samt31Senior Contributor
schizoprenia
i was wondering if there was anyone with schizophrenia on here? my journey started when i left my job and moved to nsw. After month of being there i was hospitalised for a month and had a period of psychosis. i hadn't slept in 2 -3 days and was not coping by this stage.moved back to my home town and started to take some time out before looking for another job. then i meet my partner back in 2011 and 6 years still together.
Then in 2013 i was hospitalised again, this was due to a change in medications. I don't remember how i got to hospital but my partner had to be there see me go through a rough morning (which of course i don't remember but police and ambulance attended apperently). This time i was hosptialised 3 months and took some time off work to recover. i was then this time diagnosed with schizophrenia. it was really hard to hear this but mum and my partner remember this day all to well. once i was stable i returned to work and saw a different physiatrist. i was in a program but didn't find it helpful only wishing i got the number of a person that i started to befriend as lost my bestfriend as she just didn't understand mental illness gave up on her in 2015. What i learnt here if you can afford the medications that your on and its keeping you stable don't ask your physiatrist to change it as this why i was hospitalised in the first place.
in 2014 i was really stressed and i was not coping with work. my main thing that goes wrong is the voices i hear. monday at work all i was getting was auditury hullucations from outside which lead me not to work that week. sure enough we rang the crisis helpline and it turned out i was having another episode. This time i was hospitalised for 6 months and 8 months off work. I quit my job in 2015 for some casual childcare work. this was a tough year for everyone. i didn't hear about my parents divorce until i was out of hospital. my partner knew but could tell me as he was leaving up to my mum to tell me.
now three years later i have an injection every 2 weeks and on three other medications. of which now i take one everyday and rely on the public system for support. have family and partner support which is also good. just want to hear other peoples journeys and other people that have a simliar illness to mine. I am now stable thank goodness and can work. Every day now i hear voices of my sister in law and sometimes it stresses me out. i notice that they are stressful i take my prn to combat them or listen to music. How do other people cope with their voices? iam hoping sharing my story can reach out to others and people like me
