SCHIZOPHRENIA & Schizoaffective Disorder
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"if schizophrenia and bipolar had a baby" is the absolutely best description of schizoaffective i've ever heard
Myed But what if you've been diagnosed with Bipolar (1) and Schizoeffective disorder? (As well as Generalized Anxiety.)
Colleen Reed schizoeffective bipolar disorder . the father of my child has it .
Myed This is how I explain it to my friends! Although I usually say "the hideous love child of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder"
Myed I was just about to say that
Exactly!!!
There's a woman who is diagnosed w schizophrenia and was told that she would never be able to manage life properly on her own. Now she's professor of a university!
Luticia fuck the h8rz
Definitely, it comes down to a good psychiatrist and hospital, early diagnosis and being prescribed the right medications, support when you leave from family and doctors and some luck too! My brother has a mental health condition no problems now, and is a lecturer at a university also! I have a condition and have a librarian's qualification and am studying further in conservation and land management.
Wow really do u know her name ?
Thanks for posting this. I had a bad undiagnosed episode of what was later diagnosed as schizoaffective disorder and I failed all six of my classes.
Her name is Elyn Saks
i hate when people say that "youre schizophrenic" when they know nothing about it and its conditions, it's very hurtful when people just throw these terms out without know anything about it. its very hurtful.
this video is helpful and helped me understand its conditions.
People are lazy. Never fails. Annoying.
Doesn't hurt me. It can be frustrating, though, as any sort of ignorance can be. Better to simply relax and correct them in a polite way. Everyone wins.
I hate it when that person is your own mother.
Drink 8 cups of water per day to be healed of mental illness. Taper off your medicine slowly. Jesus loves you!!!
I accept I gave mental disorder just been hard to get on medication I don't want to be controlled or be a robot
I battle voices a lot. They are very scary and extremely difficult to not listen to them. I don't wish this hell on anybody.
I agree. I wouldn't wish this on my worse enemy.
i am curious, do they sound like real voices from outside, or you can tell they come from inside your head? can you talk a little more about what you hear? i'm just curious, thank you
I hear voices from the outside that sound like real people talking to me but I also take spells where the voices sound like they are more in my head. Generally when in head it sounds like a ton of people talking and screaming at once. When outside my head it usually sounds like it's one or two. When inside my head it makes me feel like my brain is overheating or something and is much less tolerable for me at least.
I have Isolated 8 different voices in my head plus what I call Intuition or the "God" Voice. Yes it can be very maddining especially when they are all chattering, your ears ring from stress/High blood pressure, and are having auditory Hallucinations all at once. Hang tough Jason,
Can you guys go more in depth on the content of what your voices say? Are they religious based? Government-spy based? And Somatoil4u, I notice that my ears ring all the time and I usually hear the voices in my head upon waking up in the morning. Do you guys have a harder time during the morning hours as well?
Any diagnosis with 'shizo' or 'pscyho' in, is a tough label to take on
i have schizoaffective and remember hearing the door squeak when i was in the shower and my name being called out. I heard crunching noises outside and thought someone was stalking me and plotting to kill me with a knife. I also thought i was going back in time a few times before treatment. Now i am on medication i have to say i no longer have these problems. Medication is worth it.
What medication has worked best for you? Ugh I’ve been on almost all of them! The weight gain is the absolute worst.
Emotional support is important also family support.
I just always have the feeling of someone behind my shoulder. I hardly ever hear or see thing unless I’m in a dark room or about to fall asleep.
I struggle with this too. sending you love. I'm sorry you have to experience it.
Kati, I grew up with a schizoaffective father brought on by ptsd. This explanation has made a lot of his behaviors from my childhood make a lot more sense. I feel like I can understand him better now. Thank you.
I am a psychology major and I am applying to grad school to be a clinician. These videos give me so much perspective and so much information I'm so happy I found you.
You sound like such a wonderful, caring, and intelligent person. I am learning a lot from your videos!
Madeline Chase me too!
Madeline Chase me too! I’m only in my second year of undergrad but I’m on that route
Thank u
Kati, you never mwntioned the worst, most insidious symptom that schitzo-affective has: the sudden lack of wherewithal to do personal grooming, showering, self-care. Every single person I know with this illness has to continually fight this, & the medication never seems to help with particular symptom. It's horrible, having somwthin in your mind that takes away tge ability to take of oneself in this most basic of ways. & I find this is the hardest one to fight.. For example, for me, since I got this illness I hate to get wet & I am clautrophobic in the bath or shower: this makes something previously enjoyable into something hellish. I just don't want to get dressed & many days it is impossible & I don't kniw why. Plz address this in your next video, along with what to do about it.
Thank you.
Do you also hear voices commanding you to do things or not do things? How long have you had these symptoms? Can you explain more in detail what you're experiencing? I know your comment is 2 years, so excuse me if you've gotten medication and you've overcome them, but I'm still curious to know.
I think it's part of schizoaffective disorder to have depressive episodes, that has to do with it
YES!’ Thank you!
Same
It is called anhedonia which means inability to experience pleasure. Anhedonia could be present in schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
I just love how positive, reassuring and non judgmental Kati Morton is!
This is the best video i've seen on youtube about schizophrenia. Well done.
No tips, just sharing. My mom has Schizophrenia and is bi-polar. My father is a narccist. Growing up was hell. I made it by delving deep into school & sports, reading self-help, and entered therapy. I did work, and I always had a belief that life had to be better than this. It is. Thank U Katie for these videos.
I have bipolar and schizophrenia and my mom's a narcissist.. thankfully she's away and I can heal without someone tryin to just push me down everyday like awhile ago I had a break down and had suicidal ideations. I hope u r fine
karina⁴aug: you sound like you could be any of my children. Their dad same as yours, myself have been 🏷 labeled with those two diagnosis to name a few. My spouse engaged in Gaslighting me. Frequently took me to emergency rooms and exaggerated symptoms, lied and told them i was not safe for the children.
I suffered at the hands of medical personnel who did not do proper diagnostic tests, over medicated me, justified extended psych ward stays as they changed medications just before my discharge (have great insurance). Three different therapist have suggested my behavioral health diagnosis may well have been due to spouse abuse. I never quite fit any of the categories, so they'd base it on what narc spouse told them. After extensive therapy sessions they would eventually decrease meds to nill and discharge me, but spouse didn't like that so he would find another reason to drop me off at the emergency room. Would not take them my medications, so they would prescribe again based on only his accounts. Back then i did not have a voice, due to the chronic abusive, chronic stress, chronic threats, Hypervigilance. Learned to sleep with one eye open. He pushed so hard to get them to recommend 'electroshock therapy' treatments. So evil.
karina hope you consider attending NAMI support groups for family members of someone with a behavioral health diagnosis. Free via 'zoom' app.
can you do another video about the different types of schizophrenia?
+Anna Leyland if im correct, i believe the types of Schizo dont exist any more they are all just schizophrenia now :)
Drink 8 cups of water per day to be healed of mental illness. Taper off your medicine slowly. Jesus loves you!!!
I am schizoaffective & I never knew the goal oriented thing was a symptom. That is a huge problem that I have & never even knew why. Thank you for this video! I was diagnosed 2 years ago & I watched this video then. Thank you for posting!
Since I was already diagnosed as being bipolar, something I inherited from my dad, I was shocked to find out that I'm alsos schizoaffective in the sense that I just went through two huge chunks of time during which everything seemed so negative and out of control. Thank god I have this great therapist who caught it and the new medications are working.
Thanks for making this video. I have been diagnosed with both paranoid schizophrenia and schizoaffective and it is nice to see someone willing to teach about the disorders insread of judging and making steriotypes.
10/10 you made me cry. I feel you don't judge me. But I hate the meds so much. Sosososo much.
Drink 8 cups of water per day to be healed of mental illness. Taper off your medicine slowly. Jesus loves you!!!
I struggled with med side effects but have finally found one that makes me feel almost like my old self. I would suggest asking to try a different one, can be hard but worth it in long run.
Alicia Douglas may I ask which med you are on?
Can you tell me about the side effects? Are there any? Why do you hate them? I might have to take these
I’d also like to know what medication you’re on and why you don’t like it if you don’t mind sharing
Hi there! Just wanted to say how happy and excited I am to have found your channel! I am a Child and Youth Care Practitioner student in my final year, completing a placement within a children's hospital inpatient psychiatry unit. I am being exposed to so many different mental health disorders, and I find it fascinating. As a new and young person in this field surrounded by "vets" that have been on the unit for longer than I have been ALIVE, I find myself mixing up DSM criteria and different diagnosis criteria. Your videos are such a simple way for me to refresh, and turn to for simple explanations. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge here. Your passion for mental health awareness is so inspiring- thank you for being you! Cheers, from Canada's capital!
When I had psychosis from schizoaffective disorder I went to the ER and then the second time I went to an instacare. I got rejected both times and they refused to treat me because it was a mental illness issue. It took me a month to get in with a psychiatrist who actually could help me. Not everyone who needs treatment can get it immediately despite our best efforts
@Solaris Music I dont think I had those resources in my area at the time sadly.
Your videos are very calming. Your voice is very relaxing and helped relieve my anxiety. Thanks for the educational videos!
some antipsychotics honestly feel more like a chemical labotomy than anything useful, especially quetiapine/seroquel... the seroquel shuffle is a real thing on psych wards!
What is the seroquel shuffle? I took seroquel and it sucked so much! I was sleeping at least 12 hours every day and was drowsy the rest of the day. It was very very hard to do things
@@Rlove8687 Its how you can see who's on seroquel when youre in a psych unit. Heads down, shuffling slowly totally fucked up. Its nasty stuff but useful lol
@@Rlove8687 Its basically a zombie drug lol
I hate meds too feel like a zombie and it numbs your feelings too much I think
even though this video is a few years old, you still never fail to be as caring as ever. I love that you always say "we" and encourage any of us who are struggling to not only get help but to truly make us feel that we are worthy of it. thank you, kati. I want to be a clinical psychologist some day and get my Ph.D; the amount of love and support you have for your clients and your audience is what I aspire to have.
sending all my love
I love the way you explain the meanings. When you were explaining it I was thinking about Bipolar and schizophrenia together and then you said it. I was like yes I have found someone who understands my way of thinking. Thank you for sharing!
Could you do some more about schizophrenia? Maybe how it begins to present and come on or the idea of a spectrum? I’ve heard people say that before but nobody mentions what it means. I have a loved one who is very hesitant about professionals but they are worried for their mental health and have several schizophrenic relatives I want to either help them reassure themselves or strongly encourage seeking treatment but a lot of the research goes right into talking about extreme cases and symptoms.
Maeve Gallagher
Thank you for putting this video out there. I have a teenage daughter who has schizoaffective disorder. The biggest problem is that our area does not have any good resources for her. She has also battled anorexia and bulimia as well as self injury and has been hospitalized several times. After her last 5 month hospitalization, she seems to have stopped the ED and cutting, but we are always waiting for the other shoe to drop, and her Dr is 2 hours away.
+Kati Morton (Mental Health Vlogger) I'm not sure if i have a disorder. If I hear the same messages in my head, but this happens only a few times a week, is it still schizophrenia?
+Kati Morton and they link this diagnosis with 2 or 3 others :/
Im watching a lifelong friend go through the exact same thing, closest help is over an hour away. He wont get the help he really needs and i dont know what to do. Scary as all hell, could only imagine it being my child. I feel for your daughter and everyone else suffering from this and their loved ones having to watch it happen...
Thanks for your videos Katie! I’m studying for my clinical exam and it helps so much to hear how you explain the dx and tx options you share! Keep going girl! Sending you lots of love!
Hello Kati. First and foremost, I want to thank you for what you do. Your channel has help me a lot.
About me. I am a 47 year old divorced male and I was recently diagnosed with 4 mental disorders:
1. Bipolar Disorder
2. Anxiety Disorder
3. Schizoaffective Disorder
4. Delusional Disorder
Of course, due to mental disorders, I am 100% insecure, have zero confidence and no self esteem whatsoever. I am terrified of loneliness and I always will find ways (mostly unsuccessful) everyone or anyone to love me, respect me, admire me, casual encounters and etc. Sometimes all I need is a hug. I have felt alone all my life and I've lived alone most of my life. I seek isolation which is a place I feel safe and my delusions have been my companion. I am always sad and I carry a hole in my heart.
My 10 year old son lives with his mom and although I can see him and take him anywhere and whenever I want, he is going through the mommy phase, so I don't see him a lot. How the hell I got married? God knows.
I currently live in a state (FL) in which I have no.
My family lives in southamerica and my asshole brother lives in New Jersey. I am not close at all with my mother's side of the family and my father is dead. He died of alcoholism.
During the 9 years in which he was still alive, he was sober twice.
In late 1981, I remember sitting in the back seat of a cab with my brother ready to JFK airport because we were permanently moving to southamerica. I remember my mom went into our house and upstairs to their room to say goodbye to my father, who was drunk.
Neither my brother or myself said goodbye. I felt complete indifference. A couple of months after living in southamerica, my mom got a phone call from her girlfriend in New York to say the last time she saw my father, he was super thin, drunk and was dressed like a homeless person. I am 100% certain that he is dead and I do not care to know where he's buried. In 1986, my mom tried to kill herself by taking God knows how many Valiums. The reason? Her boyfriend (which later on would be stepfather) was hanging out a lot with an ex-girlfriend. I was 13 or 14 at the time.
Today, I do talk to my mom (she lives in southamerica) once a month. I do not love her but I take her calls and listen to her boring stories and before the call ends, she tells me she loves me like ten times. It is annoying.
I have no girlfriend (the last time I had sex was in 2013) and no friends. I started a new job 3 months ago and I am starting to think the company made a mistake in hiring me. I can retain anything and I feel so insecure and stupid when I am performing my job. My consistent delusions greatly affect my capacity to retain information and to apply it as well.
I live a very, almost intolerable, lonely life. It is so bad that I have thought about taking myself out many times.
I very am scared. I take the right meds but I am still looking for a therapist.
No one has given me a hug for years. I have no one in my life to motivate me and to support me. I don't drugs and I don't drink
So, when you have some time, can you please suggest a better path towards recovery? Thank you!
I am hugging you now, take care of yourself ❤
Hope you are still doing well 💜
psych is an aspect of nursing that is most confusing and hard for me to understand, especially differentiating all the different diagnosis that involves similar symptoms, but this VIDEO totally cleared these two diagnosis up for me! THANK YOU SO MUCH
First time subscriber here, and your a gifted teacher! Your podcast was great and you explained everything very well. Thank you for your service to the community!😇
So you telling me that all the prophets in the Holy Bible had Schizophrenia.
Don't believe everything they say such as "Medication can save your life" because its not true. Jesus is the only one who can save your life.
@@esosa9634 sometimes even Jesus can't
What a wonderful therapist you must be. Thank you for this video and the help that this explanation brings.
kati....as an episodic sufferer of schizophrenia i find your openess and manner along with your professional manner so inspiring and refreshing !! a big thanx !!! x
I used to think I was schizophrenic, until I found out that I had been gasighted for years.
Wow... Your words really tauched my heart 😮 i'm really glad you wrote and i hope people will take your words into consideration
abuse victims are more vulnerable to being triggered into psychotic/depressive disorders, I am schizoaffective and the gaslighting created what I see as a framework for delusion/hallucination in me over time, but I know it messes with your intuition and sense of reality period. Sending you love! I am sorry that happened to you.
Lol.... voices do the same thing
Kati please make a video about skitzotypal Personality disorder?
I am getting diagnozed with it but i can't find enough info about it. I have alot of negative symptoms of skizophrenia but i am not delusional or anything. I was appenrently misdiagnozed with ocd before. So its really confusing me hos i Can go from ocd to stpd. Help. your video makes so much more sense Than my doctors word.
I love all of your videos I struggle with schizoaffective disorder bipolar type,depression,severe anxiety and PTSD. I have nightmares alot and hear things,and see things others don't. Thank you for everything you do.
Thank you for the video I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder when i was 38 so its been a pretty rough road for me... been on a lot of different meds but still working thru it thank you.
My mother struggled with Schizoaffective Disorder for years before she passed away (to clarify, her death was completely unrelated) Growing up with her as my mother was... upsetting. She loved me and my brothers so much. Since I was the youngest, it seemed her paranoia focused mostly on me. I couldn't go out side on my own, I couldn't do a lot of things normal children could do. She put a security camera in my room and stayed up all night to watch me while I slept. She was convinced that there were people living in our attic and waiting for her to stop watching and take me away. I was horrified because I was only about 8 at the time. She thought there was a camera in our bathroom light. My father tried his best to get her the help she needed, but she was convinced he was cheating and paying for another woman to go on vacation to Aruba. She thought he couldn't be trusted. My father would be forced to wait until she made threats or got violent to call Mobile Mental Health. She would be put away in a mental institution for a week or two, where they would force her to take her medication. She would be fine for maybe a month and then she would convince herself that she was fine and needed no meds. Or that the meds were poison. That's when the cycle would start up again. I remember her crying to god and looking up at the ceiling. I remember her trying to tear her skin off of her face because she thought she was ugly. I remember her talking to people that weren't there. Now, as a 22 year old I truly hope I don't end up like my poor mother. I know it could be genetic and that terrifies me. I'm finally going to a doctor today because I have horrible anxiety and I hope it's not the beginning of Schizoaffective Disorder.
Seriously don't worry about getting it.
Sometimes when people start to believe they have something. Their body reacts. Example: when a woman truely believes she's pregnant. She may start have milk coming out their nipples.
I personally once thought I was diabetic. I reacted to sugar just the way diabetics do. By collapsing on the ground. I'm not diabetic.
I look after a schizophrenic. The person makes me anxious, and depressed. My doctor says to me "you are in a toxic environment around a schizophrenic. Make sure you break away regularly. Go for a walk. Sit outside. Have time to yourself."
It sounds like your mother loves you. She may think she's actually protecting you. Tell her you know how to look after yourself now that you've grown up.
I just saw the movie A Beautiful Mind, I was confused thank you for making me understand it a little more!!!!
Thanks Kati I suffer with paranoid schizophrenia and your videos really help me understand my self better
My mother has schizophrenia. She has to take her medicine daily! Very important. Thank you so much for putting out these videos! If only every therapist was as good as you!! You have truly found your calling!
Aren't hallucinations/delusions a symptom that's prevalent in bipolar, too? Especially during manic/mixed episodes. I mean, this is what my psychiatrist told me. How would they differentiate between those symptoms in bipolar disorder and schizoaffective?
Those psychotic episodes in Bipolar only occur during mood extremes such as when very depressed or Manic. With Schizoaffective, the psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions are present when moods are NOT out of whack. (This is what my Psychiatrist told me.)
What if the psychotic symptoms come when you have mania, but then the anti psychotic tablets dampen the mania, so you end up with psychosis without the mood bit
You are absolutely correct, you can experience hallucinations when in a manic stage of Bipolar. This can be brought on by severe lack of sleep which can generate hallucinations even with people without Bipolar. The difference is with Schizoaffective disorder there is a mood component that needs to be treated and there is also a psychosis component that exists alongside the mood component that needs to be treated separately. With Bipolar D/O the hallucinations can usually be controlled by leveling out the mood and not allowing it to reach mania. This is how it has been described to me by a mental health specialist. I am a LMSW that works in mental health. I hope this helps. Alex F.
I've never heard of schizoaffective disorder and didn't know too much about schizophrenia . Thanks for such an amazing informative video on it! :)
Your videos are amazing and very informative. I never agreed with medication but now I realise I needed it all along.
Lawd, girl. You’ve studied hard. Exhausting just imagining the hours you’ve spent learning all the things you’ve devoted your life to. Thank you very much.
My brother is Schizophrenic. He’s also learning disabled. I believe he may have had an eating disorder when he was younger, but I don’t remember if he was ever officially diagnosed with one or not. Needless to say, he’s had it kinda rough. Because of his diagnoses, he can’t really take care of himself. He can’t work nor can he drive. Plus, I don’t think he gets proper care. The mental health system where we live isn’t great and nobody really seems to care all that much. I wish there was something more we could do to help him.
Could you do a video on different types/kinds of anxiety medication? Like there side effects and what types of anxiety they are for? Thank you!
Thank you for the work you put into these videos. I've had my bipolar II diagnosis for a number of years and the medicines I take are effective. There have been three occasions, however - each distant from one another - where my level of frustration with something or someone grew past my usual capacity for containing it. In each instance schizophrenia symptoms surfaced as matters deteriorated and trailed off as order was restored. The last one of these ended a few days ago - good grief.
My therapist of ten years (recently retired) prescribed Lamictal and Seroquel at my first visit for mood issues. These medicines brought relief to my aching head quickly. These medicines and ten years of talk therapy appointments brought me to a basic understanding of how reasonable people solve problems. I pass for reasonable most days because of his efforts and smarts.
My scrapes with schizophrenia are very frightening and I need help, but finding a competent therapist is difficult. I had to give up on five before finding a long term solution, and it was only blind luck that I did. If you know of a therapist who can help me with this or a way to find one, could you put it on your website? I live in Olympia, WA. Thank you again for your hard work.
Thank you Katie for making this video. I’m so thankful for your videos
I can imagine that it must be extremely hard to fight this mental illness, especially when you have paranoia and have delusions like "they want to harm me" or "I'm being spied"... So that way they have great problems going into therapy and changing their way of thinking... I've heard of some people who see people who are telling them to harm themselves or to stop therapy and I think it must be extremely hard to recover from schizophrenia...
So, schizoaffective is just a person that has symptoms of both schizophrenia and a major mood disorder such as depression.
waqqashanafi my counselor told me schizoaffective disorder doesn't involve schizophrenia.
I've been diagnosed schizoaffective because I've had visual and audio hallucinations(schizophrenia), as well as a mood disorder of mania and depression(bipolar disorder)
It's someone who has subthreshhold schizophrenia + mood disorder. The schizophrenia isn't full blown, but many of the symptoms are there.
im pretty sure the schizophrenic symptoms have to be during an episode not while youre going through an okay period of time. if they persist i think theyd be separate diagnoses
Everyone's wired different very very very not true. Look it up. It’s Schizophrenia and Bipolar together.
Hey Kati, thank you for taking the time to make your videos and all that you do for people like me. It's nice to have more awareness it's great thank you. Im sure thousands of people appreciate it as well. Anyways,
I have schizoaffective disorder depressive type and there's many of information mostly on the diagnoses or positive symptoms I was just hoping if u get the chance to tough up on this disorder beyond the criteria. Like if you had patients with schizoaffective life been rocky so was wondering how other people cope with it when all their positive symptoms are gone
You are so awesome. Truly gifted as what you do. It's easy to learn from you. Thank.
There’s also olfactory and tactile hallucinations
My medicine helps me to live without delusions and hallucinations. I'm glad we can afford such medicines.
Thank you! I was diagnosed back in October and the doctors and nurses were vague and only used the term delusional, and handed me a printout on my disorder and medication. I'm happy I finally researched to underatand myself. Thank you for studing this in school I feel so elated knowing that I'm going to be fine if I can ground myself once I come to realization of my disorder being triggered
I appriciate this video. I've been diagnosed for over a year and still trying to grasp it. I'm very against medication but with watching videos on youtube right now, I'm understanding more that medication can help regulate myself. I love my mind, but sometimes it's really difficult. So having even your support that it's okay to take medication is helpful.
I have very vivid dreams, which blur the lines of reality for me and i don't reality check with anyone because of embarrassment. from what you have explained these are things that happen while your body and mind are physically "awake". what about dreams....causing issues...in waking life?
My problem with getting something I'm out of is thinking someone's watching, following me. Not so much where to start.
I've been coming to watch your educational videos for the past two years from what I can remember. The truth being I was diagnosed with skizoeffective disorder. Learnt alot and was able to disprove alot. And set those out of mind and out of sight😁 #mentalhealthmatter. Thanks for educating and taking up a great hobby I hope from introspection for you Katie. Good luck and thanks again, I appreciate your customary approach to education😁
I am currently studying for my LMHC and these are fantastic for on the go reviews! Thanks so much for your work :)
I was diagnosed with this almost a year ago and what I feel, now that I know that I'm mental, isn't quite comfortable. Sometimes I am very happy and idc about it but most of the time I'm scared of people harassing me about it. Seldom I think of suicide because all I can think is that people think and talk shit about me and my behaviour. When I try to be honest with them they don't understand me and they think I'm fucking crazy. I don't want to be that way. I want people to like me, to know that I have battles with my own self. And it's hard. Damn, it's hard.
I suggest you don't care what people think... find ones who can understand.. I actually think many people have mental disorders or at least part of it.. but shit im no psychologist... but I hear u on people thinking you are like the devil because of a 'diagnosis' .. I dont think everyone is always aware of how many people got something not right in their head somewhere..
I myself have had delusions at times. Had depressed feelings, suicidal feelings/thoughts... I think all of these are just a product of your social needs, basic needs, family and environmental factors. N past experiences...
I try to just rationalise things as much as possible...
Rudegardt Britz That is kind of what Schizoaffective disorder does to you. The only way someone with it can do that is to take meds.
I hear ya, it is freaking hard. But people are closed mounded and not compassionate .they don't understand the illness so they fear what they don't know and treat it as a bad thing. We don't need those negative people in our life.
I Agree life is hard dealing with mental illness. There are so many things that can help relieve your symptoms and live a more "normal life" as far as what other people think forget them. You only want people in your life who accept and appreciate you for you anyway. It's hard not to care what people think, but once you stop caring and focus on loving yourself and being yourself there is so much more freedom and enjoyment in your life! stay Strong :) I'm here if you ever wanna talk
It's difficult because I'm torn between the postulat (told by everybody) "be yourself etc" and wanting to fit in, be normal etc.
Can a blunted affect also be caused by something like depression?
Also, do intrusive thoughts have anything to do with schizophrenia or psychosis in general?
Excellent stuff. Thanks for taking the time to explain the differences. More knowledge = less stigma!
Thank you for explaining the symptoms clearly to others who may or may not understand.
Can you do a video about schizotypal disorder, please?
Thank you :)
I second that, I have schizotypal disorder and would like to know what the difference is.
schizotypal is nothing more than a covert Schiziod that's it
The Abnormal what's schizoid?
The easiest way to explain the general difference is that Schizotypal is a personality disorder that features sympotms like Schizophrenia's positive list and Schizoid is a PD that features symptoms like Schizophrenia's negative list. They are all in the same cluster of illnesses but are not the same and have different causes. Schizophrenia in the family has a higher risk of predisposition for Schizotypal or Schizoid disorders.
A big challenge for a Schizotypal would be paranoia and anxiety... where Schizoids suffer from varying degrees of flat affect, isolation, and emotional blinding.
I would like to see follow up videos on this topic. I've been diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective and generalized anxiety for many years. I have trouble know what are symptoms and what is real. I have racing thoughts and hear voices a lot. I don't have visual hallucinations very much anymore. I feel useless and that I shouldn't be here. My antipsychotic caused me to gain weight so fast that I have fatty liver now and borderline diabetes, but the Doctor's will never admit to that because I'm poor and on disability and they want to protect the pharmaceutical companies from lawsuits. I have the major depressive sub-type of schizoaffective disorder...I'm not bipolar. I can't reality test with my Mom and Dad because it makes them sad. I just ignore everything if I can.
Hey, I send my love to you. I hope you get better and everything works out for you!
Dear Kati thank you this helped me understand my schizoaffective disorder depressive type. You have been very helpful for me and I really really appreciate
I really connected with this video when you mentioned the overhead speakers in hospitals. Those really threw me for a loop for a while. And I was just experiencing psychosis, not full schizophrenia.
Are auditory hallucinations only voices or hearing or feeling watched, can it be music or odd sounds like buzzing.. or machines or alarms and such?
I think so yeah
Its every sound thats in our head but not irl. I can hear police sirens, "people" or like today i heard my grandma calling my name when i was outside my apartment. I have hallucinations every single day and often it scares me/ makes me uncomfortable. In my teens (im 23) i saw dead people beside the roads, heard police sirens everyday or music that never stops in my head.i could taste extreme salty taste or smeling bad odours that was never there. Its not that extreme today. I eat litium, lamictal and queatiapine etc (since i was 14) i eat around 350 mg Daily antipsychotic and it works fine. Im fine but I still have hallucinations everyday.. Visual and hearing stuff. Sometimes i get really freaked out and sometimes not. Im not manic or depressed so hallucinations are always a part of me i guess. 🤷🏻♀️
That sounds like an inner ear problem. It can be corrected.
You are entirely full of shit
And you don't "eat meds"
do schizophrenic people loses touch with reality?
where their whole environment changes,
or they see glitches in objects or their surroundings with the feeling of a different surrounds (I.e nostalgic but as if they was back in time).
especially if under intense emotional stress or intense situations.
Thanks kati for your video. I now have more questions to ask than before.
Psychosis is when you loose touch with reality, schizophrenia is usually seeing or hearing things that aren't there
Yes I do
@@TheBackyardShow818 . I disagree
@@TheBackyardShow818schizophrenia is literally just chronic psychosis. So yes you lose touch with reality
Yes I do, but I am not "out of touch with reality" all the time. Its like a spectrum of intensity.
These videos are great!!! Thank you so much for making them and not having an annoying voice. They make studying much more palatable. 🥰🥰🥰🥰😂😂
You look very happy
That shirt is amazing and thank you very much for the video!
What if u can smell something that really isn't there. I can sometimes smell cigarette smoke even when nobody is/was smoking. And when i ask people around me if they can smell it they'll say no. Is there any explanation for that?
that doesn't sound like schizophrenia. it just sounds like an olfactory hallucination. to be schizophrenic you need to have delusions, and the hallucinations should be significant to you. and remember, a disorder must cause you or others problems.
+Joanne Moore so were they...
+kyla sanchez possible synaethesia - senses crossing over - another stimulus (sound or touch) might make you smell smoke.
+kyla sanchez I smell them too and I live in a apartment alone and I don't smoke. I hate cigarettes and it's very unpleasant.
that's a sign of a seizure
Weed tends to bring out the schizoaffective disorder in me
That's because this is all bullshit.
Thc is not good for people with this disorder.
yeah when I smoke herb my messiah/prophet complex comes out a lot more. For a long time I thought I was either Jesus or the antichrist. this is the first time I have opened up about this idk if anyone else experience this please reply.
its really frustrating but I am learning to accept and love myself for my condition
Same for my relative seems fine sometimes when he smokes other times you can jus tell it is messing with him. I just wish i could help, but he wont talk about it or go see a therapist or anything.
This was a excellent description of what I have / going through. Thank you Katie your a blessing from God.
Kati” lol 😂
Im going to have abnormal psyc exam next wednesday and I found ur chanell and so happy, its so helpful, you're heard same as my lecturer, the best part is when I just too tired memorizing and making sense of what DSM-5 said I can get clear explanation and example in ur video. Omgggg thankyou so much. Hopefully I'll doing well on my exam :')
Is it possible to get schizophrenia from Generalized anxiety? Because I looked it up one time when I had trouble distinguishing if a dream I had was real or not, that that was a symptom of schizophrenia and I got really worried.
thars a lucid dream dog
You can wakeup, and still be dreaming for a few seconds.
Also seizures during sleep can cause a person to wakeup disorientated. Imaging seeing things moving around the room, for example spiders.
My past feels like a dream like I can’t even remember yesterday so I don’t know wants real and what’s not it’s drives me nuts bc like I can’t remember a single thing and I can’t help it and ppl get so upset with me
Hello,
My sister was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder this past summer. I was hoping to get some pointers on how I might be able to help support her.
Thank you!
Treat her like a normal human being.
I have a friend that has I could never get him to understand why it’s so important to take his meds but you explain so well
Thank you for explaining trouble initiating goal-oriented behaviour. I'd never heard this mentioned with schizophrenia before and it explaining my difficulty in getting things done. Many times I've left the house in my slippers or tried to make a cup of tea and not known how to do it because I didn't know which step to take first. The explanation is comforting.
My friend got diagnosed with Schizophrenia but she’s a really emotional person but she has awful hallucinations and “word salad” is that normal to be a really emotional and empathetic person with schizophrenia??
Niko Rose you are such a good friend
One thing you didn't mention about med's is that they have come out with a new generation of anti-psychotics that are much milder than the old generation. They refer to the new generation as "atypical" anti-psychotics and the old generation as "typical" anti-psychotics. The typical anti-psychotics are often hard to tolerate, and the atypical are usually much easier to tolerate.
I have schizoaffective bipolar type and I think my mom knew this for a while. Before I was diagnosed even. I think she was scared to hear the diagnoses. Nobody believes I have this disorder though. It's really rough living with this disorder. I stop taking care of myself and I lose jobs. This video had really helped me understand what is going on in my brain. Thank you so much Kati!!!
Good video I have learned so much I do not have this disorder but my ex girlfriend has it and I have learned so much. I have anxiety and I used to put myself down if I couldn't figure out a way to ease her burden. I tried to deduce what solutions I could have come up with to take the stress off her shoulders. She was often misunderstood and misjudged. As an introverted, socially ackward young man I tried my best to help her and felt really depressed when she left. She was intelligent and even helped me out when I felt overwhelmed or I assumed someone was judging her and looking at her as if she were crazy, when in fact they had no idea what she has to deal with daily. I try to view situations objectively and approach problems with logic. She was the first female( that was not family) to show me compassion, she understood my troubles and I tried to take on hers but sometimes I feel as if I failed her she was my only friend, my first true love. She even encouraged me to trust people more instead of avoiding them. I am watching these videos to help people who suffer from mental disorders as her and I do. Too often are disabled people misunderstood when all they may need is someone to tell them that everything will be okay. Instead of judging each other we should support one another. Paying it forward with kindness.
I'm diagnosed as Bipolar with psychotic features, but I think I'm schizoaffective. Next semester is coming up I'm so afraid I will not do well in class because of what is going on. My psychiatrist didn't change my meds. After my last hospital stay they added lamictal to my Seroquel and Wellbutrin. it seemed to work well until I quit smoking.
I also had a slip up and smoked a cigarette and my episode almost immediately after seemed to subside a little bit. I made an appointment with my therapist. it's definitely difficult to put sentences together like you said Katie, but I'm not sure if it's the medication.
I'm so afraid
After ending up in the hospital I was put on Lamictal and it worked well. I quit smoking a year after I started Lamicital, and it went great. Word of advice - don't quit smoking until you figure out your medication. When you change meds and quit smoking at the same time it can be impossible to tell what is causing what and what is a withdraw symptom and what is a medicine side effect
+Hope Sherman Hi Hope, I'm not a professional but I saw your comments and didn't want you to feel alone. I think you need to speak to your doctor again, express your concerns and tell them what has been going on recently. Perhaps nicotine patches or gum might be a good idea to ween you off smoking? If you are worried you might not be able to express yourself to your doctor maybe you could write things down at a time when you're feeling a little better so you can take your time and get your ideas across properly. Does your school know about your struggles? They might be able to help. I wish you the best in your studies :)
+MR STR Yes I think you're correct. My psychiatrist told me that quitting smoking can make my symptoms more inflamed. Boy was he right. He upped my dosage of lamictal significantly, but I just came out of a minor depressive episode (pretty much crawled out of it) and I'm laying down for now to see how I feel in a while. I have a nicotine patch on right now. I also think I should've waited to quit. My hospital stay was in April and they've been tweaking my medication since then. I did quit somewhat suddenly - I had an emergency wisdom tooth removal and have to get the rest of them out next week. My mood is all over the place. I could typically feel when things were going to go south and prepare myself for what I was going to go through. Today hit me out of fucking no where. I have therapy on Thursday evening. I'm able to articulate myself more clearly since the med change. My brain and my thoughts are still a bit fuzzy and jumbled. Thank you for your comment! I was thinking the same thing and I wasn't sure if it was because I wanted to smoke so badly.
“Pain killers for the pain but I still feel it. Still suffer as a man I just deal with it”
It's so easy for someone to believe I'm happy and not sick,I hate letting my father see me like this...I promised I would get better but I've only gotten worse ...it makes me believe there is hope after all when I viewed your video ...thank you ,...
Thank you so much for these words. They really helped. ✨
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I can easily understand all that you explained so well.
😊
It's fun to listen.
Really helpful. ✨ 😊
And I really wish more people were blessed with people like you to help them.
It was easy to relate because I have the diagnosis myself. ✨
It feels like a blessing, because I learned so much during the years and I can be an inspiration. 💕🙏
Thank you once again. Much appreciated. ✨ 😊
Love 💕🌼🌹🌻
It would be too much to share all my experiences here, but I am thinking of how best to share and help others.
Orchideen Dame you just did. I have schizophrenia, bipolar 1 disorder with psychotic features and I depend on the Lord as I wait for my medicine ❤️🤲🏾🙌🏾🙏🏾
I have really strong delusions and my "hallucinations" reinforce my delusions. Like I am sure that people talk about/to me in movies and music. I experience it. So I think it is true. I mean, it is like I hallucinate through people. I have had normal hallucinations too, seeing and hearing things others don't. But most of it is things people are doing for real and I KNOW it is about or to or at me. I am not sure if they know they are doing it or if a spirit is doing it through them. Or if my illness somehow controls reality a little.
Synchronicity
I feel like some specific things all relate to me and each other like idk it’s a really sting feeling that I can’t quite put into words
Strongs*
I have scizoaffective disorder and medication has changed my life and l am well now but sometimes l want to come off my meds but l think my meds are making me feel well
What meds are you on? If you don't mind me asking
I have put a lot of weight on with mine and that is making me depressed
I wanted to ask too for my friend, but no answer. I hate youtube, the guy prolly never even saw the response.
Never stop taking your meds. It is terrible living life unmedicated with such a serious condition. I get violent when I'm angry and I'm unmedicated. Was unmedicated for 4 years. Never doing that again.
thank you very much Kati. i am a nursing student and your videos are very helpful in my studies .once again thank you very much .keep it up
Thank you Katie for these videos. You are helping so many people.
I wanna be normal though and have a beautiful wife and family hopefully I can one day
You definitely can one day 😊
Me too
I had this hut unfortunately this illness came into play :(
I have a schizophrenic first cousin, and he went off his med and keep threatening to slit his moms throat and has become obsessed with his niece who he started stalking and becoming very vulgar with her. No one will do anything to help him 😞
i'm so sorry. I have an uncle that committed suicide (he was diagnosed with schizophrenia) and it could've been avoided if he would have received proper treatment and support. Ppl with schizophrenia are too often left out...
Get your cousin admitted to hospital. Just by calling an ambulance. I had to this. Don't forget to notify the emergency dispatchers, that your cousin may get violent. The police may need to assist ambulance crew.
Remember taking such extreme measures is important. You're showing everyone your serious. You need to protect the person from themself, and protect other people. If you don't do it, nobody will.
I'm on your side. You can show people my comment. Show them that a person supports, and believes in you.
Melina McGuire
I get this total Ann Perkins from parks and rec vibe lol great video! Great channel! Thank you for all the great information. I’m glad I found this 😊
I have always had a curiosity in regards to schizophrenia & bipolar disorder. I’m not very educated about it, & finding your videos very helpful. Thank you 🙏🏽 😊
My little sister has this and she has zero quality of life!!! I think she has been let go without medication for far to long. Our town does not have help for mental health and we do the best we know how to! My question is that if they are left to long without medication and the ridges are too deep, can that cause her to never be able to come back fully from this?? i feel as though my sister will never ever have any kind of a normal life she is just to sick! have you heard of cases of people who never take their meds and what happens to them if that is the case? Thank you for these videos...
Jesse Golden I'd like to know this too as a family member had schizophrenia but she never took meds. She doesn't say hi to people when they come in the room etc. I'm not sure what happens but I think they need the medicine. She doesn't have a quality life she's 40 sits in her room all day doing spiritual stuff RUclips etc. only comes out to make food then back to her own.
i have read that schizo and bipolar are degenerative if left untreated, i think that is what this relates to
You want to know what happens when left untreated? The person in question either kills someone or kills themself. Leaving them untreated isn't what accelerates this though. It's when you half-heartedly treat them. ie. giving them an injection one week, but then not giving them follow up injections for like 2 weeks. Or making them take prescription pills for 1 month, but then allowing them to cold turkey it for the next month. What this does is allow the schizophrenic to build up a resistance to the medication. It will also damage them alot more in the long run. You must either throw down the cash and treat them like you love them even if it is financially draining. Or you leave them be (for a time [like 1 year max]) then treat them once your financial situation is better. If you decide that you are not going to treat them at all and allow their minds to slowly rot over a vast period of time then they eventually commit homicide or suicide. They will hurt you or themselves in a very fatal manner. Hopefully, this answers your question.
The medication keeps me from sleeping. How am I supposed to get better if I can't sleep???
If you haven't already, I'd talk to your psychiatrist about it and see what you could do.
+Alvar Harkonen No sleep makes it worse. I understand this.
Kevin Walker yes definitely it can also trigger a psychosis if you go on for too many days without sleep on top of your symptoms I don't take meds I haven't for years but if I don't sleep and if I don't exercise I run into trouble sleeping, exercise is what works best for me
Love your videos. Your videos are so helpful. It gives a sense of hope.
Thank You Kati for your Informative Videos. I’ve been SchizoAffective for years now. I served in the Military years ago and that was when my first Symptoms appeared. Anyway, Thank You!