Posted by B2chica on August 18, 2005, at 11:54:43
In reply to Re: different types of schizophrenia???, posted by xbunny on August 18, 2005, at 10:07:35
thanks xbunny
i do have some schizoid personality and definately schizotypal personality disorder. mostly i have these weird thoughts that don't come from me (but their MY voice inside my head saying them-not external), also i have my thoughts in my head overlapping eachother, it gets SO bad sometimes i think i'm going nuts, i have my tricks to get through them but i get very dysphoric during this type of episode. i'm on zyprexa now and don't have these anymore.
they originally dx me with Bipolar 2 and PTSD and ADD so i thought what i was having was 'racing thoughts' but i'm not sure cuz they go fast but their so many of them and their all saying different things. i also did tend to get a little paranoid, not like the gov is after me or such but about other people-what they want or if they want to hurt me, i even get afraid to go outside sometimes-it's like i feel emotions from other people, i always thought i was just empathic and that was it but now i'm wondering cuz it's mostly gone from meds i'm on now. my T recently just changed my DX from bp2 and ptsd and ADD to only PTSD but im still on the same meds from pdoc (he still has me as the three (however, he's told me often that he didn't think it was really bipolar but MDD and ptsd and extreme anxiety.
i'm afraid to ask if they think i'm schizoaffective or am schizophrenic cuz i don't want them thinking i'm a hypochondric or am trying to dx myself (or paranoid which would put me as schizo haha). and i guess as long as the drug works it shouldn't matter right.
but just curious.
thanks for the quick response!i'm heading out on vacation and won't be back for a week. i'd like to see if there are other responses when i get back.
thanks again
b2c.> > can you have schizophrenia without the hallucinations/voices?
> > can you describe what kinds of disturbances you encounter?
>
> I would have thought so, you could have delusions, thought insertion, messages, paranoia etc as well as negative symptoms such as blunted or inappropriate effect. I think there is a diagnosis of schizophrenia with only negative symptoms called residual schisophrenia though usually one would have it after having 'recovered' from a psychotic episode. Theres also the schizophrenia spectrum disorders schizoid personality disorder which includes antisocial aloofness and schizotypal personality disorder which includes semi psychotic 'magical thinking' neither need to have voices or hallucinations. So in short yes I would think so!
> Buns
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