Schizophrenia - General Discussion

David Vaughn75 said:Personally? I’m leaning more towards some seriously heavy-duty personality disorder rather than just a temporary illness

Maybe her medication is part of the problem too.

It’s honestly pretty expensive to hunt down, but some of those seaweeds are actually edible—though you really have to be careful because only certain rare varieties work, and they're mostly a staple in Asian cuisine.

Laura Castillo6 said:It’s honestly pretty expensive to hunt down, but some of those seaweeds are actually edible—though you really have to be careful because only certain rare varieties work, and they're mostly a staple in Asian cuisine.

Furthermore, should this commodity truly be priced at such an exorbitant level? Should it really cost more per pound than common bell peppers or carrots?

If our "political elite" actually cared about the well-being of the American people, wouldn't they prioritize planting flax and hemp on a massive scale? If we were granted access to affordable food sources rich in Δ5 and Δ6 desaturase enzymes—along with those two other essential elongases—wouldn't we finally possess a reliable source of EPA/DHA that isn't entirely dependent on fish oil?

🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Larry Lewis said:It’s a total joke—absolute beggary. You go see a private psychiatrist, and they won't just hand you a prescription like a normal human being; instead, they give you some clinical report where
they scribble down whatever therapy they feel like prescribing at that exact moment, and then you take that little note
to your primary care physician (who, let’s be honest, often decides on their own whim to simply refuse to fill the medication they were actually prescribed)
. So, I find myself sitting there, crossing my fingers, praying that the GP actually writes the script so you can finally pick up your (sedative) medication at the pharmacy.

>Thanks for getting back to me. I went to see the doctor at the local clinic and she actually agreed to switch the prescription over to an e-prescription,🙂

Laura Castillo6 said:In most cases, people who threaten suicide don't actually go through with it—instead, it happens spontaneously without anyone else knowing. Once the staff at the ward decides she's "stable," they'll probably just send her home again, which means she's going to need serious support all over again. 😉

😒 honestly, I'm not even thinking about it anymore—I've just given up. 🙂

David Newman11 said:😒 honestly, I'm not even thinking about it anymore—I've just given up. 🙂

Thank God 😉

Larry Lewis said:Thank God 😉

😒

What’s up, everyone? It’s been quite a while, but thanks to a steady supply of Pringles, I’ve finally managed to earn myself a nickname.
Did anyone actually miss me? And more importantly, what on earth has been happening in the world lately? 🤔 Oh, wait, I think I know: 🤦 I’ve basically lost my mind thanks to all these pills. Then again, maybe I never had much of a brain to begin with—just weak genes, frayed nerves, and a bunch of messy brain chemistry, right?☕

Noah Garcia4 said:What’s up, everyone? It’s been quite a while, but thanks to a steady supply of Pringles, I’ve finally managed to earn myself a nickname.
Did anyone actually miss me? And more importantly, what on earth has been happening in the world lately? 🤔 Oh, wait, I think I know: 🤦 I’ve basically lost my mind thanks to all these pills. Then again, maybe I never had much of a brain to begin with—just weak genes, frayed nerves, and a bunch of messy brain chemistry, right?☕

Anyway, the crazies have been quiet for a while now.

And I am definitely over here messing with my own brain chemistry too 😉

Larry Lewis said:Anyway, the crazies have been quiet for a while now.

And I am definitely over here messing with my own brain chemistry too 😉

They're quiet, but for what reason? It’s not like they were there when I was actually trying to end it all—not that I stayed around long enough to hear an apology. 😛
It reminds me of that old series about the Black Rose, you know, that whole movement back in the eighties where people were essentially dropping like flies; that show still lingers in the cultural memory, doesn't it? My mother—though frankly, I have no clue if she's currently in Heaven, Hell, or some sort of purgatory 😁—was a total Rose type herself. She practically drank through everything in three days. I remember having my last cup of coffee by the ocean back in September 2014, and once I finally made it back, I just swallowed whatever was left in the cabinet. I spent twelve days in a coma, and then they hand me over to this doctor who had put me on ECT while lecturing her students about whether I was experiencing "regression" or some other clinical buzzword. Eventually, they hauled me off to Jackson—it was quite the "unique experience," to say the least. 🥳 Dealing with rebro haldol wtf at one place, or leponex wtf over at Jankomir? Now, they've switched me to Seroquel XR, and Lithium is off the table entirely 😛 because the feeding tube absolutely wrecked my thyroid. So, picture this: I stumble away from some clueless adjunct professor at the Medical School in Jankić, weighing thirty pounds heavier than when I left the bed, only to be rushed to a hospital in the city so my lungs wouldn't fail and I wouldn't drop dead. And now, 😂 I'm sitting here taking lung medication and smoking cigarettes... I wonder if I can keep this up until tomorrow.

Noah Garcia4 said:They're quiet, but for what reason? It’s not like they were there when I was actually trying to end it all—not that I stayed around long enough to hear an apology. 😛
It reminds me of that old series about the Black Rose, you know, that whole movement back in the eighties where people were essentially dropping like flies; that show still lingers in the cultural memory, doesn't it? My mother—though frankly, I have no clue if she's currently in Heaven, Hell, or some sort of purgatory 😁—was a total Rose type herself. She practically drank through everything in three days. I remember having my last cup of coffee by the ocean back in September 2014, and once I finally made it back, I just swallowed whatever was left in the cabinet. I spent twelve days in a coma, and then they hand me over to this doctor who had put me on ECT while lecturing her students about whether I was experiencing "regression" or some other clinical buzzword. Eventually, they hauled me off to Jackson—it was quite the "unique experience," to say the least. 🥳 Dealing with rebro haldol wtf at one place, or leponex wtf over at Jankomir? Now, they've switched me to Seroquel XR, and Lithium is off the table entirely 😛 because the feeding tube absolutely wrecked my thyroid. So, picture this: I stumble away from some clueless adjunct professor at the Medical School in Jankić, weighing thirty pounds heavier than when I left the bed, only to be rushed to a hospital in the city so my lungs wouldn't fail and I wouldn't drop dead. And now, 😂 I'm sitting here taking lung medication and smoking cigarettes... I wonder if I can keep this up until tomorrow.

Maybe they’ve finally pulled themselves together 🤷

I am genuinely glad you're still kicking 👍

Larry Lewis said:Maybe they’ve finally pulled themselves together 🤷

I am genuinely glad you're still kicking 👍

But they haven't updated my status from an F-20 to an F-25 yet, so I guess I'll just keep making progress in every possible way, day by day. 😵

Honestly, I'm just happy to be alive myself, all things considered. 👍

And now we hear Secretary Varga has been arrested—God help us—and the new director of the Jankomir facility showed up acting like he's got a Rib in his pocket... If I had known back then that I wasn't allowed to smoke anymore, I never would have done it in the first place, right? Does that sound logical to you? 😁

Noah Garcia4 said:But they haven't updated my status from an F-20 to an F-25 yet, so I guess I'll just keep making progress in every possible way, day by day. 😵

Honestly, I'm just happy to be alive myself, all things considered. 👍

And now we hear Secretary Varga has been arrested—God help us—and the new director of the Jankomir facility showed up acting like he's got a Rib in his pocket... If I had known back then that I wasn't allowed to smoke anymore, I never would have done it in the first place, right? Does that sound logical to you? 😁

Oh, sure—once you finally pull that F-20 off, you’ll be just as "supercool" as I am. Honestly, if that's your definition of success, then we're all in for a very long, very dull ride. 😵

Larry Lewis said:Oh, sure—once you finally pull that F-20 off, you’ll be just as "supercool" as I am. Honestly, if that's your definition of success, then we're all in for a very long, very dull ride. 😵

Why bother wasting our breath on more arguments? It’s not like we can actually afford to see a psychiatrist every time my temper flares up anyway. Sure, they have plenty of money, but they certainly aren't sharing any of it with us. Hah.
So my uncle finally made it back from Canada, and he’s already out there dropping ten grand on some antique Bible like he’s trying to buy his way into heaven.
And I'm hanging out with my old man today, too. 🙂 I’m picking up some flip-flops for the beach trip, and I'm about to settle the bill. $43 So he’s out here claiming he would never drop that kind of cash on some girls from overseas, yet somehow he managed to pick up a brand-new Chevy and the latest iPhone while I was stuck in the hospital. Apparently, there’s just no budget left in his life for me. Well, fine. I’m heading to see Billy Idol this Monday, and I'll be doing it in his honor. ☕ I've spent quite a bit of time watching this video, and I find myself sitting here trying to reconcile the sheer intensity of what’s being presented with the reality of how we actually function in everyday life. It feels a bit like watching someone attempt to run a marathon through a swamp while wearing heavy combat boots—it's an incredible display of grit, certainly, but you have to wonder about the long-term sustainability of that kind of mental strain. There's a certain poetic weight to the way they frame the struggle, almost like a modern parable, yet it leaves me questioning whether we are romanticizing the grind at the expense of actual logic. It’s one thing to push through a difficult moment, but it’s another entirely to build a lifestyle around constant friction, much like how some people insist on driving a vintage muscle car through a blizzard just to prove they can handle the steering. You have to ask if the payoff is worth the inevitable breakdown.

[Clapping hands]

Noah Garcia4 said:Why bother wasting our breath on more arguments? It’s not like we can actually afford to see a psychiatrist every time my temper flares up anyway. Sure, they have plenty of money, but they certainly aren't sharing any of it with us. Hah.
So my uncle finally made it back from Canada, and he’s already out there dropping ten grand on some antique Bible like he’s trying to buy his way into heaven.
And I'm hanging out with my old man today, too. 🙂 I’m picking up some flip-flops for the beach trip, and I'm about to settle the bill. $43 So he’s out here claiming he would never drop that kind of cash on some girls from overseas, yet somehow he managed to pick up a brand-new Chevy and the latest iPhone while I was stuck in the hospital. Apparently, there’s just no budget left in his life for me. Well, fine. I’m heading to see Billy Idol this Monday, and I'll be doing it in his honor. ☕ I've spent quite a bit of time watching this video, and I find myself sitting here trying to reconcile the sheer intensity of what’s being presented with the reality of how we actually function in everyday life. It feels a bit like watching someone attempt to run a marathon through a swamp while wearing heavy combat boots—it's an incredible display of grit, certainly, but you have to wonder about the long-term sustainability of that kind of mental strain. There's a certain poetic weight to the way they frame the struggle, almost like a modern parable, yet it leaves me questioning whether we are romanticizing the grind at the expense of actual logic. It’s one thing to push through a difficult moment, but it’s another entirely to build a lifestyle around constant friction, much like how some people insist on driving a vintage muscle car through a blizzard just to prove they can handle the steering. You have to ask if the payoff is worth the inevitable breakdown.

[Clapping hands]

Why don't you hop into the chat?

My legs have been feeling all shaky and weak since about 7:30, so 🥱
Oh, by the way, did you hear about that tragedy at the Medical School in Jankić? Some guy and a girl managed to take their own lives there, and I honestly can't wrap my head around how they pulled it off :curious:
The guy was around forty—well, he would have been—and the girl was somewhere in her thirties. May they rest in peace, though meanwhile, I'm just over here looking for a comfortable bed

Noah Garcia4 said:My legs have been feeling all shaky and weak since about 7:30, so 🥱
Oh, by the way, did you hear about that tragedy at the Medical School in Jankić? Some guy and a girl managed to take their own lives there, and I honestly can't wrap my head around how they pulled it off :curious:
The guy was around forty—well, he would have been—and the girl was somewhere in her thirties. May they rest in peace, though meanwhile, I'm just over here looking for a comfortable bed

Just get some sleep so your brain can actually reset... goodnight.

Larry Lewis said:Why don't you hop into the chat?

Well, I’ve already spent my energy typing out the whole saga of where I’ve been, so I was basically on my feet and moving from half-past six until now.🥱

Larry Lewis said:Just get some sleep so your brain can actually reset... goodnight.

at this point, I’m pretty sure my brain has been replaced by a kidney🍿 ln and lp

Noah Garcia4 said:Well, I’ve already spent my energy typing out the whole saga of where I’ve been, so I was basically on my feet and moving from half-past six until now.🥱

I get it, really I do, but we aren't supposed to be having this kind of side conversation here. 😒