Posted by D minor on March 10, 2005, at 13:56:26
In reply to Re: More Hallucinations: When will this end! » D minor, posted by SLS on March 10, 2005, at 9:51:30
Hey, thanks all for writing.
> What is the nature of your hallucinations?
- I mostly hear my cell phone beeping when it shouldn't. But every now and then I hear voices, and they scare me. Usually I can't make out what they are saying. More rarely I will see something, like people moving out of the corner of my eye.
> Seroquel might not be the right drug for you, 5mg is a small dosage of Abilify. I am wondering if perhaps you can do without it. How long have you been taking it? How do you know that it was helping? Are you using Abilify as an antidepressant?
- I dont' think Seroquel does JACK for the hallucinations. I was once at 700mg and still hallucinating. The side effects were unbearable at that dosage. The Abilify seems to be the only thing that helps. But even at low dosages of 10-15mg it gives me crazy akathisia. So I'm taking the Seroquel to calm me down enough to be able to take the Abilify. I've been on both for over a year.
> Schizoaffective disorder might be a fit if you experience schizoid symptoms in the absence of mood symtoms for at least a two week period.
- I don't even know if I truely get hypomanic. I only get hyper every now and then, but no racing thoughts. And it never lasts longer than a day. My pdoc and psychologist seem to think that these symptoms are enough to warrent the BP diagnosis. But mainly I get depressed, and I don't think I've been truely depressed for a month. Certainly not within the past two weeks. Though I was a little hyper for a few hours yesterday.
> Look at this, and tell me what you think:
> http://www.mentalhealth.com/dis1/p21-ps05.htmlHmm, well I don't meet the time criteria for hypo mania, though I may once have had a mixed state. As far as the criteria for schizophrenia, I think I only have halluniations and rarely delusions. Like once I thought the stone cats sculptures at the mall were watching me. Or I'll feel like people are following me. But all of these things happen infrequently, like once every other day or once a week I'll have a hallucination.
So what do you think???
dm
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