So I have schizoaffective disorder with bi polar and I experience being watched by a lot of people I experience people trying to manipulate me I hear telepathy from them and they say I was created by the elites and my family doesn’t need me or want me that I am always going to feel as I exist but stuck knowing I was created by the elites every thing I watch or hear like tv or music they’re telling me I am nothing
I need some advice to get through this situation
Hi @OSCAR19 welcome to the forum. Im diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
Youll find a lot of people on here having similar problems and experiences. Most of it boils down to symptoms of our illnesses. For most people finding the right medication and dose helps with these symptoms.
Do you have a psychiatrist and are you taking any medication yet?
Yes I am I’ve been the last years
Get @OSCAR19 I’m dealing with the same thing every single day I can’t catch a break.
Very cool have you tried a few different medications yet ive found risperidone and olanzapine to be particularly effective to me but there are literally like 20 different meds that you can try latuda, abilify, seroquel, caplyta, vraylar, clozapine and others
I don’t really know what to do but I try to be strong and see the best out every day
Yea olanzipine is the one I’d recommend
Nice and the reality for a lot of us is we still have positive symptoms (voices trying to convince us of things) and we have to choose to ignore them in order to live more normal lives. Most of us have beliefs of different explanations of our symptoms and are like you said just doing the best we can everyday
hey oscar, those are hallucinations.. im curious are you on meds? I used to have similar thoughts but when i took meds i realized they were hallcuinations. its hard to have insight while in the middle of a psychotic break
Yes I take medication
Olanzapine did not work for me. I found for me Risperidone worked best if I do not go below 6mg, completely wiped my positive symptoms. But I feel like it worsened my motivation and made me slow.
It took me 11 years before I started getting some mild voices. A lot of my delusions fizzled out except where I talk to God and she talks back. Things can get better.
Things definitely can get better. I suffered from similar degrading beliefs. Time, finding the right meds, and staying compliant is probably what’s helped me the most. I used to distract myself like crazy to take my mind off this stuff- Tv, internet, reading, video games, music.