Wednesday, October 21, 2009
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Jared's Story of Recovery from Schizophrenia
sCHIZoPHReNIa diARiES
JARED'S STORY
When I first became ill is hard to say. There was no dramatic change in personality or behaviour. I was always quite shy and withdrawn throughout my teen years and early adulthood. When I turned 27, I moved from western Ontario to central British Columbia. The B.C. economy was booming and it was easy to find a job as a draftsman with a large utility company and I was doing quite well. For the first year I travelled extensively throughout the central interior, only home on weekends. I made a few friends, and even found a girl to fall in love with.
As the relationship grew she moved in with me and my roommate. I was still travelling a lot and only home on weekends. I had been a casual marijuana smoker and, with my girlfriend and my roommate, experimented with cocaine. I gradually became depressed and slept a lot when I was home, and withdrew even more. I became untrusting of people and even thought my girlfriend and roommate were having an affair behind my back, which turned out to be true. When I found this out to be true, the house broke up and we went our separate ways.
I thought I had a good reason to be depressed and paranoid, however the depression lasted too long and in time I couldn't even work. After about 1 year of breaking up with my girlfriend I started to seek medical help, but the availability of services was limited and I couldn't express my thoughts and feelings well enough to be understood. I was always having thoughts about my girlfriend and roommate and how I caught them. I was very depressed and unable to sleep.
Finally my parents came and "rescued" me. I went on sick leave from work and moved in with them. In the ensuing 6 months I attended an outpatient program at the local hospital and gradually started to feel better. With the introduction of Stelazine (trifluoperazine) (20mg/day) I quit ruminating about past events, gained trust in people and lost the depression.
When I recovered enough, I was discharged from day care and moved back up north with a reduction in medication and not knowing what the diagnosis was. After being home for a while and receiving counselling at the local hospital, I learned my diagnosis was schizophrenia and thought I was an "axe murderer type guy". Not wanting to be schizophrenic I quit the medication; after all if you don't take the medication, you don't have the disease. This only lasted about 6 months, then I was hospitalized and treated for depression. The treatment for depression was 1/2 way working, however my thoughts were very jumbled and then I didn't trust anyone, not even my therapists. My thoughts were like listening to 10 different radio stations that weren't quite on the station.
Eventually I was prescribed Navane (thiothixene) (2.5 mg/day). I filled the prescription and one day a few weeks later when I was trying to solve a tough problem at work, I took one of the pills. The results were very dramatic. Within 45 minutes of taking the stuff my thoughts cleared up as if by magic. I wanted more of the stuff but I didn't know how much was a therapeutic dose and my physician wouldn't prescribe a higher dose. The local psychiatrist didn't believe the schizophrenia diagnosis. Over the next 3 years I was running on about 1/2 speed and hospitalized on average every 9 months.
Eventually the economy became bad and I was laid off. I moved in with my parents and began to see a local psychiatrist. The diagnosis was schizophrenia and I was prescribed Navane (20 mg/day) and felt as though the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders. I hadn't had anything to do with street drugs for about 4 years now and was warned that involvement with them or alcohol would cause a worsening of the symptoms.
I attended Okanagan College and earned my grade 12 over again and first year university. Eventually I met a wonderful woman, fell in love got married and moved to Vancouver. I found work as a draftsman and attended night school. The medication was eventually changed to Risperidal (risperidone) and I felt even better. It had been 12 years from the onset of the illness till then. I spent 6 years living in hell without proper diagnosis and now I am fully recovered. I have earned an honours Diploma of Technology and am about to start a wonderful career.
It is now 1996 and without the support of my loving wife, psychiatrist and medication I would not be where I am today.
The keys to recovery are:
* stay away from street drugs* take your medications as directed* proper counselling and therapy* correct diagnosis
JARED'S STORY
When I first became ill is hard to say. There was no dramatic change in personality or behaviour. I was always quite shy and withdrawn throughout my teen years and early adulthood. When I turned 27, I moved from western Ontario to central British Columbia. The B.C. economy was booming and it was easy to find a job as a draftsman with a large utility company and I was doing quite well. For the first year I travelled extensively throughout the central interior, only home on weekends. I made a few friends, and even found a girl to fall in love with.
As the relationship grew she moved in with me and my roommate. I was still travelling a lot and only home on weekends. I had been a casual marijuana smoker and, with my girlfriend and my roommate, experimented with cocaine. I gradually became depressed and slept a lot when I was home, and withdrew even more. I became untrusting of people and even thought my girlfriend and roommate were having an affair behind my back, which turned out to be true. When I found this out to be true, the house broke up and we went our separate ways.
I thought I had a good reason to be depressed and paranoid, however the depression lasted too long and in time I couldn't even work. After about 1 year of breaking up with my girlfriend I started to seek medical help, but the availability of services was limited and I couldn't express my thoughts and feelings well enough to be understood. I was always having thoughts about my girlfriend and roommate and how I caught them. I was very depressed and unable to sleep.
Finally my parents came and "rescued" me. I went on sick leave from work and moved in with them. In the ensuing 6 months I attended an outpatient program at the local hospital and gradually started to feel better. With the introduction of Stelazine (trifluoperazine) (20mg/day) I quit ruminating about past events, gained trust in people and lost the depression.
When I recovered enough, I was discharged from day care and moved back up north with a reduction in medication and not knowing what the diagnosis was. After being home for a while and receiving counselling at the local hospital, I learned my diagnosis was schizophrenia and thought I was an "axe murderer type guy". Not wanting to be schizophrenic I quit the medication; after all if you don't take the medication, you don't have the disease. This only lasted about 6 months, then I was hospitalized and treated for depression. The treatment for depression was 1/2 way working, however my thoughts were very jumbled and then I didn't trust anyone, not even my therapists. My thoughts were like listening to 10 different radio stations that weren't quite on the station.
Eventually I was prescribed Navane (thiothixene) (2.5 mg/day). I filled the prescription and one day a few weeks later when I was trying to solve a tough problem at work, I took one of the pills. The results were very dramatic. Within 45 minutes of taking the stuff my thoughts cleared up as if by magic. I wanted more of the stuff but I didn't know how much was a therapeutic dose and my physician wouldn't prescribe a higher dose. The local psychiatrist didn't believe the schizophrenia diagnosis. Over the next 3 years I was running on about 1/2 speed and hospitalized on average every 9 months.
Eventually the economy became bad and I was laid off. I moved in with my parents and began to see a local psychiatrist. The diagnosis was schizophrenia and I was prescribed Navane (20 mg/day) and felt as though the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders. I hadn't had anything to do with street drugs for about 4 years now and was warned that involvement with them or alcohol would cause a worsening of the symptoms.
I attended Okanagan College and earned my grade 12 over again and first year university. Eventually I met a wonderful woman, fell in love got married and moved to Vancouver. I found work as a draftsman and attended night school. The medication was eventually changed to Risperidal (risperidone) and I felt even better. It had been 12 years from the onset of the illness till then. I spent 6 years living in hell without proper diagnosis and now I am fully recovered. I have earned an honours Diploma of Technology and am about to start a wonderful career.
It is now 1996 and without the support of my loving wife, psychiatrist and medication I would not be where I am today.
The keys to recovery are:
* stay away from street drugs* take your medications as directed* proper counselling and therapy* correct diagnosis
Jared's Story of Recovery from Schizophrenia
sCHIZoPHReNIa diARiES
JARED'S STORY
When I first became ill is hard to say. There was no dramatic change in personality or behaviour. I was always quite shy and withdrawn throughout my teen years and early adulthood. When I turned 27, I moved from western Ontario to central British Columbia. The B.C. economy was booming and it was easy to find a job as a draftsman with a large utility company and I was doing quite well. For the first year I travelled extensively throughout the central interior, only home on weekends. I made a few friends, and even found a girl to fall in love with.
As the relationship grew she moved in with me and my roommate. I was still travelling a lot and only home on weekends. I had been a casual marijuana smoker and, with my girlfriend and my roommate, experimented with cocaine. I gradually became depressed and slept a lot when I was home, and withdrew even more. I became untrusting of people and even thought my girlfriend and roommate were having an affair behind my back, which turned out to be true. When I found this out to be true, the house broke up and we went our separate ways.
I thought I had a good reason to be depressed and paranoid, however the depression lasted too long and in time I couldn't even work. After about 1 year of breaking up with my girlfriend I started to seek medical help, but the availability of services was limited and I couldn't express my thoughts and feelings well enough to be understood. I was always having thoughts about my girlfriend and roommate and how I caught them. I was very depressed and unable to sleep.
Finally my parents came and "rescued" me. I went on sick leave from work and moved in with them. In the ensuing 6 months I attended an outpatient program at the local hospital and gradually started to feel better. With the introduction of Stelazine (trifluoperazine) (20mg/day) I quit ruminating about past events, gained trust in people and lost the depression.
When I recovered enough, I was discharged from day care and moved back up north with a reduction in medication and not knowing what the diagnosis was. After being home for a while and receiving counselling at the local hospital, I learned my diagnosis was schizophrenia and thought I was an "axe murderer type guy". Not wanting to be schizophrenic I quit the medication; after all if you don't take the medication, you don't have the disease. This only lasted about 6 months, then I was hospitalized and treated for depression. The treatment for depression was 1/2 way working, however my thoughts were very jumbled and then I didn't trust anyone, not even my therapists. My thoughts were like listening to 10 different radio stations that weren't quite on the station.
Eventually I was prescribed Navane (thiothixene) (2.5 mg/day). I filled the prescription and one day a few weeks later when I was trying to solve a tough problem at work, I took one of the pills. The results were very dramatic. Within 45 minutes of taking the stuff my thoughts cleared up as if by magic. I wanted more of the stuff but I didn't know how much was a therapeutic dose and my physician wouldn't prescribe a higher dose. The local psychiatrist didn't believe the schizophrenia diagnosis. Over the next 3 years I was running on about 1/2 speed and hospitalized on average every 9 months.
Eventually the economy became bad and I was laid off. I moved in with my parents and began to see a local psychiatrist. The diagnosis was schizophrenia and I was prescribed Navane (20 mg/day) and felt as though the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders. I hadn't had anything to do with street drugs for about 4 years now and was warned that involvement with them or alcohol would cause a worsening of the symptoms.
I attended Okanagan College and earned my grade 12 over again and first year university. Eventually I met a wonderful woman, fell in love got married and moved to Vancouver. I found work as a draftsman and attended night school. The medication was eventually changed to Risperidal (risperidone) and I felt even better. It had been 12 years from the onset of the illness till then. I spent 6 years living in hell without proper diagnosis and now I am fully recovered. I have earned an honours Diploma of Technology and am about to start a wonderful career.
It is now 1996 and without the support of my loving wife, psychiatrist and medication I would not be where I am today.
The keys to recovery are:
* stay away from street drugs* take your medications as directed* proper counselling and therapy* correct diagnosis
JARED'S STORY
When I first became ill is hard to say. There was no dramatic change in personality or behaviour. I was always quite shy and withdrawn throughout my teen years and early adulthood. When I turned 27, I moved from western Ontario to central British Columbia. The B.C. economy was booming and it was easy to find a job as a draftsman with a large utility company and I was doing quite well. For the first year I travelled extensively throughout the central interior, only home on weekends. I made a few friends, and even found a girl to fall in love with.
As the relationship grew she moved in with me and my roommate. I was still travelling a lot and only home on weekends. I had been a casual marijuana smoker and, with my girlfriend and my roommate, experimented with cocaine. I gradually became depressed and slept a lot when I was home, and withdrew even more. I became untrusting of people and even thought my girlfriend and roommate were having an affair behind my back, which turned out to be true. When I found this out to be true, the house broke up and we went our separate ways.
I thought I had a good reason to be depressed and paranoid, however the depression lasted too long and in time I couldn't even work. After about 1 year of breaking up with my girlfriend I started to seek medical help, but the availability of services was limited and I couldn't express my thoughts and feelings well enough to be understood. I was always having thoughts about my girlfriend and roommate and how I caught them. I was very depressed and unable to sleep.
Finally my parents came and "rescued" me. I went on sick leave from work and moved in with them. In the ensuing 6 months I attended an outpatient program at the local hospital and gradually started to feel better. With the introduction of Stelazine (trifluoperazine) (20mg/day) I quit ruminating about past events, gained trust in people and lost the depression.
When I recovered enough, I was discharged from day care and moved back up north with a reduction in medication and not knowing what the diagnosis was. After being home for a while and receiving counselling at the local hospital, I learned my diagnosis was schizophrenia and thought I was an "axe murderer type guy". Not wanting to be schizophrenic I quit the medication; after all if you don't take the medication, you don't have the disease. This only lasted about 6 months, then I was hospitalized and treated for depression. The treatment for depression was 1/2 way working, however my thoughts were very jumbled and then I didn't trust anyone, not even my therapists. My thoughts were like listening to 10 different radio stations that weren't quite on the station.
Eventually I was prescribed Navane (thiothixene) (2.5 mg/day). I filled the prescription and one day a few weeks later when I was trying to solve a tough problem at work, I took one of the pills. The results were very dramatic. Within 45 minutes of taking the stuff my thoughts cleared up as if by magic. I wanted more of the stuff but I didn't know how much was a therapeutic dose and my physician wouldn't prescribe a higher dose. The local psychiatrist didn't believe the schizophrenia diagnosis. Over the next 3 years I was running on about 1/2 speed and hospitalized on average every 9 months.
Eventually the economy became bad and I was laid off. I moved in with my parents and began to see a local psychiatrist. The diagnosis was schizophrenia and I was prescribed Navane (20 mg/day) and felt as though the weight of the world was lifted off my shoulders. I hadn't had anything to do with street drugs for about 4 years now and was warned that involvement with them or alcohol would cause a worsening of the symptoms.
I attended Okanagan College and earned my grade 12 over again and first year university. Eventually I met a wonderful woman, fell in love got married and moved to Vancouver. I found work as a draftsman and attended night school. The medication was eventually changed to Risperidal (risperidone) and I felt even better. It had been 12 years from the onset of the illness till then. I spent 6 years living in hell without proper diagnosis and now I am fully recovered. I have earned an honours Diploma of Technology and am about to start a wonderful career.
It is now 1996 and without the support of my loving wife, psychiatrist and medication I would not be where I am today.
The keys to recovery are:
* stay away from street drugs* take your medications as directed* proper counselling and therapy* correct diagnosis
LIKES(Schrizophrenia)
In this study, I have gained a lot of information. Actually, I choose this topic because it is really interesting for me and to know about. Besides, when I heard about choosing a topic for a blog, schizophrenia is the one that enters on my mind.
The reason why I’m interested because since I’ve watched the movie entitled “The Mirrors”, it is actually one of my favorite movies because it not just all about scary things but also it includes the behaviors and mental disorders. And I’m thankful that if I haven’t watched this movie, maybe I’m just now confused of the things that I want to explore. Also, because of this topic, I have learned hat is very serious mental disorder that lasts for at least’s six months.
For me, to have a research about mental and behavior disorders is not because it is only interesting but because I’m having fun and as a psychology student, it is my privileged to know more about problems that people are encountering. And until now, biological and neurological factors alone cannot explain the development of schizophrenia. And I like it very much because it thrills me and I’m excited for more results and researches could be discovered.
And I’m looking forward to it.
The reason why I’m interested because since I’ve watched the movie entitled “The Mirrors”, it is actually one of my favorite movies because it not just all about scary things but also it includes the behaviors and mental disorders. And I’m thankful that if I haven’t watched this movie, maybe I’m just now confused of the things that I want to explore. Also, because of this topic, I have learned hat is very serious mental disorder that lasts for at least’s six months.
For me, to have a research about mental and behavior disorders is not because it is only interesting but because I’m having fun and as a psychology student, it is my privileged to know more about problems that people are encountering. And until now, biological and neurological factors alone cannot explain the development of schizophrenia. And I like it very much because it thrills me and I’m excited for more results and researches could be discovered.
And I’m looking forward to it.
DISLIKES(Schrizophrenia)
In this topic, one thing that bothers me and because of this, it turns me to dislike it, the Broadness of this study. There are lots of parts/subcategories of this study. Like, before having this topic, I focused in the mental disorders and it is very hard to think and to choose. But because I’ve recalled my experiences, like watching my favorite movies and I have my final decision that I will do researches in Schizophrenia.
While doing my researches, the things that bother me turn into a good ideas and became more interesting and so challenging. I imagined myself that what if I encountered a person having this kind of disorder; it is hard for me to understand him or her but because I’ve gained information, it really matters to me but still, I’m kind of scared of it.
While doing my researches, the things that bother me turn into a good ideas and became more interesting and so challenging. I imagined myself that what if I encountered a person having this kind of disorder; it is hard for me to understand him or her but because I’ve gained information, it really matters to me but still, I’m kind of scared of it.
Relation to Psychology (Schrizophrenia)
This topic (Schizophrenia) because it has the greatest impact to each and everyone for us to know.
Psychology, in terms of its definition is that each of its terms has a broader meaning and it is much related to Schizophrenia wherein both observable actions and mental thinking is affected by this disorder.
Schizophrenia affects about 0.2-2% of the adult population or about 4.5 million people (equal numbers of men and women) in the United States(American Psychiatric Association, 2000) of the inpatients in mental hospitals, about 30% are there because of schizophrenia and this percentage is the highest of any mental disorder (Robins and Regeir, 1991). In this explanation, schizophrenia is truly existing and part of psychology. Psychiatrist was pointing out 3 major factors- biological, neurological and environmental that interacts in the development of schizophrenia. Biological and neurological factors explained why people develop schizophrenia.
Psychology is very broad in terms of its topic or studies and you can relate anything.
Psychology, in terms of its definition is that each of its terms has a broader meaning and it is much related to Schizophrenia wherein both observable actions and mental thinking is affected by this disorder.
Schizophrenia affects about 0.2-2% of the adult population or about 4.5 million people (equal numbers of men and women) in the United States(American Psychiatric Association, 2000) of the inpatients in mental hospitals, about 30% are there because of schizophrenia and this percentage is the highest of any mental disorder (Robins and Regeir, 1991). In this explanation, schizophrenia is truly existing and part of psychology. Psychiatrist was pointing out 3 major factors- biological, neurological and environmental that interacts in the development of schizophrenia. Biological and neurological factors explained why people develop schizophrenia.
Psychology is very broad in terms of its topic or studies and you can relate anything.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Schizophrenia:What If You Lose Touch With Reality?
I just want to have more information about this disorder. Actually, I want to gain information about disorders that affects the life of an individual.
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