Hi, I have lost insight into schizophrenia. How do I overcome this? I feel like my friends and family have spiritual conversations around me!
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What is it?
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Are you on any antipsychotic meds?
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Anosognosia is the feeling that schizophrenia symptoms are real….
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Yes, I’m on zuclopenthixol. I only assume I’d be worse if I didn’t take any medicine!
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There’s dozens of antipsychotic meds out there. Is there any particular reason you’re on that one if it’s not really working as maybe it should ?
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I’ve tried practically every antipsychotic available but they are not working. I only take 200mg of zuclopenthixol every two weeks because more would give me the shakes. I hallucinate even on other antipsychotics and I have no insight. I feel like the voices are real. I may have to look into herbs or vitamins but I don’t know
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Ok. It doesn’t sound like you have lost all insight which is good.
The best thing is to tell your psychiatrist that you’re having breakthrough symptoms.
To be honest you might have to be realistic when it comes to delusions. I’d wager most of us here suffer from unusual beliefs like that. So you’re definitely not alone.
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I’m well aware what normal people are like in the way that everything is more scientific. When I go about life I’m scientific too and keep my spiritual thoughts at bay! I just always wish for improvement. I read 57 pages of a book on telepathy versus schizophrenia and feel like the book completely missed the feeling. I think you are right in that most schizophrenics suffer ongoing voices occasionally plus the doubt that science is all there is out there!!
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PS. I just read that with schizophrenia there comes neurological damage which can impair ones ability to see whether they are unwell. It involves damage to the frontal cortex and prefrontal cortex. In other words it is not our fault and we are not being stubborn! I also read that medication can help as does CBT and other psychological interventions
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I don’t know if I experience anosognosia. Maybe I think my symptoms aren’t real but I what I experience is like the illness.
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