Schizophrenia
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Good arhz... them cannot be unhappy againz huhz.. feeling depress look me up lahz... Don't get mistaken ahz... just that I don't like people to be depress so will try to look for ways to cheer people up.. Anyway I'm studying psychology so I made be of some help when it comes to getting info on some matters. Drop me a line at <[email protected]> icq me at 19569168. Don't think you want my tel no. lahz.. you're going to pay through you nose manz.. ahahha~ Coz I'm currently studying in US.
------------------Originally posted by raingal:Thanks Bear for the info. I am 30 yrs old. Was watching TV just now about mental health, I confirm mine is stress+depression. I am feeling ok now, after some weeks of medication, I was depressed that time I posted this.
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i feel like killing myself again~
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Why??Originally posted by RuthBaby:i feel like killing myself again~
Rejected the guy of your dreams is it??
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IVE BEEN SICK FOR PAST 2 WEEKS... AND ONE WAN REALLI CARES.. NOT EVEN MY FAMILY... ARRGGGG -
Hey, Ruthie, you are really making me worried? Tot you need some time to get adapt to studies, that's why I never call you or contact you. Are you ok? Been sick again? Really hope I not neglecting you, I will call you soon...Originally posted by RuthBaby:i feel like killing myself again~
I knew you had this phobia about guys since your break-up, but try to let go, same to raingal, just let time, studies and work to heal your wounds or talk and confide to your gd friends who can really listen to your problems...
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Issit..? Not sure? Have not gone for ANY treatment before..? Resulting in the ME today..?Originally posted by raingal:Devil: I think only Borders sell mental health books.
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Think that makes me a UNDIFFERENTIATED PARANOID...?Originally posted by Bear:Been too busy in the past, and missed out this post.. Dunno if you still want it, but this is what I learn about Schizophrenia in my Psychology class.
Problems of is mainly
- Perceptual
Hallucinate by seeing and hearing things that are not there. Usually you will hear commands telling or something beckoning you to do stuff.
- cognitive
Delusions, often associated with thoughts of being followed, have some extraoridnary power or thinking of artistes falling in love with you.
Subtypes
~ Disorganized
Having thoughts that are odd and often have no links to each other, this is the most common problem. can just talk and talk lots of things out, but there is things may not associate to each other. Well if you can write a para of your prob as above, likely you don't fall into this type.
~ Catatonic
This type is charaterised by one just stop doing things half way and freeze there, but one will still know the things that's going ard him. Just the mind didn't want to control the legs to walk so stop there.
~ Paranoid
This one is a different from other subtypes. One can still have a trend of well-thought out ideas, and pattern of thinking, but has persucutary delusions. Like feeling annoyed, or fearful, or uncertain. Like who feels unsafe and suspect that someone is trying to stab you on the back kind of thing.
~ Undifferentiated
This is more commonly known as multiple personality disorder like what fireice had mentioned earlier... One can just change from one character to another just like you switch the channels of the tv.
How old are you?? I feel that likely it's the hormones in your body that's creating all the trouble that's all. We all have funny times in our lives, and it's usually becoz of excessive of certain hormones being activated. Should be better after taking some medication. -
Hehhehheh... Take care then..?Originally posted by RuthBaby:NO....
IVE BEEN SICK FOR PAST 2 WEEKS... AND ONE WAN REALLI CARES.. NOT EVEN MY FAMILY... ARRGGGG -
Will try to look out for you in ICQ for a chat? But I'll only be online in the evening SG time. How about you?Originally posted by Bear:Drop me a line at <[email protected]> icq me at 19569168. -
Killing yourself again? Don't lah, plsOriginally posted by RuthBaby:i feel like killing myself again~ You made me upset, although I don't know you. Are you kinda depressed NOW? -
Ruthbaby, you can also talk to me if you want.Originally posted by mikegk_76:talk and confide to your gd friends who can really listen to your problems... -
Most of the people come into this forum to pose their encounters in their love relationship, so I really hope that I can provide a listening ear or useful views on their problems and some had already became friends with me, although we havn't actually met face-to-face, I will be glad to lend a listening ear to them...Originally posted by raingal:Ruthbaby, you can also talk to me if you want.
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I'm online anytime of the day.. hehehe~ almost online 24 hrs a day.. heheh~ Well, Internet is unlimited and phone bill is $17 a mth if I make any local calls, so why not make the best out of it?? heheh~ just drop me a line anytime lahz.. Coz I'm pretty bored here with just my books..Originally posted by raingal:Will try to look out for you in ICQ for a chat? But I'll only be online in the evening SG time. How about you?
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It's pretty dangerous here, when people give the wrong kind of advice. No offence, FireIce.Originally posted by FireIce:does not sound like schizo...more like eating disorder?? or mebe juz stress...
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schizo is a thousand times more serious than u described and u have to be "certified" by a psychologist (not a psychiatrist) to be a real schizo
the case study i came across last time is about an american lady who is 38 years old...she is a manager of a small advertising firm...her colleagues see her as a hardworking and serious boss...
however she has this 'other person' in here, which is a 8-year old girl...when the 'attacks' come, she will talk in a whiny voice and ...
First, the diff btw a psychologist and a psychiatrist is that the latter is both a psychologiest and a medical doctor. That means, a psychiatrist can prescribe medicine but a psychologist cannot.
Second, schizophrenia has nothing to do with 'split personality'. Schizophrenia is 'split-mind ilness'. The sufferers may hear voices or hallucinates. So if you see someone talking to himself, he is mostly likely schizophrenic. There are several types of schizophrenia.
Split personality is a totally diff kind of mental illness. The case mentioned is that of split personality, whereby the sufferer presents more than one personality. This type of illness is pretty rare.
One should be careful about the info one gives, lest it misleads others or worse, put others at risk.
Raingal, you may be suffering from schizophrenia or you may not. The best person to tell you is still your psychiatrist. Dun hesitate to clarify with him.
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No offence, but you're saying a bit too much? Your intention might have been to clarify things but the MOST VALUABLE LINE in your POST would be 'The best person to tell you is still your psychiatrist.'Originally posted by shenderz:It's pretty dangerous here, when people give the wrong kind of advice. No offence, FireIce.
First, the diff btw a psychologist and a psychiatrist is that the latter is both a psychologiest and a medical doctor. That means, a psychiatrist can prescribe medicine but a psychologist cannot.
Second, schizophrenia has nothing to do with 'split personality'. Schizophrenia is 'split-mind ilness'. The sufferers may hear voices or hallucinates. So if you see someone talking to himself, he is mostly likely schizophrenic. There are several types of schizophrenia.
Split personality is a totally diff kind of mental illness. The case mentioned is that of split personality, whereby the sufferer presents more than one personality. This type of illness is pretty rare.
One should be careful about the info one gives, lest it misleads others or worse, put others at risk.
Raingal, you may be suffering from schizophrenia or you may not. The best person to tell you is still your psychiatrist. Dun hesitate to clarify with him.
All the best and take care
People, there're DIFFERENCES between giving general advices and medical advices... We might know SOME of the points but there're still ALOT of the picture we're missing.... So when it comes to such medical cases, it's best to leave medical advising to the experts and specialists while we restrict ourselves to GENERAL ones.... No offence people, sorry if I have to say that?
By the way, I used to talk to myself...? Does that make me a Schizophrenia sufferer too...? :p -
I agree "It's pretty dangerous here, when people give the wrong kind of advice" to a certain extent, but from what I observed in sgforums, u juz hav to gauge for yourself which r the correct advice to listen to, right? Anyway, some answers are common sense, juz that when u r blinded by luv, u cannot see the light, got it? So not all advices given here r "dangerous"...Originally posted by shenderz:It's pretty dangerous here, when people give the wrong kind of advice. No offence, FireIce.
First, the diff btw a psychologist and a psychiatrist is that the latter is both a psychologiest and a medical doctor. That means, a psychiatrist can prescribe medicine but a psychologist cannot.
Second, schizophrenia has nothing to do with 'split personality'. Schizophrenia is 'split-mind ilness'. The sufferers may hear voices or hallucinates. So if you see someone talking to himself, he is mostly likely schizophrenic. There are several types of schizophrenia.
Split personality is a totally diff kind of mental illness. The case mentioned is that of split personality, whereby the sufferer presents more than one personality. This type of illness is pretty rare.
One should be careful about the info one gives, lest it misleads others or worse, put others at risk.
Raingal, you may be suffering from schizophrenia or you may not. The best person to tell you is still your psychiatrist. Dun hesitate to clarify with him.
All the best and take care
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raingal,
What's the doctor's diagnosis of your problem? To me it seems to be like depression and you should be on a medication call 'Citalopram'
I myself is also suffering from some form of mental illness for mths which yet to recover and was on serious medication... the moment I lag from taking it my condition will be worsen.
For mths I have being changing alot of medicines and searching for the right medication to control my own 'mental' down.
Good luck to you.
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So, you're feeling stressed out. Everything needs your attention all at once. You might even be feeling a bit depressed. You decide to go talk to someone, but whom do you talk to? A friend tells you to go to a psychiatrist. Your sister suggests that you see a psychologist. A co-worker mentions that she went to a psychoanalyst. So to add to your stress, you now have to figure out the differences between each of these "P" words to know where to go for help.
A psychiatrist is a physician who deals with mentally ill patients. Psychiatrists are MDs, so they can prescribe medication. As a result, they usually deal with clinical issues such as schizophrenia and manic-depression whose treatments tend to require medication.
Psychologists, unlike psychiatrists, are not MDs, and they tend to deal more with emotional issues than with clinical issues. For example, a person experiencing low self-esteem would visit a psychologist rather than a psychiatrist because they do not have anything physically wrong with them; they just need to talk things out. A person with schizophrenia would visit a psychiatrist because they would need medication to correct the chemical imbalance in their brain.
Psychoanalysts follow Freud's theories that painful childhood memories contained in the subconscious are the cause of mental illness. Psychoanalysts are like psychologists in that they usually deal with emotional issues and do not prescribe medication. However, their approach is different from that of conventional psychologists. Psychoanalysis is a method of searching through a person's subconscious memories for the source of their current difficulties, rather than focusing on conscious memories. Psychoanalysts also tend to meet much more often with their clients. Rather than meeting only once a week (as is common with psychologists), they usually prefer to meet as often as three to five times a week.
How to choose
Some people may use a combination of the above approaches at the same time. For instance, a patient may go to a psychiatrist for medication, but meet with a psychologist regularly to talk about their issues. Often this combination is pushed by GP for financial reasons.
As for looking for someone to talk to, one way is to ask your family practitioner (GP)
for a referral. You can also look for
a social worker or therapist specializing in whatever issues you wish to talk about.
When you are seeking help, seek the right one.
Be well raingal.