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Newly diagnosed with shizophrenia

lugoCasual Contributor11 Mar 2025, 1:11 am AEDT

Newly diagnosed with shizophrenia

I was recently diagnosed with schizophrenia at 38 which is a bit rarer and came as a shock. When I was deep in psychosis at the start it was so scary and confusing and confronting I didn’t know what was going on.
I’m on medication which helps with the hallucinations and delusions but still have some pretty bad negative symptoms I’m trying to get help with.

anyone else out there with some similar experiences? Would love to hear your stories and some of the things you’ve done to help with coping.

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Circlegame1Senior Contributor22 June 2025, 10:20 pm AEST

Re: Newly diagnosed with shizophrenia

Hi @Bunniekins @what did you want me to explain

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor22 June 2025, 11:12 pm AEST

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@Circlegame1 what i saw in the previous post. i would like your opinion on it.

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Circlegame1Senior Contributor22 June 2025, 11:37 pm AEST

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Hi @Bunniekins because I am a medium and I had a psychosis I wasn’t ghost I had to worry about it was gods some being larger the a ten story building and meaner than a shark one occasion I felt four spine bits shatter and hit my ribs forcefully obviously wasn’t real otherwise I wouldn’t be able to walk but the pain was real it felt like I was hit by a telephone pole it healed in a hour but that was a lot of pain most times I would recover but if I was thrown into something that is what would injure me many times I went to hospital and said I fell down stairs so I could get medication for the injury

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Circlegame1Senior Contributor26 June 2025, 9:39 pm AEST

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Hi @Bunniekins @hope I did not overshares other day did not mean to I have enjoyed your blogs

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BunniekinsSenior Contributor27 June 2025, 2:13 pm AEST

Re: Newly diagnosed with shizophrenia

@Circlegame1 hey Circlegame1 no hunny you didnt i have been really sick with some evil virus now for 4 weeks. just exhausted and cant talk much is all. i really enjdoy talking with you 😄 xx

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Chew11Casual Contributor23 July 2025, 2:11 pm AEST

Re: Newly diagnosed with shizophrenia

Feel better.

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Chew11Casual Contributor23 July 2025, 2:14 pm AEST

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How are you currently coping with this? What emotions are you currently feeling?

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