Don't take the drugs too soon. Get 2nd, 3rd, and 4th opinions. You sound really vulnerable right now. Vulnerable. Pound that into your head. Your not weak. Your not crazy. Your just open to suggestion. Don't take the doctors word for it. Not just yet. I feel sorry for you, because I am familiar with the particular species of terror you are experiencing (late-stage Lyme). Your not alone because there's millions across the globe feeling the way you are now. Your probably isolated, go outside. Learn to enjoy. That overwhelming fear? You must control it. You mustn't jump to conclusions and think the worst thing that can happen, will happen. Your setting yourself up.
What are (some) of your symptoms? how old are you?
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Anxiety
Social withdrawal
Poor concentration
Irritability
Depression
Paranoid (thinking coworkers are talking about me, I'm being watched, someone/thing is watching me when I'm alone, feeling something walking/flying around when nothing is there (not sure how to explain it but I'm scared to go outside at night and have ran back inside in a panic because I have the strange fear that there is a 'witch' who lives behind the apartments and even thought she put a curse on me once)
Strange thoughts^
I find it extremely hard to do anything. More days than not I can't get out of bed. Doing anything upsets me. I get extremely angry or panicky and sometimes cry when I'm forced to do anything or force myself out of bed even something as easy as getting something to eat or using the bathroom.
Work is torture more days than not. Even when I come in a good mood my mood will change all of a sudden and I feel depressed then anxious then I can't be around people and panic and numerous times I've almost just walked out because I can't handle it.
A lot of these are things are normal, i have a stressful job, and i have experienced anxiety, poor concentratin, irritability, depression, and have seen it in other people. We are human beings and most human beings experience all this. However there is a part of the brain that deciphers what is real and true and what is not true, and that doesent work properly with schizophrenia, so if someone said to me an alien race had taken over all key figures in the local and national government, my brain functions normally and dismisses the notion after not too long, however the schizophrenic may dwell on this and start to believe it. So it is a disorder different from generalised anxiety, depression etc etc which is very common for all humans (and other animals!)
This probably won't be groundbreaking for you, but you are coherent. You know what's going on. You are self-aware. Most of what you described is normal. It's only a little out there with the fear of the witch. You may just be paranoid, but that does not mean your on the way to being a full blown schizophrenic? NO WAY. You have to reassure yourself, and get a trusted friend/family-member to reassure you.
Your not in a good place, right now. Things change. Every seemingly minuscule decision you make changes you. Follow your lifestyle. Are you living well? There are so many reasons people feel the way you do feel right now, things that (can mimic, I guess, but) have nothing to do with mental illness. Make good choices for yourself. You can overcome this, you have to believe in yourself. realize that the power to live your life the way you want it to be lived is within you. And its your job to hone in on that power and exploit it.
You haven't convinced me that you should be attempting those antipsychotics. Don't do it. Some doctors are fucked up human beings who don't give a fuck about anyone. I insist you follow up with as many different doctors as you can.
IIN my greatest fear is becoming a reality and I don't know what to do
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Don't take the drugs too soon. Get 2nd, 3rd, and 4th opinions. You sound really vulnerable right now. Vulnerable. Pound that into your head. Your not weak. Your not crazy. Your just open to suggestion. Don't take the doctors word for it. Not just yet. I feel sorry for you, because I am familiar with the particular species of terror you are experiencing (late-stage Lyme). Your not alone because there's millions across the globe feeling the way you are now. Your probably isolated, go outside. Learn to enjoy. That overwhelming fear? You must control it. You mustn't jump to conclusions and think the worst thing that can happen, will happen. Your setting yourself up.
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Strange thoughts^
I find it extremely hard to do anything. More days than not I can't get out of bed. Doing anything upsets me. I get extremely angry or panicky and sometimes cry when I'm forced to do anything or force myself out of bed even something as easy as getting something to eat or using the bathroom.
Work is torture more days than not. Even when I come in a good mood my mood will change all of a sudden and I feel depressed then anxious then I can't be around people and panic and numerous times I've almost just walked out because I can't handle it.
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A lot of these are things are normal, i have a stressful job, and i have experienced anxiety, poor concentratin, irritability, depression, and have seen it in other people. We are human beings and most human beings experience all this. However there is a part of the brain that deciphers what is real and true and what is not true, and that doesent work properly with schizophrenia, so if someone said to me an alien race had taken over all key figures in the local and national government, my brain functions normally and dismisses the notion after not too long, however the schizophrenic may dwell on this and start to believe it. So it is a disorder different from generalised anxiety, depression etc etc which is very common for all humans (and other animals!)
This probably won't be groundbreaking for you, but you are coherent. You know what's going on. You are self-aware. Most of what you described is normal. It's only a little out there with the fear of the witch. You may just be paranoid, but that does not mean your on the way to being a full blown schizophrenic? NO WAY. You have to reassure yourself, and get a trusted friend/family-member to reassure you.
Your not in a good place, right now. Things change. Every seemingly minuscule decision you make changes you. Follow your lifestyle. Are you living well? There are so many reasons people feel the way you do feel right now, things that (can mimic, I guess, but) have nothing to do with mental illness. Make good choices for yourself. You can overcome this, you have to believe in yourself. realize that the power to live your life the way you want it to be lived is within you. And its your job to hone in on that power and exploit it.
You haven't convinced me that you should be attempting those antipsychotics. Don't do it. Some doctors are fucked up human beings who don't give a fuck about anyone. I insist you follow up with as many different doctors as you can.