The 7 Early Signs of Schizophrenia You Need to Know

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[indridcold]

I have schizophrenia. When people find out I have schizophrenia, they step back. Schizophrenia is not contagious. I am not going to eat your liver. Nor, do the voices tell me to kill. However, since a stigma seems to follow schizophrenia, I just stay to myself. When asked why I am always alone, I just say I am antisocial. Then, I am left alone.
I live alone. I do everything alone. I drive a vehicle. I maintain my land, vehicles, and myself. However, I just can not hold a full time job. Fortunately, my part time job pays extremely well. Thus, I live my life independently.

[kathleendavidson]

severe depression also causes people to withdrawal and to also have problems with hygiene, appearance, and housework

[LastEarBender]

7 early signs:
Changes in ability to focus.
Mistrust in others
Withdrawal from social life
Issues with hygiene and appearance
Erratic behavior
Difficulty distinguishing dreams/ television from reality
Delusions
All that said, please watch the video in full - it's worth it, but I wanted to get those things out there for anybody that wanted a preview.

[iseewhatyoudidthere]

PTSD symptoms can look very similar to schizophrenia symptoms.

[dorothywinslet]

In the late 70s, when I was around 12, my 18 year old brother was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Our parents were ignorant, toxic and unsupportive. I was left home alone with my much older brother, witnessing his frightening episodes. IE: he could be telling me how much he loved me, the sweetest little sister in the world, then spin into angrily shouting that he hated me because he knew I hated him, then come full circle to loving me again - only 10 minutes might have passed and I wouldn’t have said a word. He accused me of witchcraft, prostitution, of coming on to him because I was wearing lip gloss. He sacrificed my pet rabbit to God to atone for the sins of all mankind. There was little understanding of schizophrenia back then and even more stigmatism than now. The stress took its toll and I was acting out and tried running away several times. I was being treated like I was loosing my mind too. I don’t blame my brother, I wouldn’t wish his malady on my worse enemy. I want to offer a virtual hug to all the other siblings out there. I think we can easily get traumatised and forgotten.

[BobertRaker]

Narcissistic abuse can also lead to a misdiagnosis. Sometimes a person is being abused to make them appear crazy.

[hellomiguel_]

My mother suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. I haven't seen her in over a decade. I wish there were more resources for children who grew up like I did. It's lonely and alienating.

[EB-gtpq]

My cousin had very severe schizophrenia, and eventually committed suicide after 10 years of suffering. My brother is a paranoid schizophrenic. I Worry for my children.😢

[drealexatos]

I had issues in my 20s. I blamed it on finances but there was more too it. I was hyper paranoid and it cost me jobs. I started supplementing.
I noticed when I took magnisuim I would not be irrationally paranoid. With time and nutritional supplements I curbed most of the worst symptoms. Im very happy i took this route over the mental health route. If I took that route my life would be trash, or over.

[ngonigriffith]

I have schizophrenia. My first sign was that I thought people were talking about me. Then it spiraled to delusions and hallucinations both auditory and visual. I wish I had known. I got help right away thanks to my mom. She recognized something wasn't right with me.

[echoingsnow]

I have a mix from Schizoaffective with C-PTSD. When I have PTSD and Schizophrenia it's being attached to the past and then being detached to reality. Then my loves one knows the PTSD is true but they have patience with me. It does get better with treatment don't lose hope! You got this! 3 years into recovery and university with GPA of 3.31, after taking the treatments and connecting with reality.

[moonwvlf]

I only have mistrust in others and social withdrawal but like ... Have you met people?

[SchizophrenicHippie]

Thank you for letting me be apart of this conversation!

[bio-plasmictoad]

Just because your paranoid doesn't mean something isn't actually going on. Its a fine line.

[nicothenu]

I think what’s important is that people can have schizophrenia or other mental disorders, but that people are always more then their diagnose. The diagnose is a part of who they are but it’s not the only thing that defines them.

[andreasissons]

Good video. I have a brother with schizophrenia. I attribute a lot to the dysfunctional family we were raised in. My mother, in retrospect, had a mental disorder, rages, constant rule changes, humiliating me, my siblings and father. My dad ended his days a heavy drinker. I also, think drug use triggered the escalation of my brother's symptoms. He told me he started smoking pot when he was 10, that was in the early 70's. He was a mountaineer for many years and while in Western Canada took a hit of LSD and after that had full blown hallucinations/delusions etc. It took many years to get him treatment and the right drug cocktail. He's spent the last forty years in a group home.

[hichaelhyers]

The first few points apply to so many mental illnesses, it's really difficult to pin it down to a specific one.

[markuswunsch]

Cptsd can have similar symptoms and in combination with other disorders can be harder to distinguish.

[gabbyswitzer]

My son died from this disease. He tried to drink the voices away. He got pancreatitis and died at 27 years old 😢

[kathleenkoster-ldxj]

Hi, Katie.
My mom had schizophrenia. I never remember my mom being "normal" but my older sister does. So following the timeline, we think her symptoms started started around 26ish and she wasn't treated untill she was 56. So being raised like that created a traumatic and stressful childhood.

Also my mom being undiagnosed for 30 yrs before she started treatment. Ment her meds never worked great, because the
"delusions" Where so deeply rooted.

I do feel guilty about this, but i left home 35yrs ago and I'm still so angry with her for my childhood she passed in 2020.. anyway, a video about this and how to process it would be very helpful. Thank you