working and have been for a couple of years and I dropped out of university… twice.
But I got As in high school with ease, almost no studying, on very little sleep as I also have chronic insomnia. It is possible for someone with mental illness to hide it and function in society.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pmi think it has to do with lack of sleep.
did this happen to you before you developed insomnia?
October 27th, 2009 at 11:52 pm