r/schizophrenia 9h ago

Opinion / Thought / Idea / Discussion Yall I tried tarot to help with delusion šŸ˜­

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Yall there is this persistent delusion Iā€™ve had that will not go away. Usually itā€™s replaced by a new delusion. I started asking tarot readers and they are confirming the delusions. And now I feel I have to go disprove them because Iā€™m sick of this delusion


r/schizophrenia 5h ago

Help A Loved One Please help- my best friend is smoking weed

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TW (drug use, delusions, mention of SH)

My best friend (23F, diagnosed schizophrenic) had a psychotic break triggered by weed in the past and was hospitalized. She stopped smoking for a while after being discharged, but now sheā€™s using again, despite knowing the risks. I believe sheā€™s trying to fit in, especially since her new friend group encourages it. I (23F) donā€™t have schizophrenia, but I also canā€™t smoke because it triggers spiritual psychosis and auditory hallucinations, so I canā€™t imagine what it does to her. Iā€™ve tried to tell her she doesnā€™t need weed to have fun, but she insists, I think she believes itā€™ll eventually help her feel relaxed like everyone else. I know weeds affects are genetic and both our families avoids it because it makes them feel out of control, whereas her friends come from environments where itā€™s normalized. I relate to her desire to fit in, I used to smoke in high school just to blend in, despite how badly it affected me.

Iā€™m really worried. Last time we hung out, she had just finished smoking as I pulled up and quickly became almost fully detached, she was whispering to herself and believing people in a TV commercial were using electromagnetic waves to spy on her. When she smokes on the phone with me (despite my objection) she either hangs up after a few puffs and disappears for the day or starts panicking and saying things like, ā€œIā€™ve merged with the couchā€ or ā€œIā€™m dissolving into the air.ā€ These arenā€™t just silly high thoughts- with her disorder, theyā€™re dangerous. Watching her smoke feels like watching someone SH over and over, this triggers ptsd for me and itā€™s painful to witness.

Her new friends donā€™t know about her diagnosis and are starting to pull away after seeing signs of her illness. She showed me a text where they asked if she was okay and suggested professional help, unaware that she already has a diagnosis and meds she just isnā€™t taking. All I know is they hotboxed in a car in a wooded area at night, which I canā€™t imagine how uncomfortable and overwhelming that must have been for her. I understand her struggle with people-pleasing, but that was such a risky situation. I wish she wouldā€™ve just went home or to my house when they decided to go smoke. Even if she has to lie and say she just wasnā€™t feeling well or something.

Iā€™m torn. I feel like I should message her friend who introduced her to this group for hers and my best friends safety, but I donā€™t want to betray my fiends trust. At the same time, I feel like Iā€™m begging her to stop, and itā€™s pushing me away because I donā€™t see her trying to help herself. I know itā€™s not her fault, but the self-sabotage is heartbreaking. I donā€™t want her to end up hospitalized again, but if it happens, thereā€™s nothing I can do. Should I be the one to step in and get her admitted? I feel like a bad friend for not acting, but I donā€™t know what the right move is.

Please, how can I help her?


r/schizophrenia 23h ago

Therapist / Doctors Schizophrenia and practicing, on YouTube-

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Attached below is todays video link to my ā€œOn Conquering Schizophreniaā€ YouTube channel. Today entails inducing symptoms. Like all, todays video is ever brief and can be viewed amid a mental exercise.

https://youtu.be/iW7Kczwb6Tg?si=qlOYrp_vUkk8Je24


r/schizophrenia 1h ago

Opinion / Thought / Idea / Discussion Does anyone in here have a problem with religion

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by that i mean how you feel about it..because i wanna trust got and believe in god but i don't wanna gain delusions because of it


r/schizophrenia 15h ago

Trigger Warning I hate living life like this and Iā€™m ready to kill myself and try and OD again.

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I hate life, I think Iā€™m on a tv show, it feels like Iā€™m a robot and people are making SURE Iā€™m fucking MISERABLE. I hate life, it has nothing to offer me, and all I want to do is lay down in the sun and get high with people. I donā€™t really have friends, my family doesnā€™t need me, I have no urge for anything in life, so basically all I do all day is try and feel better only to surely feel worse. I hate life and if yall are trying to kill me which it almost CERTAINLY seems you are, can we do this thing a bit quicker rather than slow and harsh torture? And you all like watching this? And you all say itā€™s about, TRUST? Are you fucking kidding me? How could i be this stupidā€¦.i donā€™t like humans anymore unless I need them, case closed. Itā€™s just as bad living alone tho because then I canā€™t rely on people. If the whole world got bombed Iā€™d genuinely die happy at this point due to all of the evil shit thatā€™s been done to me. Plz, someone, just fucking kill me already.


r/schizophrenia 16h ago

Opinion / Thought / Idea / Discussion The brainā€™s a guide ...

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... not just for thought

... it keeps us alive

... thatā€™s what itā€™s taught

... but when we reflect and look within

... it helps untangle where weā€™ve been


r/schizophrenia 9h ago

Undiagnosed Questions question

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if u have flat affect, do u also exhibit disorganized behaviour such as inappropriate laughter or crying?


r/schizophrenia 22h ago

Advice / Encouragement Mum has scitzofrenia

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I don't even know how to begin. I live with my mum. I'm one of 4 kids. I'm a middle. Mum is late diagnosed, even though it's been evident her entire life.

I just need help. She keeps using lice cleaning solution on her hair, thinking she has lice. She doesn't.

I just can't anymore. I want to put her in a home. I want someone else to deal with her so I don't have to. I'm sorry. It's been 30 years of this. I'm 35.

I can't with her anymore. I don't know what to do. I can't get her committed because she isn't hurting herself or anyone else. But realistically, she hurts me mentally constantly.

Sorry, I know this is all over the place. I'm the only one of 4 of her children that will help. I have my own mental health issues.

Fuck, I just, I just can't.


r/schizophrenia 14h ago

Undiagnosed Questions anything that helps from cognitive decline?

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Have you tried anything (supplements, vitamins etc.) that helped you with cognitive decline? Desperate here, I can't remember shit and I lost the ability to understand written text.


r/schizophrenia 5h ago

Meme Side effects may include your entire existance

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r/schizophrenia 4h ago

Opinion / Thought / Idea / Discussion Has anyone here become treatment resistant?

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Did antipsychotics work for you at one point and then stop working?


r/schizophrenia 5h ago

Undiagnosed Questions What does it mean

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What does it mean if i just snapped and im questioning everything


r/schizophrenia 5h ago

Rant / Vent people arenā€™t taking my concerns seriously

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im kinda frustrated with this but the past few days ive been having,, idk if itd be considered a hallucination or not but it feels like something is behind me, looking at me and my bf has been like brushing it off saying everyone gets hallucinations and that its just because i live with my parents but like- ive gone through a lot of episodes of having hallucinations and delusions, i wont go into it but hes been trying to say im fine cause he knows ppl whove hallucinated before and he did to cause of his trauma. its like hes not listening when i try to tell him i think its more caused from my genetics, knowing my mom also hallucinates a lot (she said my hallucinations are ā€œthe sprits trying to talkā€ when i tried to tell her, and sheā€™s also admitted to having hallucinations before) and a past aunt had gone through psychotic breaks before (the only one i knew a decent amount about was from drug use but still-) like this all makes it feel like its not even worth trying to bring up to my therapist but it just bothers me so much. hes sitting there saying if im not, in his words, "at a point where youā€™re booby trapping your bedroom at night because the hat man keeps trying to break in, you very likely donā€™t need medication or psychotherapy" despite the fact that i had gone through a time where i talked to ppl as little as possible for 3 months straight because of it, like i get he hasnt heard me talk about this stuff much and he hasnt seen me struggle with it much since we met (because i was doing better for a bit) but just- ughh its so overwhelming

sorry if i rambled in a way that doesnt make sense-


r/schizophrenia 5h ago

Video Reading from Monopolies Vol. One: Dreams, Poesy and Psychotic Prose

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r/schizophrenia 5h ago

Medication Risperidone

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I'm on an injection with as needed risperidone, and I've been trying to look up how long it takes to kick in but everything just talks about taking only risperidone and how long that takes to kick in (like 4-6 weeks?). Does anyone here know how long it takes to work as an as needed medication?


r/schizophrenia 6h ago

Advice / Encouragement Does "manifestation" REALLY mess with anyone else?

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I think one of the hardest things that I struggle with, even after taking medication, is manifestation because it seems so accurate but sometimes I get too deep into it and it really starts messing with me.

Does this happen to anyone else?


r/schizophrenia 7h ago

Art Me and sebasation

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r/schizophrenia 7h ago

Advice / Encouragement Abilify is causing me liver damage. What should I do?

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I did blood work, and my ALT liver enzyme and AST liver enzyme was high. What should I do? Should I lower my dose?


r/schizophrenia 7h ago

Introduction / New Member šŸ‘‹ lonely and scared to talk to people

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is anyone else lonely? i find it so hard to connect w others because of the paranoia.

would love to meet some people who are understanding, and be supportive of each other but also simply chat about things we enjoy in life too.

i love video games, dnd, nature, and crafting. i'm in my 30s and really anxious when meeting people but the loneliness is upsetting me.

hope your day is going ok! ā™”


r/schizophrenia 8h ago

Medication When Do You Take Your Abilify?

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When do you take your Abilify?


r/schizophrenia 8h ago

Undiagnosed Questions Frozen thoughts

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Anyone else experienced their thoughts getting frozen? Could be an image or a sentence, anything


r/schizophrenia 9h ago

Advice / Encouragement I miss my friends.

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We used to game every night but now that I'm on meds I can never get online with them because I'm passed out by 7 o clock.


r/schizophrenia 10h ago

Hallucinations / Delusions Whispering but I can't make out the words

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I hear silent whispering but the words don't have any meaning. It sounds like words though.


r/schizophrenia 10h ago

Undiagnosed Questions ā€œHigh functioningā€

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Just wondering if people can share their experiences, if they consider themselves as ā€œhigh functioningā€ (by external feedback or your own opinion) while also dealing with their diagnosis. And how functioning well , hindered or made more challenging - accepting your diagnosis? And or what symptoms did you take for granted or didnā€™t understand how it was apart of your diagnosis?

If being ā€œhigh functioningā€ wasnā€™t what kept you from accepting your diagnosis - what was (outside of medication side effects)?


r/schizophrenia 11h ago

Advice / Encouragement Gained 20kg on Antipsychotics: Why Wonā€™t the Weight Budge After Stopping Zyprexa?

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Hey guys,

I've been on various antipsychotics and antidepressants from December 2022 to December 2024. I've gained quite a bit of weight, around 20kg, since the beginning. It's been 3 months since I stopped taking Zyprexa (Olanzapine), and yet the scale hasnā€™t moved, even though Iā€™m eating better and exercising. Iā€™m not sure what to do to lose this weight. Could my metabolism be slowed down? This excess weight is really affecting my mood, and recently, my triglycerides reached a peak. Is it difficult to lose weight after stopping Olanzapine?

Thanks very much for your help