What is Schizophrenia?

This video discusses what exactly schizophrenia is, what the criteria is for diagnosis, who it affects, whether it is curable, and what treatments are available.

Time Stamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - What is schizophrenia?
03:24 - Who schizophrenia affects
04:59 - Treatment options for schizophrenia
06:05 - Schizophrenia and violence

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[brockachoo]

As a person with Schizoaffective Disorder, thank you so much for making these wonderful videos for others to understand what yourself and us others go through on a daily basis. You are a queen!

[lostlittleme]

As somebody who suffers from this i adore your indepth and articulate way of speaking. Thankyou so much for speaking on our behalf.

[elenaspano]

Hi you guys. I believe I never left a comment below one of your videos so I thought I’d do it today. I’m an italian 18 years old girl. I don’t suffer from schizophrenia nor I know someone who does. I don’t study psychology in college or anything like that. One day one of your videos popped up in my Youtube feed, I watched it all the way through and subscribed. I admire what you guys do and the knowledge you spread about this topic. People don’t talk about this enough (mental health in general) and stigma is a huge problem involved, too. Just wanted to let you know that although I can’t relate to any of the things you talk about, I try to learn more and more about it because I love how you explain things and I also just find it really interesting. You guys are doing a great job with this channel. considering you are parents, too!✨

[drottle]

Just been diagnosed, lost my job 8 months ago and almost lost my house. I’m healthier now, moved back in with my parents, this channel has really helped me traverse through my new normal. Thanks for the quality videos, really helped my parents understand what I’m going though. You’re doing such a service for such a small population, thanks and have a great day :)

[BioShrog]

I am a Paranoid Schizophrenic myself, but I would not be brave enough to make a video about it, let alone a whole channel.
Thank you for spreading awareness and helping with the stigma that comes with this disorder.

[Ashley-Bradderz]

I was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia after a history of paranoid delusions and random hallucinations with an obvious flat affect, this video helps me understand my diagnosis a lot better and what symptoms lead to a diagnosis. I was diagnosed at least twice officially and suspected a few years earlier but symptoms weren’t clear. Thanks for what you do, making the diagnosis more easy to understand.

[rskityaev]

Well, gotta say that i first clicked on your videos because of genuine interest. But then i found out that Lauren's voice sounds perfect as a sort of background narrator for my daily activities. I think it wouldn't be a stretch to say that an audio book narrated by Lauren would sound amazing!

[growth]

My brother has the illness.Thanks for this thorough breakdown of the desease

[frethighway]

Thank you for all the hard work you put into these!

[kevinjacobs]

Thank you for posting these. Very informative and very well produced. My brother was one of the 40%. Praying for those who suffer to the point of no hope and complete despair.

[timd]

I do not have schizophrenia but i admire kind thoughtful

[necronyx]

Logically I know I have schizophrenia and that it affects every facet of my life. But, at the same time, I feel so guilty and weak and ashamed for my behaviour and lack of achievement because I can't just "suck it up."

[JungleJargon]

A very adequate description of schizophrenia. I was able to ignore my symptoms and not believe in them so that they became ineffective and powerless over me.

[brandonl]

I am a functioning schizophrenic like you. I can handle my business and money but I'm still crazy. My grandma said if you know your crazy your not crazy...🤗

[sarahhaddad]

It's so fascinating because it's so complex. It's so complex that researchers don't even consider it as a single monolithic disease.

[street]

There is something very real about you. Thank you for your videos

[suzannealsop]

My experiences of the illness have been all of the symptoms mentioned accept hallucinations. When I have an episode it is usually delusional thoughts only. I first became ill at aged 17. I believe it is due to genetics from one of my parents and the fact that I grew up in an environment that was at times traumatising for me. I am now aged 46 and can still get episodes if I do not look after myself properly. Fortunately most of the time I am well and just take a small dose of an antipsychotic as a preventative measure to keep me balanced.

[kennybufu]

wish i was this successful on YouTube with my schizophrenia like you are

[XarronChaos]

In May of 2013, I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder and bipolar disorder. When I was diagnosed, I went to the hospital psych ward for a couple weeks so I could start treatment. I been on multiple different medications. The two that I highly don't recommend is risperdol (I spelled it wrong I think) and vraylar. I been seeing my doctors (yes doctors cause they are med students and I get a new one each year) and all of them asks "how are you doing", "do I been seeing things or hearing things others can't", "thoughts on wanting to harm myself or others", etc. The only question I'm highly honest on is the one about harming myself or others. Even though I don't have thoughts on harming myself, I tell all my doctors the same answer which was I wanted to harm my dad. Also, I remember telling a female med student that was my doctor that I wanted to strangle my previous doctor before her cause he took me off the medicine that worked best for me and put me on vraylar. During that year on vraylar, I got less amount of sleep and was up days to weeks at a time off of 15 minutes to a hour of sleep. When I got the female doctor, I was happy and she was pretty cool and I requested to be back on my medicine that worked best for me and she did. To fast forward, I went years with it under control until 2 months ago. I relapsed hard. I was hearing voices and they told me to kill myself, I was worthless, etc. I checked myself into the hospital psych ward then I was transported to a mental health facility that was a 2 hour drive from my home. The doctor kept me on my favorite medicine but requested that I try another type of medicine with it. It worked but when I had to see my doctor at that time after receiving treatment, he took me off the medicine that I been on for years and kept me on the one I was prescribed at the mental health facility. My current doctor is nice and I made the same request that I made to the female doctor years ago which was to put me back on the medicine I was on. He did and increase the dosage. I haven't relapsed or anything in 2 months now. I started keeping a journal on my day to day progress and explain what I did to combat the negativity and stay on a positive path. Not alot of people from my family knows I have these things but I will do my best to educate people on it.

Sorry for the long post. I was just sharing my experience and things.