to schiz or not to schiz

1. If I stop taking my brain pills I experience schizophrenic symptoms.
2. If I keep taking them I experience pretty much none.

My doctors say that makes me schizophrenic. I say it makes me just
medication-dependent. Am I just splitting hairs?

Miki

Hi Miki.
Very good question and one which many must have.

Me? I'm okay now.
Maybe I was just over excited before.

"Miki Kocic" <malefrancesfarmer@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
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> 1. If I stop taking my brain pills I experience schizophrenic symptoms.
> 2. If I keep taking them I experience pretty much none.
>
> My doctors say that makes me schizophrenic. I say it makes me just
> medication-dependent. Am I just splitting hairs?
>
> Miki
>

It is OK to be a scheezer and hide it from most of the world. Your Asperger
thing seems like a perfect cover story.

When I withdraw from neuroleptic meds there is a 2 or 3 day period when my
Sz is worse than it would normally be. After that brief period I'm mildly
Sz until something happens to stress me. Under stress I shift into a
different reality.

While there are side effects of long term neurolepic use, I have never heard
of neuroleptic use causing a normalo to become schizophrenic.

Many scheezers do not believe or accept that they are scheezers.

"Quiet Neighbor" <private@spamless.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Miki Kocic" <malefrancesfarmer@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
> news:13m78fjk2bq5be2@corp.supernews.com...
>> 1. If I stop taking my brain pills I experience schizophrenic symptoms.
>> 2. If I keep taking them I experience pretty much none.
>>
>> My doctors say that makes me schizophrenic. I say it makes me just
>> medication-dependent. Am I just splitting hairs?
>>
>> Miki
>>
>
> It is OK to be a scheezer and hide it from most of the world. Your
> Asperger thing seems like a perfect cover story.
>
> When I withdraw from neuroleptic meds there is a 2 or 3 day period when my
> Sz is worse than it would normally be. After that brief period I'm mildly
> Sz until something happens to stress me. Under stress I shift into a
> different reality.
>
> While there are side effects of long term neurolepic use, I have never
> heard of neuroleptic use causing a normalo to become schizophrenic.
>
> Many scheezers do not believe or accept that they are scheezers.

Well, as an Aspie, I qualify for being weirder and more bizarre than any
plain garden-variety scheezer. The old terms "weirdo," "clued-out fool," and
even "sociopath" were invented to describe Aspies before the diagnosis of
Asperger Syndrome became generally accepted.

Mind you, in Serbia I'd still be referred to as a "peder" ("faggot") on the
general principle that anyone whose behaviour or demeanour doesn't precisely
conform to social norms must be homosexual. Gawd I'm happy I moved to Canada
when I was still a child.

One Aspie I spoke to said that he avoids smiling because, when he smiles, he
"look(s) like a nutter."

Miki

Sounds like you have sz if you withdraw from the pills and have sz
symptoms.

There are plenty of people on antipsychotics for obsessive compulsive
behavior and they don't get sz symptoms when they with draw from
antipsychotics.

I just watched an old HBO documentary which had something about this on
videotape.

penguin