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Hi I think I schizophrenic. My symptoms include: clumsiness, sleep disturbance (insomnia to sleeping for 12 hours and waking up tired), pacing, inability to experience joy or pleasure from activities, obsessive compulsive about everything, sometimes feeling nothing at all (numb), appearing desireless- seeking nothing, wanting nothing, feeling indifferent to important events, hypersensitivity to criticism, insults, or hurt feelings, sudden irritability, anger, hostility, suspiciousness, resentment, depression and feeling discouraged and hopeless about the future, low motivation, energy, and little or no enthusiasm, decrease in personal hygiene, clothing, appearance, suicidal idealization, rapidly changing mood- from happy to sad to angry for no apparent reason, severe anxiety, social isolation, becoming lost in thoughts, replaying or rehearsing conversations out loud, Finding it difficult to deal with stressful situations, Inability to cope with minor problems, feeling guilty, etc. -Eva

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Nothing, I've been diagnosed with depression and aniexty, but I have far more symptoms than I even wrote.

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Hello Eva,

 

Self diagnosis is a very difficult task and often inaccurate. So far you have described many severe debilitating symptons, but you mention no psychotic behavior that would justify a schizophrenic diagnosis. There is from what I have read no indication of psychotic feaures which involves delusions and hallucinations. Yes there are features that are associated with schizophrenia,, but as i said the two most important ones indicative of psychotic behavior is absent. I am not saying that you are not experiencing significant problems-you are, but not schizophrenia, Actually you sound like you are very depressed and anxious with sleep, akathesia (pacing), anhedonia (lack of pleasure), poor ADL (self care), little ego strength, self harmful thinking, mood shifts, feelings of guilt and pressure.

Why wonder? Why not see a mental health professional for a candid evaluation with a psychiatrist, be evaluated for medication use as well.

Sincerely,

Ralph LMHC

 

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Edited by TropicalMoe on 9/15/2009 at 6:06 AM

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