Question 1

do people with schizophrenia have one visual hallucination that they usually see?

Accepted Answer

Not usually.: Hallucinations are auditory or visual with auditory more common. Auditory may be vague and benign or clear and foul and threatening, often demanding a person to say or do threatening or harmful things like hurt or kill others or even themselves. Visual hallucinations are more rare and can be repetitive. In my experience having only one visual hallucination is very unlikely.

Question 2

what would outsiders see at the early onset of schizophrenia symptoms?

Accepted Answer

Decline in function: They may see social withdrawal or isolation, lack of self-care (poor hygiene), constricted range of emotional expression, decreased motivation, and an overall decline in their normal level of function.

Question 3

could a person see and hear imaginary friends as an adult, but not have schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

Yes: While common in children, it is rare in adults but not necessarily part of a psychosis. And not all psychotic symptoms are schizophrenia. If there are none of the other diagnostic signs, it's not schizophrenia. If no other disordered thinking, it's not a psychosis. Some writers experience such relationships w/ their characters.  Don't worry.

Question 4

is there a way to test during pregnancy to see if my child will have schizophrenia?

Accepted Answer

No: There are currently no tests known that can identify someone at risk for schizophrenia even out of the womb. However a lot of work is being done on early signs and genetic testing.

Question 5

how are autism and schizophrenia related? i often see them mentioned at the same time.

Accepted Answer

Autism/schizophrenia: There are clinical similarities between autism and schizophrenia. According to NIH, risk genes for schizophrenia and autism conspicuously activate in the same neuronal neighborhood of the brain’s cortex, or outer mantel, during infancy. This suggests some related underlying illness processes – even though known genetic variations associated with the disorders overlap by only 5 percent. https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-news/2016/schizophrenia-autism-risk-gene-trajectories-point-to-shared-causes.shtml

Question 6

i would like to know if i have schizophrenia. i hear voices, i see things, both the schizophrenia test i took indicate i may have it. help?

Accepted Answer

Get checked!: Before a psychiatric diagnosis is made, a physical reason for your symptoms must be ruled out.  See a doc for a physical and appropriate testing to find out why you are hearing voices and seeing things.  Do not drink alcohol or use recreational drugs. Avoid herbal medications until you discuss them with your doctor.  Good luck!

Question 7

should i see a specialist for schizophrenia, or can my regular doctor take care of it?

Accepted Answer

See a psychiatrist: If you have been diagnosed with schizophrenia, your primary care physician is not specialized for this disease. Please see a psychiatrist regularly. Only a psychiatrist can effectively treat and prescribe medication for schizophrenia. Wishing you'all the best.

Question 8

i want go hospital or doctor check see x-ray im schizophrenia and hallucinations ?

Accepted Answer

Talk w your provider: Have your schizoprhenia symptoms worsened? Please  let your psychiatrist know. The earlier an increase in  psychotic symptoms is treated, the better.  Your psychiatrist can help to determine if you need psychiatric hospitalization right now and can help to get you admitted.

Question 9

i think i have paranoia schizophrenia and should see a doc but i'm scared they will think i'm a hypocodreact what do i do i'm afraid i'm going crazy!

Accepted Answer

See a good doctor!: Being afraid to see a doctor is consistent with being paranoid, but other conditions like bipolar disorder, anxiety & med. Side effects may cause similar symptoms. I advise seeing a good psychiatrist- it is important to get treatment. I see no reason why they'll think you're a hypochondriac. You might also consider seeing a holistic doctor to explore complementary approaches. Please see comment:.

Question 10

my aunt has schizophrenia it's really hard to deal with and she's a real pain to be around. her doctor recommended she see someone who performs brain mapping or is knowledgeable in brain mapping techniques. i'm unclear as to what this really means. can so

Accepted Answer

"Brain : "brain mapping" is a term used to describe several methods to use imaging and other techniques to infer the function of the brain.  In the general context of your question, "brain mapping" probably refers to the application of quantitative electroencephalography (qeeg; a type of brain-wave recording) to create pictures of brain activity for the purpose of providing biofeedback.  Another name for "brain mapping" is "neurofeedback."

here's an overview of how it  is done:  like regular eeg, qeeg uses recording surfaces that are applied to the scalp to capture the electrical activity generated by the cerebral cortex.  The signals, which are in the microvolt (one one-millionth of a volt) range, are electrically and digitally amplified.  In a regular eeg, the signals are displayed on a screen to be reviewed by a physician with specialty training (often a neurologist specializing in epilepsy).  Good quality eegs contain about 2 dozen channels of information, displayed on the screen as squiggly lines.  Each line corresponds to the activity of a region of cortex relative to another part of the brain or head.  Interpretation of eeg is both an art and a science, and requires a high degree of training and experience.

In qeeg, after the signals are amplified, they are heavily digitally processed by software using something called fourier analysis.  Basically, the processing breaks up each channel of information into ranges of frequencies. These ranges are usually described as sub-delta, delta, theta, alpha, beta, and supra-beta.  After being heavily processed by computer graphics software, the predominant frequency of each brain region is displayed as a color on a computer-generated image of a brain or head.  The images are designed by computer-graphics programmers to look very realistic, and are often rendered in virtual 3d.

In a qeeg neurofeedback session, the client is supposed to look at the colors and patterns shown on the monitor, and with the guidance of the provider, try to make the colors and patterns resemble those of a "normal" person.

I think it is fair to say that this application of "brain mapping" and neurofeedback is controversial.  Some critics would call it peudoscience, and a few would have worse names.

One basic criticism is that since the brain is made up of 100 billion neurons, each channel of qeeg registers the average activity of about 4 billion neurons.  That would be like asking the entire population of the earth a multiple-choice question, and saying that the average answer was accurate.  Another criticism is that the areas of the brain that most contribute to the types of behaviors that qeeg clients are seeking to change are deep inside the brain, and therefore largely invisible to the recorders on the scalp.

A higher-level criticism of neurofeedback is that it is highly prone to the placebo effect, and in fact may actually make use of the placebo effect by harnessing our sense of wonder in technology and our belief in computer-generated virtual reality.

Perhaps the most convincing criticism of neurofeedback is that it lacks any rigorous proof that it works, such as from placebo-controlled studies.

Because there is no proof of the effectiveness of neurofeedback or "brain mapping, " insurance companies do not cover the sessions.  A typical course of neurofeedback comprises 40 or so sessions, and last i checked, each session runs about $100.

Neurofeedback is one of a number of glamorous and attractive pseudo-scientific approaches to serious psychiatric and psychological problems that are often difficult to treat.  Such approaches often appeal to patients or family members who are frustrated by conditions that seem hard to treat or incurable.  Desperate people have long been the prey of those with a profit motive.

Risks of neurofeedback include both the out-of-pocket expense, and the risks that are incurred by diverting the client's attention and resources away from proven therapies.

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Is there a way to test during pregnancy to see if my child will have schizophrenia?

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How are autism and schizophrenia related? i often see them mentioned at the same time.

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I would like to know if i have schizophrenia. i hear voices, i see things, both the schizophrenia test i took indicate i may have it. help?

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Should i see a specialist for schizophrenia, or can my regular doctor take care of it?

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I want go hospital or doctor check see x-ray im schizophrenia and hallucinations ?

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I think i have paranoia schizophrenia and should see a doc but i'm scared they will think i'm a hypocodreact what do i do i'm afraid i'm going crazy!

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My aunt has schizophrenia it's really hard to deal with and she's a real pain to be around. her doctor recommended she see someone who performs brain mapping or is knowledgeable in brain mapping techniques. i'm unclear as to what this really means. can so

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