Schizophrenia from PAWS - 6 weeks of hell

I'm sorry that you are suffering.

I never heard anyone here having schizophrenia symptons, can you elaborate about this? What symptons do you think it's from schizophrenia?

Hi man, you ll be fine. Just lay off drugs / alcohol / cigarettes for at least 6 months.

If you would have schizophrenia, you wouldn't know. The simple fact that you are questioning makes it pretty sure that you dont. What you have though, is anxiety.

Check this link to calm your tits. calmclinic.c om /anxiety/ not-schizophrenia (remove spaces)

Yeah.. its probably just OCD because everything else is perfectly fine. I mean Im not really depressed or fatigued. I sleep fine. Im eating fine. Im happy. Im social.

I really dont get why Im still having this one obsession. Out of the 6 weeks, Ive had 2 where I would only think about the obsession occassionally. I wish I could stop thinking about it permanently..

i can relate to this.. i had/have a similar thing happening to me. I was constantly thinking about jumping out of the window for 2 weeks straight. I'm not suicidal but this thought made me believe it at some point. I was cutting vegetables with a big knife and was scared that i would jump... i mean, i could just have used the knife, but didn't think about that. It was only the window or the balcony. The other symptoms like anxiety, depressive state, insomnia etc. really made it worse in my head, because i started to think “oh my god, i really am suicidal“. after ca. 2 weeks it changed and i was afraid of death itself and i thought about it for a good week. another day i thought i was a pedophile, because i saw a documentary about it and it made me nervous and there was a thought like “what if you...?“ in my head.Then i also thoght that i was shizophrenic, because of these thoughts. I guess it can happen and is normal in PAWS. Well, i do hope it, because i still do feel miserable and still am affraid of my thoughts. But the moments, i don't think about any of this, get longer. An advice i can give you is to accept you have those thoughts and say to yourself “ok, i have these thoughts but i dont need them“, important is that you stop being affraid of them, because if you react with fear your mind will find it “funny“ to do it again and again (i know, it seems impossible)

Stay strong

Hey Tomoli,

I can relate to you man. During initial withdrawal it was health anxiety - MS, ALS, brain tumour you name it I had it, I then felt OK and smoked again but started experience DPDR which made me feel worse so quit for good. Next came intrusive harm thoughts, fear of schizophrenia and all other mental illnesses, like yourself I saw a film about a serial killer/sex offenders and turned my thoughts towards myself, what if I did that etc I also got HOCD, ROCD and again like yourself after reading in the news about pedophiles and some child sex abuse scandals I experienced POCD! Never have I felt or thought anything like this before I quit smoking but the anxiety was so intense I began to believe my own irrational thoughts, when in reality all the things I obsessed over were things previously that made me feel sick and would be totally out of character for me. Frightening really, thankfully it's all starting to pass now and I am feeling more like myself every day.

Totally understand this schizo land for the first 2 mos and then mild symptoms of it after. I was afraid to go to sleep in the first month i thought the devil or demons were after me and i couldnt stop thinking about it..MY mind was playing tricks on me like i was seeing this lady driving and all of a sudden her eyebrows were so arched she looks so evil it scared thr hell out of me. I kept have hallucinations for month but it didnt start till 10 days after i quit..Panic attacks and anxiety the first month n a half. I have 5 1/2mo. And i dont have any of those symptoms anymore..i deal with other withdrawal or paws symptoms but not that. IT is very scary at first because i thought the weed was covering up a serious mental illness..Ive been in recovering for almost 5 yrs from alcohol opiates benzos and crack and i never thought that weed could do this, i actually was very ignorant in thinking ive been thru the worst withdrawals so this will be a piece of cake.Nope, boy did i prove me wrong wrong wrong!!!!!!! i smoke for 18years very heavy every day. A drug is a drug is a drug, if your heavily addicted to anything you will get withdrawals and everyone is different from what they experience..hang in there one day at a time..

How are you now richard need help im pretty much in the same situation as you my boy

uniqueason wrote:How are you now richard need help im pretty much in the same situation as you my boy

It is pretty common PAW, is 17 and half months in and still get it once in a while. Although it is not as bad as before. Just hang in there, eat healthy, exercise, do meditation and try to get good sleep.

how ryou feeling richard pretty much have the same obession thinkin i may go crazy and sh**

Thanks for the answer head in loud

Blazedout420 wrote:Hey Tomoli,

I can relate to you man. During initial withdrawal it was health anxiety - MS, ALS, brain tumour you name it I had it, I then felt OK and smoked again but started experience DPDR which made me feel worse so quit for good. Next came intrusive harm thoughts, fear of schizophrenia and all other mental illnesses, like yourself I saw a film about a serial killer/sex offenders and turned my thoughts towards myself, what if I did that etc I also got HOCD, ROCD and again like yourself after reading in the news about pedophiles and some child sex abuse scandals I experienced POCD! Never have I felt or thought anything like this before I quit smoking but the anxiety was so intense I began to believe my own irrational thoughts, when in reality all the things I obsessed over were things previously that made me feel sick and would be totally out of character for me. Frightening really, thankfully it's all starting to pass now and I am feeling more like myself every day.

Hey Blaze,

I can relate to this 4 months in and i'm having some of the sh** you mentioned if you can PM or something would like to ask you some questions would be great.

Really struggling with the HOCD thing, everything else as diminished and 3 weeks ago my mind decided to think i am gay lol and i have never looked at a man and got aroused or what ever it's really funny but real at the same time.

Lifelesssons wrote:

Blazedout420 wrote:Hey Tomoli,

I can relate to you man. During initial withdrawal it was health anxiety - MS, ALS, brain tumour you name it I had it, I then felt OK and smoked again but started experience DPDR which made me feel worse so quit for good. Next came intrusive harm thoughts, fear of schizophrenia and all other mental illnesses, like yourself I saw a film about a serial killer/sex offenders and turned my thoughts towards myself, what if I did that etc I also got HOCD, ROCD and again like yourself after reading in the news about pedophiles and some child sex abuse scandals I experienced POCD! Never have I felt or thought anything like this before I quit smoking but the anxiety was so intense I began to believe my own irrational thoughts, when in reality all the things I obsessed over were things previously that made me feel sick and would be totally out of character for me. Frightening really, thankfully it's all starting to pass now and I am feeling more like myself every day.

Hey Blaze,

I can relate to this 4 months in and i'm having some of the sh** you mentioned if you can PM or something would like to ask you some questions would be great.

Really struggling with the HOCD thing, everything else as diminished and 3 weeks ago my mind decided to think i am gay lol and i have never looked at a man and got aroused or what ever it's really funny but real at the same time.

I've just read your op and now, here you are looking for answers from a stranger over your therapist... don't go down this rabbit hole. You're not gay or a paedo, so why don't have discussions with strangers over it? Your rabbit hole I guess, but they just keep you digging.

you got a point , i just wanted to see if others went through the same sh** and how long were the cycles because it seems it jumps from subject to subject and you OCD about it for a good few weeks then it jumps to something else crazy.

Lol my therapist said it's all good but i just wanted to know how others dealt with that sh** i don't want to dig no hole my friend sh** is scary as it is.

Oh you'll find lots of people with symptoms, scenarios and time lines galore... as I say, just get on with your life as a non smoker. You don't need someone else's sh** in your head... feeders with no answers. Your call