Med read my most recent post. My anhedioa sa, depression, ADD have all disappeared. It amazes me when I think about all the time I spent on trying to get a shrink to script me some stims. So when your giving advice to people with symptoms of schizo, sa, depression, ocd, etc... Always ask this question "could he or she be suffering from a disorder that can look like any of the above"? Also if you feel like your unable to help or your plans aren't working don't hesitate to suggest that he or she go see a doctor. THEY ARE NOT THE ENEMY! Anyways I look foward to hearing some of your suggestions! If your wondering my current cocktail is:
Risperdone 4mg
Klonopin .25mg
Luvox 100mg in the morning 200mg at night (this in my opinion has been the most helpful to my symptoms)
Exercise trying to get at least 30 min a day (if your doing treadmill do 5 incline or rotate between 3 and 5 incline, 5 will get your heart rate up).
Through my whole journey from being diagnosed by a psych at 13, where I was first put on strattera. What happened you ask? After a few months on strattera I began devoloping violent thoughts, after that we tried concerta. It didn't work at first initial dose which I believe was 18mg so I was put on 36mg. Yeah I could focus better, was more motivated, got school work done (mind you I was only in 7th grade) but after awhile I began to become addicted to the "feeling" concerta gave me so I took 2 or 3 just so I could play a videogame better. After awhile unrealized by me I began obsessing. With these obsessions came the delusional thought that I had a disease called Trimethylaminuria, so I went around asking every person I came in contact with if I stunk. I had all sorts of test run on me, my family doctor even gave me special deoterant and soap. My shrink canceled the stims and put me on risperdal .25mg, while I was on it I definitely felt more relaxed. As I'm writing this I realize that this was my first psychotic episode it lasted for about six months. I should have been diagnosed a schizophrenic back then but the shrink was probably afraid of getting sued by my parents.
Most of my delusional thinking from that episode went away with time. I eventually was taken off all meds.
My second psychotic episode happened in High School. I won't go into detail on that one but I ended up in the hospital where I was officially diagnosed with schizophrenia. I was put on all the meds I'm on now there. (besides the luvox).
My point is this, none of the above would of happened if me and my parents and I plus my original shrink could of known that my "ADD" and school related issues were really OCD. Stims can and do make OCD worse and can cause schizo so be careful!
