Hello,

I was feeling like I am mentally sick since 3-4 year. I often do unhinged things that doesn’t make any sense. I constantly imagine things that’s not the reality however I know it’s not reality but I still smile thinking about those imaginary stuff and also I get depressed thinking the imaginary stuff. I don’t hear any voice but I keep talking to people in my head. It’s difficult for me to sympathize to other people. I can’t even make any social connection because my brain will make some negative assumption toward that person who is actually a nice person.

I went to psychiatrist and he said I have schizophrenia and told that I need immediate treatment. he gave me 9 injections and medicines. I feel like I am scammed. I don’t know I feel the same before and after the treatment. It also cost a lot of money around 1000$. I am so frustrated and don’t know what to do.

any suggestions would be appreciated.

Edit: no, I didn’t take the treatment from the first psychiatrist. I went to other psychiatrist and he came to the same conclusion. I was so scared atm that I didn’t think much about it and went for the treatment.

  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Don’t worry about the accuracy of the specific diagnosis. Focus on whether treatment is effective.

    The treatment options are the same for many similar conditions, so even if the diagnosis isn’t quite accurate, treatment can be effective.

    Also frustrating: not all treatment options are equally effective, not all individuals have the same treatment expectations, and diagnostic science is not able to reliably and immediately predict the best treatment for your specific circumstances. It can take weeks or months to find a combination of medication, diet, mentality, routine, and lifestyle factors that work for you, and those can potentially be disrupted by factors as simple as the changing of the seasons.

    I don’t mean for that to sound discouraging. I am only trying to manage expectations. You are very likely to see some positive changes, possibly large, probably small. You’re also likely to experience some side effects, possibly small, probably large. The objective is to continuously adapt and tune your lifestyle to maximize the positives while minimizing the negatives.