Schizophrenia Diagnosis…

[Katanya]

Well I now have a schizophrenia diagnosis.

I used to have a Psychotic Depression diagnosis.

It’s because I need it to get prior authorization on a medication I want to go on instead on the Invega injection I have been on.

I think my drug use in my younger years played a part.

As did going off my antipsychotic meds when I tried to go to college so that my ADHD meds would work better.

I don’t know how to feel and tbh I feel kinda shitty about it but I also know that at least I am seeking treatment.

I have a appointment with my Psychiatric Provider on Tuesday so that will hopefully help. I just want to not be in pain and I want to not be 200+ pounds due to a medication that is supposed to help me. Not having to remember my antipsychotic and still be sane is nice but the downsides are too much at this point.

 

[SeekingOblivion]

That is hard to go through, I am sorry. Try to always be honest with your providers, but to also always advocate for yourself. Atypical Antipsychotics, as you probably know, will have less weight gain : Aripiprazole (Abilify), Ziprasidone (Geodon), Lurasidone (Latuda), Asenapine (Saphris), and Cariprazine (Vraylar).

Take all the help you can get and don’t let go of your dreams.

 

[paranoid android]

I have good luck with zyprexa and no weight gain but some people gain alot of weight on it.Invega and abilify gave me horrible anhedonia and latuda gave me awful akathisia

 

[Katanya]

I have good luck with zyprexa and no weight gain but some people gain alot of weight on it.Invega and abilify gave me horrible anhedonia and latuda gave me awful akathisia

I have had good luck with Caplyta in the past and that is what we are trying to get approved.

Hopefully my insurance approves the prior authorization!

 

[paranoid android]

I have had good luck with Caplyta in the past and that is what we are trying to get approved.

Hopefully my insurance approves the prior authorization!

Ya here you have to get prior authorization or as is called special authorization for alot of atypicals. Even the zyprexa requires that. I havent heard of caplta before

 

[Katanya]

Ya here you have to get prior authorization or as is called special authorization for alot of atypicals. Even the zyprexa requires that. I havent heard of caplta before

It’s a new med where I am in the US. I was spotty on taking it before but I am now starting to be able to listen to music again after being on Invega for about a year so hopefully I stick to it so that continues.

I am going to keep the bottle in bed with me as well as keep a few caplets in a pill case I can attach to my key chain so I can take it if I forget it.

I never want to go back to my old psychosis.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

The injections are good if you're worried about not wanting to take your medication regularly.

 

[M1sterEd]

People living within schizophrenia spectrum have a hard and difficult life. I was given the diagnosis Borderline schizophrenia in the 70s possibly from too much MDA, but who really knows? One thing for certain is before I started using psychedelics to quench my desire for higher intelligence I was miserably stuck in the world of norm and dissatisfaction.

After my original diagnosis my life was very dark and hopeless due to inappropriate medication and rather than starting over and reevaluating my condition psychiatrist kept adding medication in hope of alleviating symptoms. Instead, I drifted farther away from reality for 30 years. I woke up after my 3rd psychotic break and 15 days commitment to the local psych ward.

A new psychiatrist reevaluated my condition, and adjusted medication that specifically addressed my symptoms. I took off from there, started working and going to college part time. I graduated with honors and was asked to Phi Theta Kappa. As a student, I started an ActiveMinds Chapter and listed in Who’s Who in Colleges and Universities. It was only a 2 year college but I made my mark there as a drug & alcohol counselor. Later I got a bachelors degree in human services while working part time.

Sometimes you have to stick with life long enough for things to turn around in your favor.

 

[bingey]

Ben prepared for losing some of your personal freedom Somewhere a long thé road.