What is Schizophrenia? EXPLAINED
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- Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024
- Schizophrenia, if left untreated, can be a debilitating disease - but there's hope! Early recognition and optimal management can result in living a full and fulfilling life!
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schizophrenic woman here. i haven't been on any medication since my psychotic episode that led to hospitalization in 2019. i got diagnosed around april of 2020, but didn't get the results until the summer because of covid reasons. i haven't been back to the hospital for psychotic symptoms and I have been doing talk therapy since last summer. my therapist has said that there are quite a few instances where schizophrenics are able to manage the symptoms without medication, but that therapy and social supports are often crucial. i've had some issues with delusions in the past 8 months or so, but none that inhibited my functioning, so a psychiatrist i spoke to said that there was no need to prescribe me medication in that case. i know there is the risk that it may get out of control though, so i still maintain access to that psychiatrist in the instance that i may need medication. i just wanted to put that out there that it is possible to manage symptoms with enough insight into them without needing medication. my mind has delusional tendencies and has had them since around middle school, i hear voices, see visual distortions and the occasional small bug hallucination, cognitive symptoms, and negative symptoms, but i have a lot of awareness. awareness is key with this condition and many others. awareness trumps thought, always. if you can be aware, you can avoid spiraling into them. thank you for your videos and your compassionate approach to mental health topics. i will say, though, as a final thing, that i'm not the biggest fan of people saying, "person 'with' schizophrenia," because schizophrenia isn't an item i carry. it's not something i can get rid of. it affects every area of interaction that my body and mind engage in, so i would like that to be referred to as schizophrenic. the whole thing is schizophrenic. that which is called me is schizophrenic. it is no different that autistic people speaking out against person first language. they would rather just be called autistic, because it can't be removed from their body. so, i would rather you just call us schizophrenic. sorry this was so long.
Hello Amber I’m also a woman 39 who’s schizophrenic. You sound very similar to my experiences and I also manage without medication. I am very sensitive to stress and I think the worse of it is the negative symptoms. I did do ketamine treatments which cured my social anxiety completely. I find I have to be extraordinary with self care and diet and I can do quite well. Sometimes I laugh to myself because I’m tall and thin and blonde and people maybe see me and think I’m some privileged lucky white girl lol. They have no clue I’m schizophrenic because I look “normal” and if I didn’t have my husband to work from home and help me I wouldn’t be doing so well. Delusional thoughts are hard, I have to self check and have others check me whenever I come up with ideas. Living off the grid or deciding to get rid of everything to live a spiritual journey lol.
THANK YOU!! I'm so sick of this permeated mainstream belief that schizophrenics HAVE to take their medication because without it they will be unable to function and that medication magically gets rid of their voices. I haven't met a single schizophrenic who had their voices completely silenced by ANY medication. I'm a 38 female who's had schizophrenia for almost 10 years now. I tried the full gamut of antipsychotics and nothing even came close to affecting my voices.
The thing that's worked best for me was learning to live alongside my voices by sharing my mind and body with them. I couldn't beat them so I figured I might as well learn to live with them. It's not all roses and sunshine. It takes A LOT of getting used to and learning to cope with losing your mental privacy and having outside entities constantly interrupting your thought processes or judging your thoughts etc.
But I function and have a job. I've worked at Amazon for the past 5 years first as a minion, then as an assistant manager (PA), then I moved out to TOM team outside driving the trucks as a yard hostler and I just earned my CDL to go over the road! And nobody even suspects it. If I were to tell them, they likely wouldn't believe me that I hear voices 24/7.
Please copy and save the following comments as they are usually deleted by youtube. There is no such thing as schizophrenia as far as I'm concerned other than when people are on drugs, from my research and experience. There are many ELF waves mind control experiments in the United States today and they have been going on a long time! Look up " Dr Rauni Luukanen Kilde mind control today ", as well as his following (ex whistleblower) video " CIA Dr Robert Duncan Tryone Dew interview", as well as a video titled " Electromagnetic mind control and voice to skull V2K ". Also the following video interview with international lawyer Alfred Webre : "Jay Parker: How 34 million Satanic/Illuminati Americans keep Earth in turmoil " . These are mind control experiments done by people using military equipment and frequencies that can transmit all kinds of thoughts, voices and also take over your brain to get you to obsess over anything that the operators want you to obsess over. It takes a little while to get you to do this and they are ALL trained to keep VERY quiet about it at the risk of being targeted themselves, but as you'll discover by these videos, there ARE people without shame in this world that have technology to play with peoples minds. And that is NO joke. They can watch you around the clock and send you thoughts that you cant get rid of without you knowing about it as well, give you flash backs when they want, read your mind, (they have all studied your past and family) , most people dont realize that they had been targeted a long time with all kinds of bad luck before their operators in their heads finally decided to TALK to them, revealing themselves as angels in some cases, or guardians, or masons threatening to end their lives if they say a word to anyone about it as they can elevate your body temperature from afar to unbearable levels or even accelerate your heart so that you think youre having a heart attack and they'll say, next time you give us a hard time, or if you tell anyone its the CIA or whatever will blow your head off! They even come in to your home and drop drugs in your food so youre suddenly buzzing and you don't know where it comes from! Hell on earth to be picked as a targeted individual and many have ended up in psychiatry because if it! Hell awaits I tell you!!! I have experienced what you went through, and though God may not be able to directly defend you he will certainly protect you against it and I encourage you to pick up the gospel and read the book of John, Matthew, Luke and Mark. As well as transmitting voices to your brain and can also see through your eyes. Believe it or not. Look up 'targeted individuals remote neural monitoring " in all search engines (under images, you'll get more results) and finally this video : " Security industry analysts tells all, Brain Kofron original podcast " > It sounds like you are a victim of MK Ultra experiments that are still happening nationwide. Also look up
Dr Rauni Luukanen Kilde mind control today ", as well as his following (ex whistleblower) video " CIA Dr Robert Duncan Tryone Dew interview" (who also hears voices!) as well as a video titled " Electromagnetic mind control and voice to skull V2K ". Also the following video interview with international lawyer Alfred Webre : "Jay Parker: How 34 million Satanic/Illuminati Americans keep Earth in turmoil " The following two interviews are also worth watching, one with human rights Vancouver lawyer Alfred Webre with International scientist Leuren Moret, titled : " Leuren Moret: Global chaos agenda - Jesuits Trump, Pope, DOPE INC & Mexican border; Nuking of USA population, DHS Urban warfare against Americans, Neutron bomb by USA against Syrian civilians" As well as this other interview video titled : "Leuren Moret: Jade Helm, Homeland Security, Domestic Pacification, Weaponizing adult children to wage EMF Mind Control War & The Bigger Picture. I do hope they stop this before they are brought to court! Remember God also sees everything through your eyes!
My ex has paranoid schizophrenia. 5 years of trying so hard. We had a child together and unfortunately I had to leave him when bubs was a baby as he just wouldn't take meds nor even come to the doctor. Thank you for this
“Awareness is the key”
Yes!
I have had depression with suicidal and obsessive tendencies thoughts since puberty. Menopause was bad. I am glad to not have to deal with hallucinations though. That’s tough
An excellent summary, Dr. Syl. I'm a retired psychotherapist who was licensed in California and Oregon, USA. My favorite clients were schizophrenics. I am convinced that the most crucial part of treatment after finding the right medication is intensive and consistent case management. Sadly, many clients drift away from this, and many mental health systems around the world do not consistently provide funding for this service. When clients and mental health staff develop a good working relationship, the outcomes can really take pressure off the families. This enables them to be more like families than custodians. Close case management also greatly reduces evictions and homelessness, and increases med-compliance among this population.
Say it louder for the mental health system in the back! I'm studying Psychology to help improve the quality of life for these pts, like my Mom. Don't feel pity for the families, feel it for the pts for being dealt w/ a really crappy deck of cards in life. Dont pity me, I've gained a lot of grit from it. Thank you for this comment 🙏
As a schizophrenic I am grateful that you didn't handle this in one of those ways where it centers the perspective of a non-schizophrenic person, overly dramatizing the effects. It's handled very realistically about how limiting but how treatable it is! Only thing is that the multiple noise like music plus voice makes it hard for your schizospectrum viewers to watch your schizophrenia video. Thank you again, Your Newest Fan hehe
That means so much JT! Thank you 🙏
Very helpful thank you. My son has suffered with this disease for +12yrs. He's been on all the meds you've mentioned, with Clozapine being the one with the best outcome. Unfortunately compliance is such a battle. He is 32yrs old now, and we're back to starting meds again....so sad witnessing someone you love suffer from this debilitating disease. (He is dual diagnosis too, which is even harder) I'm going to share this video with his siblings to help with increasing their awareness and understanding. 🇭🇲 Qld
I have skitozoaffective disorder, love your channel it's so informative and helpful
My best friend was diagnosed as Schizophrenic a little over a year ago. His doctor believes it was triggered by many years of drug abuse and alcoholism damaging his brain. It's been a rough ride, and it breaks my heart to see him scared of voices or seeing things that aren't there. He is receiving treatment, but I'm in the US most of the time and he's in Mexico. Let's just say I feel that he could receive better treatment elsewhere. I was there visiting last month and witnessed some paranoid behavior, in the evenings especially, where he would be convinced someone was in the house we were staying in. I had to reassure him repeatedly that all the doors and windows were locked and convince him not to sleep with a kitchen knife. One evening he became completely psychotic during a drive and left me stranded on a roadside. That was the first time I've ever been scared that he might harm me during an episode.
😮that is very concerning
May I ask are you still friends with him? How can I help my friend?
You explain complex topics with such ease thank you!
One of the best things we can do in life is to learn to meet people where they are. I was raised super conservative and believed that certain "groups" of people were of the devil etc. Now in my 40's I am making a concerted effort to learn more about all types of people and understand their situations, struggles, challenges, fears, success, and everything that goes along with them. I've recently found a string of video's on people suffering from mental illness and have realized how much I have to learn. Video's like this are super helpful in learning to understand what people deal with that I can't relate to but can consciously attempt to understand. Keep up the good work make!
sounds like you are very interested in improving and reflecting yourself! respect, very few people make a sincere effort! :)
@@masch4 Thank you, I sure wish everyone did, imagine what a world we would live in.
I’ve been looking for a new exciting channel for weeks. Finally found it :) thanks mr dr 😁
What a fantastic video. So clear and informative. I enjoyed your informal style of delivery so much. I am a mental health nurse in the UK and have never seen schizophrenia explained so well. Thank you
An absolutely wonderful video Dr. Syl, very informative.
Thank you so much Dr Goh!!
@@DrSylI've got shit on my ass.
I’m a student nurse on a mental health placement in NZ at the moment. Thanks for such an informative video 😊
Oh wow Jordan that’s great to hear!! Hope you’re having a great placement :) let me know if there are other mental health topics you want me to cover :D
You’re very good at this keep it up
Why is Dr Syl so nice 😭❤️ he’s just so lovely!
Also auditory hallucinations and hallucinations in general makes me feel so bad! I feel so sorry people have to go through that. I can relate to auditory hallucinations somewhat because I have migraines and sometimes I hear music coming from somewhere outside, but I’m the only one who can hear it and it’s so freaking loud! My doctor looked worries when I said that and asked if I hear someone talking and I said no just music. He said yeah you definitely have migraines. It was such a relief, because if I didn’t know the cause I would definitely think I’m going mad. I have that symptom so rarely but it still freaks the crap out of me when I hear music that sounds similar to my auditory hallucinations. It’s so strange that your brain could trick you like that! It’s strange and amazing
Thank you so much for this video it was helpful. I've been suffering from this schizophrenia (auditory hallucinations for 4 months before I used to have visual hallucination. I used to think they were ghost around me asking how my family members voice sound like how they look like. They even made me smell different orders like fart/poop/urin etc... they still are. I have recently figured out that it's hallucination after surfing through internet. I try to tell them that my mind created them they still refuse to go. I've got still lots to tell but the chat is too long sorry🙏.
If you can please make a talking therapy video or if there are other talking therapy videos it would be helpful and thank you once again.
Great video Dr Syl! Wow
Good video, I am diagnosed with schizophrenia & this video is thorough
This is a great explanation. I have schizoaffective disorder - I really appreciate your empathy in terms of how you talked about the voices. Mine are awful. Thank you for being so empathetic in acknowledging this - I feel sometimes I don't get much empathy from my psychiatrists. Perhaps because they see this all the time and are maybe a bit desensitised to it. But these voices greatly impact our quality of life. For me I was very high functioning for a long time. I got three degrees including a masters, I worked full time as a high school English teacher for four years. Then it all collapsed - had a psychotic episode, was hospitalised. Since that big episode I have struggled to regain my functioning and my voices are a lot worse. I now have a lot of paranoia too. Can psychotic episodes damage the brain? Because I also feel like my cognition has been greatly effected. Now I struggle with concentration a lot. Thank you - kia ora from New Zealand xx
I love watching your videos, I work with an ACT program and your videos help me a ton with my job ! Keep posting your AWSOME vids 😊
Thanks Karina 🙏
Thank you for the clear description of schizophrenia. I am having many of those symptoms and I think I need to be evaluated by a psychiatrist. I’m diagnosed bipolar 2 with borderline traits . But for many years I have the delusion that I will be attacked if I walk onto my front yard or if I’m caught outside in my backyard . I also see dark corners at night on my way from bed to bathroom and I imagine there is an evil spirit there or my dads ghost (he beat me and verbally destroyed me growing up with fundamentalist rhetoric and claimed I was possessed by a demon when I came out as gay ) . I’m gong to talk to someone
Very informative. I'd really like to see a video on medications. Also a video on Schizoaffective disorder please.
I would very much like to thank you for this video. I'm 47 and was diagnosed with Asperger's as well as a severe depressive disorder. My father was a Paranoid Schizophrenic as well as being a truly horrible human being in general. I had the misfortune of learning about hereditary disorders at a very young age, and spent the vast majority of my life in abject terror that I could end up like my father. After watching your videos on Schizophrenia, I've realized it wasn't the cause of any of the unpleasant qualities my father had, he was just a shit human being. I know that 47 is well past the age for those symptoms to show up, but that long a period of being hyper vigilant of your own mind leaves it's share of "scars".
Hey Syl, this was so easy to follow, I’ll show it to my nephew who’s best friend has just been diagnosed, hopefully it will help him better understand his Illness ❤❤
Love that I found your channel! I have major depressive disorder (we’ve just stuck with that because it’s been six years of the symptoms not going away without meds lol), and adhd. There’s nothing better than having another educated perspective here on RUclips. I can’t wait to watch your channel grow!!
Would love to see your take on psychotic and catatonic depression? The last time I stopped my medications (always think you’re all healed because you’re doing better🤦🏻♀️) and experienced both to the milder end of the spectrum.
Thanks for the video. I have Schizoaffective disorder. Greetings from Kenya.
I have schizophrenia. I just want to end this because I've been suffering in this for almost 9 years. Especially the voices in my head that can't stop talking to me. I also have depression, anxiety, and PTSD. People don't believe in me. So i keep it in myself. I don't want to go out in public places as well. I withdraw myself for a very long time. I also see things that is not true. I just want to live alone and don't want to talk to anyone else. I just want to stop this but I don't know how.
It sounds like you need to see your doctor, especially if you've lived with this for 9 years. You'll probably need medications and talking therapy, but the 1st step is to visit with your GP
@@julieharrison4439 My mom is scared in Covid. So we can't even go outside. I'm just 21yrs old and i hope it will end soon. Btw, thank you fpr your concern. I really appreciate it! 💛
@@user-kv1rn6rg7y My uncle has auditory hallucinations. He has a voice in his head that keeps telling him that he owes him money. And he gets 'verbal abused' by the voice that he sometimes yells back and then his colleagues at work thinks he's crazy.
For the time being, if you can't see the doctor because of covid, I think talking to your family more helps. When he's on his own, he hears this voice more. When we try to talk to him more, it seems to be better for him.
Are you able to have a telephone appointment to talk to the doctor over the phone?
@@julieharrison4439 Talking therapy.... not for schizophrenia. Watch the video again.
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Of course talking therapy isn't enough. Read my post again. I said medication AND talking therapies.
Thank you so much for making this video and for all the education you're putting out into the world. Absolutely everything you explained is what I see in my husband. He was diagnosed last year. I'm trying to learn as much as i can about this so i can help.
Thank you with all my heart for this informative video and your supportive positive manner in presenting the information.
Hi doc!
I am a third year Medical student and i am kinda looking for a lot of different ways of increasing my medical knowledge besides reading a propriate and official literature (for example guessing cases on instagram, following many medical pages... etc.) SO i found these "youtube classes" of yours VERY usefull for a nonmedical people and us - future junior doctors so i hope you keep doing this!
Especially with accent at brain illnesses and mental health awareness, i would be veryy grateful if you could tell us something more about MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS.
Greetings from Serbia!
Being 21 years diagnosed I have em
bibed a lot of information over the years and the best description of it is that you have no perceptual filters all your senses are hyper-vigilant and with too much constant Non-essential sensory input become part of your worldview and then you start seeing patterns that either don't exist or are just coindences and your mind tries to connect the patterns you notice to the other patterns you perceive at that same moment.
I found out about the lack of filter thing when talking to a relative about the 60s & their experiences with LSD and they said in an off-hand way that it strips back your perceptual filters and I was like what do you mean by perceptual filters? That led to a five minute conversation about how our views of reality were radically different not including the hallucinations and delusional thinking.
As for a question have you any tips for getting to sleep at night without the need of prescription sleep meds and some valerian root tablets to take?
Please note I am in regular contact with my Community Mental Health Team here in Aberdeen, Scotland so I am just looking for tips and tricks for falling asleep easily.
I like your background music over the calming delivery of information
Thank you for this informative video. Its really helped me to understand my mum who suffers with paranoid schizophrenia.
Hey Dr Syl :)
Again, a very informative video with a lot of great insight. But you asked for feedback, so here it comes ;)
To second whitestork in the comments: The music is really distracting and is rather counterproductive for your video. Also I guess the "youtubey" sound effects for the bell and the swooshes for the wipes are okay, but probably a bit loud for a rather informational channel like yours. Don't try to be too flashy, your content speaks for itself.
And a note on the colors: You seem to use the log footage of the camera ungraded. That leads to a very "flat" looking image with low contrast and desaturated colors. If that is a artistic choice, then of course please keep it up. But otherwise: You could either use a LUT, set the camera to a video mode (maybe REC709 - I don't handle many Sony cameras myself) or colorgrade the footage after recording. Mainly raising the contrast and the highlights a bit and also push a little bit in the middle (gamma). And a bit more saturation to your liking.
I noticed, that you seem to be into video making (have the cage and handle for your camera sitting in the background) so I hope giving you feedback like this is okay and appreciated.
Thanks for the awareness ☺️☺️
The no insight I think is the hardest. My ex truly believed people could communicate through their minds and that everyone knew except him. He also hated being put in the middle. Hard to explain. Numbers mean things, ie license plates would mean to go one way. The best way to explain how I could describe how he would feel, a bad "trip" 24/7
That movie "Awakening" with Robin Williams & Robert Deniro, there were given Levadopa , it brought them out off their catatonic state but it took a large dosage then it caused schizophrenia. I would recommend that movie in regards to dopamine levels and how it affects the brain.
Thanks for explaining this I think I will accept medical care next time I am asked
how strange that dopamine, which I thought was a euphoric stimulus in the brain, often associated with addictions and things, can lead to symptoms which can be very negative. I have a friend that has recently been sectioned after a breakdown. He hasnt been diagnosed yet or the family havent told us. He sometimes has this scowl/gurn expression, has talked about a monkey/women in his head. He is currently 25. I believe he has schizophrenia.
I like listening to you and you are very informative. So I say this as polite as I can. Please think about removing the piano in the background it is very distracting. I really want to listen but it's very difficult with the music. Thank you from a Subscriber. ☝️🔔👍
Thank you for your videos, they are great! I like that you include some education around medication and how/why they are effective. Please do more videos on medication :)
Very interesting. I don't think you can always expect support from friends though.
Stress triggered mine
This was very helpful. Thank you.
Great Job in explaining it. I don't understand how my exwife trained Dr in Family Practice didn't understand this. Are you willing to do a interview with a person that suffered a major break and able to help you in understanding the process of events? I would be willing to speak and help in anyway. I love what your doing thank you.
Last time I was hospitalised for psychosis, I wasn't on any anti-psychotics as I had weaned off them from the previous episode 18 months prior, anyway this time they prescribed me risperidone upon discharge and they also gave me 30mg diazepam to take while the risperidone was starting to work and to this day I remember the diazepam was a far more effective and with less negative side effects than the risperidone, but they won't prescribe me that instead because it is addictive. I'm on methadone, which is apparently quite a good antipsychotic in itself but with methadone alone I have delusions and hallucinations so have to take daily dose of risperidone, which has the worst side effects of any drug I've taken. I'd sooner be addicted to diazepam than have to endure the risperidone side effects and before anyone says "no you don't, benzo withdrawal is horrible" I would like to point out that I have done a lot of benzo withdrawals in my lifetime and I'd need to be on it permanently, so no withdrawals anyway. Sometimes I just think it has more to do with the Doctors being jealous than anything else.
It was very helpful.
I love learning so here I am!
Could you do an episode on schizoaffective disorder? My brother had it.
I don’t hear bad voices once I heard a Monk chanting. But usually I just hear what it sounds like the radio, it’s been left on another room or the TV I can’t quite make out with the people are saying. Sometimes I hear someone call my name. I feel the presence sometimes of ghosts around me but I don’t think it’s actually ghosts just hallucinations. I felt a hand grab me from inside my bed. But I was living a less healthy lifestyle, that scared me so I’m very healthy now never going out always in bed by 10pm. Sleep is vital. I don’t take medication but I also don’t live on my own because if I did I would be terrified of ghosts and have to take them.
Are you diagnosed with schizophrenia ?
I would be interested to know if you could maybe talk about treatment resistant schizophrenia? I have it myself, proven after 10 medications that I have tried (both typical and atypical) didn’t work. I got really awful side effects from every one I tried, with some being worse than others but across the board making my negative symptoms (mostly anhedonia and avolition) a lot worse. I do get a lot of paranoid thoughts and frequent hallucinations on a daily basis, which haven’t changed at all with any of the medications. I am however currently in uni, studying abnormal psych and have been reading up a lot about treatment resistant schizophrenia. Something that I’m finding very interesting is the theory that it may be caused by something other than dopamine and quite different in causation than treatment responsive schizophrenia. I’d be interested to hear your thoughts.
What could cause it ? Do you have any suggestions ?
Thank you very well explained
Thanks for the information
I have schizophrenia and live in Australia. I've been meditated for 2 years the side effects are pacing shacking and a feeling of being unbalanced
I'm sure agents of those 3letter agencies appreciate that there is a diagnosis such as schizophrenia for people who believe that these agencies are doing what they indeed do for a living such that they can continue to do so since it's clearly helpful for the orderliness of society that they continue to track people clandestinely and have the medical community helping out...
My brother has visual and auditory.He didn't talk to is at all until he got help and put on meds. He asked me what causes someone to hear something that really isn't there? I tried to explain but we really don't know. His is Catatonic Type. He was doing so well and for 4 weeks he's not! Sadly we are literally begging for a Psychiatrist . He had one but now, nothing. we took him to the crisis center as directed and they did nothing at all. What I would not give to have you in the State to help us!
Please talk about clozapine side effects.
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Great video. My dad has been diagnosed with this and is in a mental hospital. I do worry if I would get it? I sound stupid but it’s nerve racking. There is other things that’s gone on with him and it’s heartbreaking.
My younger brother and sister were both diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Two of my younger first cousins are also diagnosed with it as well. My brother and sister both passed away as a result of episodes they were experiencing. It's not an irrational question to ask, and you're not alone in being worried about that. I am 35 now and have never shown any symptoms of either bi polar or anything else on that spectrum. I do try and educate myself on it even after they have passed. I think to try and answer, maybe why they got it, and I didn't. It's obviously genetic, but there are also so many other factors. In my opinion, the best thing to do is try and take care of yourself the best way you can physically, mentally, and emotionally and to educate yourself about it. Don't be ashamed to ask and get help if you need it in any aspect of life. I'm sorry that you and your father are having to go through this. I wouldn't wish it on anyone, but there is a lot more education and information on it now. 🙏praying for the best for you and your family.
Interesting content. I find the bg music distracting though
Hello, I have a question. When it comes to "voices in your head". How much of it is considered normal? Like let's say you have an internal monologue or dialogue or inner voice, is that more or less acceptable? Or what about when you generally feel down and your brain tells you negative things?
What do you think meditation is all about…. Becoming aware of your mind and the thoughts it generates … that’s what creates suffering isn’t it but many aren’t aware of it i guess 🤷
Hi!! Four years into schizoaffective bipolar type. I was without care (by refusing) for three years and the fourth year forced into it by probation. I was originally put on 10mg bid of zyprexa. Then 200mg of seroquel hs and 500 mg of depakote er three times daily. This took over a year of tweaking the meds to this level to be comfortable in my on skin. I gained 60lb. Now they are decreasing the olanzapine until I am completely off of it. Was zyprexa the drug you said should be the last resort?
Where did the misconception about schizophrenia being a “split personality disorder “ come from? Cause isn’t it more of a disordered thinking problem rather than being a “multiple person problem “ that many have thought the condition is?............. ⚛️☮️🌏
Great video thankyou 🙏🙂
I was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. I’ve never heard voices or hallucinated and I’ve never been delusional. How do you explain that one if you’re so smart?
Please talk about the newest antiphchtic.,Caplyta...I've been taking it for 4 years and it's great..no weight gain, eps or td.
Dr. Syl, what is the difference between schizophrenia schizoaffective disorder? Is the latter associated with bipolar disorder?
May i ask please dealing with addiction when dose the escapism turn into abuse. IE if i drink 4 cans off beer i feel relaxed but still go on to drink another 4 . then wake up feeling shit and pissed off with my self as i could have controled my intake. just enough to get me to sleep would have been fine ? nope drank evrything and then wanted more
Can you reupload this without the music? I feel like this video has great content. But I would never share it with someone because of the music in the background.
What are your thoughts on opiate antagonists such as naloxone to help treat positive symptoms of schizophrenia?
Awesome but scary.
Can you make a video about The LAI for move monthly SC injection called Perseris
4:07 if they don’t elaborate on what they hear then you’re not a good guesser on what schizophrenia is
Resperidone works wonders may just have had a psychotic break tho
Psychosis is when you see reality. That's why when you come back to the normal world you realise normal people are deluded under the distorting effect of habit.
But thought sounds like someone is talking… that’s our inner dialogue. Everyone has that. You can think something different while saying something opposite an be aware of it. 😅
Great vid, very helpful for my course, I'm going to quote you Doc as the source :) Sorry if stupid question, but why hallucinations and delusions are marked as 'positive' symptoms (I got that the 'positive' here doesn't mean what usual 'positive' stand for, like with AIDS, when test is positive then you've got it and it's not good, of course. Is it that hallucinations and delusions are like 100% indicator that person has schizophrenia and the negative ones that 'yeah, maybe this person has a different mental disorder'?).
Not quite mate. It’s more that positive symptoms are ‘additional’ symptoms to reality (hallucination is an addition to someone’s sensory experience) but negative symptoms like thought blocking or social withdrawals are a removal of ones experience of reality
Also you’re probs better off referencing dsm5 rather than a RUclips video haha!
@@DrSyl Thank you for both of your answers. My course is not uni paper and I think this video has a informative value with the medical background as well, moreover, there is a bigger chance that whoever will review my work, will re-check it by playing this video than going through pds of DSM5, even with number of pages given. Well, if I did uni paper then sure, I suppose I couldn't refer RUclips video tho.
Can psychosis “run its course”? Will the episode be over given a certain amount of time?
We have DID dissociative Identity disorder. Do you think you can do a video on this subject. Our system would love to hear your prospective on this disorder.
Closipine would be last resort as it has a huge affect on the kidneys I've been told
Can physical illnes causes thesesymtopes?? I hade sinusitis for a long time now and problems breathing well and i hav some if not all of these symptomes, and most of the time i notice these behaviors and thoughts in my self, and i try to think diffrently it,s just comlicated lol
Probably channeling.
May I ask how does children and drugs effect persons work schizophrenia?
to bad they dont teach you they can do this with tech now days audio spotlights modified radars and they can get your bodys frequency as well its ashame they dont teach this in med school voice to skull maybe oneday they will teach u they have medusa silent hearing
I believe he's a doctor because he's wearing scrubs
Have you read Spotnitz?
Dear Dr. Please refrain from starting with your diagnostic understanding of the complexity of psychosis. Open with an outspoken representative patient activist who can speak to the complexities.
Can you map the genetic risk?
It's an invention
I have great respect for you, dr Syl, so I’m disappointed you used a click bait image on this video that depicts a person with schizophrenia ( you as an actor in this case) as creepy and weird. My daughter has schizophrenia. I find the screen image to this video offensive.
All those things are very real
Hi sir are you hiring a video editor then you can comment me because i am video editor
Move the needle! Psychiatry needs to do better with this condition. They’re really only able to control acute positive symptoms but really aren’t able to restore function in these people at all. Ketogenic or low carb diets are proving effacious as they are about restoring mitochondrial health in cells and looking at the disease as metabolic dysfunction conditions of the brain
I don't know why but ever since I was little I can tell if a person has schizophrenia as soon as I walk anywhere near the person. I have a strong physical reaction that has never been wrong. I have a mater's degree in psychology and to this day still have not figured out why I seem to have a radar, My mom does too. It's only with schizophrenia , no other illness. Very strange.
My dad is a robot...
I actually had a psychotic episode where I thought my dad was a terminator
Where's the accent
Background music is unnecessary and stupid.
Yes, many ways to get schizophrenia
Lol this is not a delusion god allowed all this he could of healed me in Brooklyn he was in my room
I am a failure because of awakening and a broken back you did this to me by him not acting it inrages me im angry
Schizophrenia, targeted ads, or spirit guides? The world will never know.