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<blockquote data-quote="Steely" data-source="post: 408233" data-attributes="member: 3301"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Jena,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Have you had her tested, I am sorry, I can't remember? When Matt was tested at 6 they came back with the fact that he had very distorted thinking. For some reason ti made me mad at the time, thinking he is 6, he just has a vivid imagination. However as time went on, and in varying times in his life, he has gone through exactly what you are describing with your difficult child. Lots of distorted thinking. More on that in a bit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Also - from my understanding, schizophrenia generally does not manifest itself until late teens early twenties, but don't quote me on that. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">When I was 16 and in that hospital I told you about, they were convinced that I had schizophrenia because I heard voices. I walked around, no lie, until I was 35 convinced that someday I was gonna snap and become schizophrenic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">At 35 I started seeing the amazing counselor I told you about. It took me months for me to tell her that sometimes I hear voices, because I was sure she was going to confirm that I was going to go crazy. Instead she said, well that can actually be a manifestation of intense stress and depression. I swear I felt like I had a 10 ton weight lifted off of me. Still, when I get really, really stressed I will hear voices - and it is very scary. But once I tell myself where it is coming from, and I calm down, I am fine. I am never paranoid however, I just hear things that are not there, voices, music, etc.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">My sister, who as you know died, was very paranoid. Again, not schizophrenic, but she had so much anxiety and she was so ramped up with it, that she could not even walk into a store sometimes. Before she died, they thought she was actually having some sort of psychotic break, because she was so intensely paranoid and had left reality. However before that, she just was my sister that thought in a paranoid way. I truly never thought twice about it, because she was a successful director of a pre-school, had a house, etc. She was still in reality - until the end when something truly did snap with her, and she had a psychotic break. I still doubt anyone would have diagnosed her with schizophrenia.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So with Matt, you know, he has every issue known to a mentally ill child. His family tree is rampant with illness, and poor guy, I think he got the whole tree in one mind. However I am pretty sure he is not schizophrenic. He just has really, really distorted thinking. For instance, his neighbor gave him a lamb bone for the dogs, and he refused to give it to the dogs because he believed it was poisoned. Another example, in fact just 3 days ago, he was just super depressed and was sure that this guy at McDonalds was trying to start a fight with him, all because of "a look" that Matt perceived. Then at Wal-Mart, same thing, people are staring at us. And God forbid I leave his front door open a second when I come in to visit, or try and open his blinds - MOM someone will see me!!! Um, OK - they see you all the time in public Matt - yea - but they could see my house that is different. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">I really could go on and on with this subject - but my gut tells me 2 things at least with Matt (and probably your difficult child). If Matt is sensory overloaded, like that day he was really depressed and we went to Wal-Mart he absolutely cannot handle it. He was freaking out because there were too many people around him, staring, talking, whatever. This is why school was hard for him, because by noon he could not take one more ounce of stimulus and he would explode. The other thing is the distorted thinking - I have not done much research on what exactly the brain is doing with distorted thinking - but my guess is that the synapse that says "people are talking" mis- fires and translates to "people are talking <em><u>about </u></em>me" instead of translating that people are just talking and I find it annoying and loud.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">So all of that to say - schizophrenia is very rare - and there are many, many other things that mirror certain attributes of schizophrenia. I would try not to worry too much about this particular subject right now. I do wonder why she is not on a mood stabilizer? Has the Dr mentioned that? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'">Hugs and hang in there - try not to worry too much!<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/hugs.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":hugs:" title="hugs :hugs:" data-shortname=":hugs:" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Steely, post: 408233, member: 3301"] [FONT=Arial]Jena, Have you had her tested, I am sorry, I can't remember? When Matt was tested at 6 they came back with the fact that he had very distorted thinking. For some reason ti made me mad at the time, thinking he is 6, he just has a vivid imagination. However as time went on, and in varying times in his life, he has gone through exactly what you are describing with your difficult child. Lots of distorted thinking. More on that in a bit. Also - from my understanding, schizophrenia generally does not manifest itself until late teens early twenties, but don't quote me on that. When I was 16 and in that hospital I told you about, they were convinced that I had schizophrenia because I heard voices. I walked around, no lie, until I was 35 convinced that someday I was gonna snap and become schizophrenic. At 35 I started seeing the amazing counselor I told you about. It took me months for me to tell her that sometimes I hear voices, because I was sure she was going to confirm that I was going to go crazy. Instead she said, well that can actually be a manifestation of intense stress and depression. I swear I felt like I had a 10 ton weight lifted off of me. Still, when I get really, really stressed I will hear voices - and it is very scary. But once I tell myself where it is coming from, and I calm down, I am fine. I am never paranoid however, I just hear things that are not there, voices, music, etc. My sister, who as you know died, was very paranoid. Again, not schizophrenic, but she had so much anxiety and she was so ramped up with it, that she could not even walk into a store sometimes. Before she died, they thought she was actually having some sort of psychotic break, because she was so intensely paranoid and had left reality. However before that, she just was my sister that thought in a paranoid way. I truly never thought twice about it, because she was a successful director of a pre-school, had a house, etc. She was still in reality - until the end when something truly did snap with her, and she had a psychotic break. I still doubt anyone would have diagnosed her with schizophrenia. So with Matt, you know, he has every issue known to a mentally ill child. His family tree is rampant with illness, and poor guy, I think he got the whole tree in one mind. However I am pretty sure he is not schizophrenic. He just has really, really distorted thinking. For instance, his neighbor gave him a lamb bone for the dogs, and he refused to give it to the dogs because he believed it was poisoned. Another example, in fact just 3 days ago, he was just super depressed and was sure that this guy at McDonalds was trying to start a fight with him, all because of "a look" that Matt perceived. Then at Wal-Mart, same thing, people are staring at us. And God forbid I leave his front door open a second when I come in to visit, or try and open his blinds - MOM someone will see me!!! Um, OK - they see you all the time in public Matt - yea - but they could see my house that is different. I really could go on and on with this subject - but my gut tells me 2 things at least with Matt (and probably your difficult child). If Matt is sensory overloaded, like that day he was really depressed and we went to Wal-Mart he absolutely cannot handle it. He was freaking out because there were too many people around him, staring, talking, whatever. This is why school was hard for him, because by noon he could not take one more ounce of stimulus and he would explode. The other thing is the distorted thinking - I have not done much research on what exactly the brain is doing with distorted thinking - but my guess is that the synapse that says "people are talking" mis- fires and translates to "people are talking [I][U]about [/U][/I]me" instead of translating that people are just talking and I find it annoying and loud. So all of that to say - schizophrenia is very rare - and there are many, many other things that mirror certain attributes of schizophrenia. I would try not to worry too much about this particular subject right now. I do wonder why she is not on a mood stabilizer? Has the Dr mentioned that? Hugs and hang in there - try not to worry too much!:hugs: [/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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