Mattymatt
Imperfectly Perfect
My family has a rich and sordid history of mental illness which makes life challenging. Unfortunately, I got the double dose, seeing as I am both Autistic and suffer from mental illness. Things took a turn for the worse last week. I started hearing voices and having racing thoughts and I would turn my head to see who spoke but nobody would be there. At first I thought it must be my imagination but I kept hearing my name being called and nobody's there.
So I had the dreaded conversation with my psychiatrist. At least schizophrenia generally develops much earlier in life. She was worried that it could be a mild onset of dementia. So, I've had Risperdal added to my antidepressant. My doc said it could take a couple of days to get to full therapeutic effect. The good news is that the thoughts have slowed down some, and knock on wood, I haven't heard any voices today.
This is truly frightening but I have a history of head injury and maybe life has caught up with me. My doc explained that the difference between dementia and schizophrenia is that with schizophrenia, you cannot separate fiction from reality. At least I know that the voices that I hear are not grounded in reality. I just wish it would stop but it's getting a little better.
So I had the dreaded conversation with my psychiatrist. At least schizophrenia generally develops much earlier in life. She was worried that it could be a mild onset of dementia. So, I've had Risperdal added to my antidepressant. My doc said it could take a couple of days to get to full therapeutic effect. The good news is that the thoughts have slowed down some, and knock on wood, I haven't heard any voices today.
This is truly frightening but I have a history of head injury and maybe life has caught up with me. My doc explained that the difference between dementia and schizophrenia is that with schizophrenia, you cannot separate fiction from reality. At least I know that the voices that I hear are not grounded in reality. I just wish it would stop but it's getting a little better.