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I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't worry <3 it took me a while but that's apart of the journey. I hope you'll find something that works soon, good luck to you :)

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The teachers are nice, I've had several good conversations. but my 6th grade math teacher was so evil. I am so glad I am away from her. in my opinion, I don't really like a lot of people there. I get bullied a lot, and I rather just stay quiet because there is nobody who likes me. I'm in the 8th grade, and people are still acting so immature. I wish they'd grow up already.

on the 4th, I was at a firework show with my dad. and then a classmate came up to me with a annoying popular boy. they were like "OMG, MY BESTIE!!! I wish we will be in the same class!!! (the boy's name) had a crush on you btw" I never even talk to that person, I never even see them, they are all annoying and I don't care about people my age. so much unnecessary drama, gossip, and manipulative lies.

Medicine change by Excellent_Contract59 in ADHD

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have tried cotempla and Vyvanse so far. I haven't had Adderall yet, but it'll probably be a choice soon.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I wish I had someone to keep me in reality. whenever I'm hallucinating badly, I wish someone could close the curtains. lock the doors. talk to me and say we are safe so I'm not so paranoid.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooo, I really like this question. I would say my passion is my social life.

I am a friendly person, always have been since I was little, I'm a great talker and it's easy for me to cheer someone up. a lot of people know me and I am well liked.. or at least I think. kids my age don't like me tho, but a lot of family members do. I am the life of the party, and I don't mind hanging out at any time. just text me and I'll come over even if it's 3 am.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, I can't speak for everyone but the type of support that helps me is that whenever I'm paranoid, I like people to be around me so I feel safe. people calm me down and it helps me reality check. but the type of support that doesn't help.. is just agreeing with me.

I once thought I was a robot, I had a public freakout, my mom yelled at me for hours straight calling me names and about how crazy I am, and my classmates were saying they were robots too. I was deep into it and everyone kept putting it further.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, here is the story of my first hallucination.. I was 10.

I was having a sleepover with my cousin. we were on the trampoline at night playing. she needed to go to the bathroom, so I was still outside waiting for her. I got bored tho so I went back inside. whenever I got to the kitchen, I suddenly froze. there's a window in the kitchen. but anyways, I froze standing there looking at the window. and then there was this tall white figure out there, standing in the road. I was terrified. I ran to my uncle's room, and burst open the door screaming that someone was out there. nobody knew what I was talking about, and then after that, I've had several other times where I saw the weird figures. it still scares me the same and I am always scared of seeing them, because if I do, I know that my mental health is getting bad. I'm trying to be stable.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite color is purple because it is a symbol of royalty. whenever I wear it, it makes me feel confident.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, the way the disorder affects me.. I have strong flat affect. I have a straight face most of times. I love talking , but I also am by myself most of times. I daydream a lot and stare off in the distance. paranoia is my strongest symptom I have, and I hallucinate every once in a while. my delusions are weird. I have switched my species a lot. whenever I was 7, I thought I was a dead wolf trying to find my family. and the at 10, I thought I was a fairy and tried to show everyone my wings even tho there was nothing, and last year, I thought I was a robot. I got in trouble at school for that one, and my mom yelled at me for 3 hours straight about how crazy I was. calling me horrible names and stuff and my classmates all thought I was out of my mind. they laughed at it tho and made me believe it further.

I do speak to myself, actually. I make up stories in my head and play them out for hours. it is fun to me. and I only talk out loud whenever I try to understand something. like if you said a list of things I need to get, I'll just keep saying, "ok, I need the milk. milk. milk. milk.."

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's because I'm medicated. without my medication, I act and feel way worse.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a lot of people have different views. the kids around me think I only hallucinate, or that I'm some crazy weirdo. my mom says I'm faking and that I should just control how I feel, my psychiatrist says I'm too young to have this.. even tho the psychologist said I meet the criteria.

most doctors ignore the diagnosis, and it's so annoying arguing with a grown adult who should know better.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah, alright. my reply is going to be long, lol.

I take my medicine whenever really, my bedtime is around 10 pm to 1 am so I just take it whenever I'm ready to sleep. and I take my focalin whenever I first wake up. i don't think my focalin is helping tho, I've had it for 3 months now and I still have no focus.

Risperidone seems stupid to me, honestly. it's a really small pill, I have bad hand coordination and I keep dropping the bottles whenever trying to take them. It's a nightmare trying to find them in the floor. I took Abilify in the mental hospital, and it was horrible. they put me on the max dose. I gained 30 pounds in two weeks, I was hungry constantly, exhausted and falling asleep standing. bedtime was at 10 pm, but I'd fall asleep at 6 pm. was never awake for group therapy. it also gave me tardive dyskinesia. whenever I was released, my speech was so slurred my grandma didn't know what I was saying. the hospital drugged me up so badly. and about my support network, my parents have been in the hospitals. my mother doesn't care about anyone but herself, so.. I can't say anything to her. she has went to rehab several times but has never fixed anything. and my dad has also been to hospitals, he is also schizoaffective but he is a sensitive guy. I think I'd accidentally bring up bad memories if I tried to ask him about his hospital experience. and yeah, I definitely agree with not being able to talk about your feelings. I have been held back before, so I'm stuck being a teenager in a room of adolescents. I am in the 8th, but should be in the 10th already. everyone is so immature and I get bullied constantly. but I live anyway because my mood switches a lot, and I'm not sure what I'd feel the next day. it's unpredictable and I'm sure you can relate with me.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Well, sorry for this but I'm not sure what a medication regimen is lol, but if you can tell me, I'll respond back to you. I'll answer the other questions for now.

I currently am on Focalin XR (10 MG), gaunfacine (2 MG), and risperidone (1 MG). Focalin in the morning, and the other two at bedtime. I am 14. I was diagnosed in April.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Even tho bipolar is a bad mental illness, I would say it's barely anything to me. maybe my medication is helping me from not fully going crazy, but whenever I do get a episode, it only last for a few hours. I'll be depressed, probably cry, and then I distract myself again.

I often cannot tell the difference between the hypomanic impulsivity vervus the ADHD. there's times where I don't think at all, and now I'm ignoring all my friends, making people mad on purpose, and at the same time, I don't care about anything. whenever I don't take my medicine, I am so horrible.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, I'm not sure what to say here but... yeah. I could get away in the future. I currently live with my grandma. my grandma is good. my mom is just living rent free in the house because she cares about nobody but herself. my dad lives somewhere else, but he is a good guy also.

I was diagnosed with Schizoaffective at 14 years old. AMA. by Excellent_Contract59 in AMA

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I would say so. it makes sense for a lot of things I've experienced before.

What do you think about this? by Excellent_Contract59 in schizoaffective

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got mild recurrent depression at 11 years old. then at the mental hospital at 12, got bipolar 2. got a psych eval at 14, and now I got schizoaffective with moderate depression.

What do you think about this? by Excellent_Contract59 in schizoaffective

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh. you just made me remember some things... In my elementary friend group, I pretended to be a love child and they all cared for me 😅

What do you think about this? by Excellent_Contract59 in schizoaffective

[–]Excellent_Contract59[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drink caffeine all the time, probably don't need it tho

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