Posted by lovelorn on December 13, 2007, at 9:47:53
In reply to Re: Anybody w/ skits and how are they coping? » lovelorn, posted by nfc on December 11, 2007, at 3:33:50
>Is your therapy some kind of CBT? cognitive behaviour therapy? thats what my psych told me that we were doing b4. i dunno it helped to have someone listen but didn't really do alot to help the depressive feelings so I quit going. I end up kinda suffering though. No one really to get to the root of my feelings except my case manager and my pdoc if he gives me the time.
I asked my T what kind of therapy we are doing. She said it was systematic/analytical. If it is the root of your feelings you want to get to, I could recommend this. It is what we are doing. Just seek out a traditional talk therapy, not a specific orientation like CBT or EMDR, etc. Mention to any prospective therapist that is what you want as your objective to get to and discuss what may be at the root of the problem/feeling.
>what was some of the delusional stuff that u had b4? I wonder if we encountered the same things? did u think whatever happened around you was in reference to you? or whenever people around ...
Yes, I did experience the feeling that many outside occurrences, or things I saw on television were in reference to me specifically - not so much that people were talking about me.
>I went through. very confusing and somewhat frightening.
Well, interestingly enough I found the nature of delusions as not confusing since what you are feeling and thinking seems very real and clear even though not right or accurate. Confusion came afterward when I was recovering. It was frightening though because I felt very threatened by what I was thinking and feeling and imagining.
>you must be doing really good since you're tapering off your meds.
Well, the nature of a brief psychotic episode (the official diagnosis given) is that you return to your previous level of functioning within a month's time (i.e. no symptoms of psychosis). That said, once you've had one or two, you become more susceptible to future episodes. Has mainly to do with triggers. If you can identify and eliminate those, you are on the way to not relapsing again. Meds play a part and, for me, so does therapy as I have psychological issues to sort out. In your case with schizophrenia or schizo-affective disorder, there is the biological/brain chemistry factor which normally needs ongoing medication.
>wish you the best! take care
Yes, we all could use those words. Same to you.
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