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09-12-2020 03:13 PM
09-12-2020 03:13 PM
Do I have early signs?
Hi there.
I suffer from pretty extreme health anxiety. But as of recently my overall mental health is deteriorating.
I was recently laying down on my phone, it was late at night. Everything was quiet and I can to realise I could hear sort of background noise or chatter, like a quiet radio playing. I checked the next room but there was nothing, the sound stopped once I checked.
I also have constant fears or delusions that I have contracted HIV from being touched.
i don't believe I have had any other symptoms other then these, I just can't get into see a dr at all. My gp says it doesn't sound like schizophrenia but that's all the info I'm getting.
I really don't know what to do or where to go I feel like I'm not being taken seriously
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09-12-2020 05:20 PM
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09-12-2020 08:31 PM
09-12-2020 08:31 PM
Re: Do I have early signs?
Hi Rick147
I would seek out another GP, one that will listen to you at least, it may mean that you haven't got a diagnosis of Schizophrenia, but it might get to the bottom of why you are feeling this way, anyway even if the diagnosis is Schizophrenia, this doesn't mean this is who you are my friend and there is always hope out there, if I can recover you can too.
Haystacks
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09-12-2020 09:17 PM - edited 09-12-2020 09:51 PM
09-12-2020 09:17 PM - edited 09-12-2020 09:51 PM
Re: Do I have early signs?
@Rick147 You sound overwrought Rick. You weren't just extremely tired and half-asleep and the noise was coming from another source? Were you medicated?
I don't know what else to say. Thinking of you.
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09-12-2020 10:24 PM
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10-12-2020 12:41 PM
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Re: Do I have early signs?
I hear a lot of noises.. it's physical, in my ears.
I have what is called percussive tinitus. Sometimes it sounds like thunder, sometimes like the ocean, sometimes like someone's scratchy radio playing in the distance and I can't quite make out what it is.
But it's not a mental health disorder, it's my ears.
Just a thought.
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10-12-2020 03:02 PM - edited 11-12-2020 01:18 AM
10-12-2020 03:02 PM - edited 11-12-2020 01:18 AM
Re: Do I have early signs?
Hi @Rick147
I just wanted to reach out and welcome you to the forums! It’s great to have you here
I can hear how worried you are It’s such a difficult and scary place to be when we can’t make sense of some of the things that are happening for us
In addition to the great ideas suggested by other forum members, I just wondered if you would feel comfortable asking your GP to refer you to a Psychiatrist? This may provide you with the opportunity to receive some answers to your questions and if necessary, the Psychiatrist may be able to provide some ongoing support
Alternatively, you could ask your GP to refer you to a Psychiatrist for an ‘opinion and report’ (MBS item 291) which also attracts a Medicare rebate.
Basically, this is a one off appointment whereby a Psychiatrist completes an assessment and provides a written report to your GP which (if applicable) also includes a mental health diagnosis.
Although this is a one off appointment, it’s my understanding that you can attend two additional appointments if the Psychiatrist needs more time to complete their assessment.
If you would like to read some more information about this, you can visit the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
Their website www.ranzcp.org
I also wondered if accessing some additional support through the Sane Help Centre may be helpful for you? Although the counsellors can’t provide a diagnosis, they can provide telephone and online counselling, information and referrals for people living with complex mental health issues and also for the people who care about them.
As such, you could talk through your experiences and concerns and explore some other ideas about how you could address these
The Help Centre operates Monday to Friday from 10.00am until 10.00 pm (AEST) and you can contact them on: 1800 18 7263.
Their website is: www.sane.org
I hope this helps
Take care,
ShiningStar
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02-01-2021 04:38 PM
02-01-2021 04:38 PM
Re: Do I have early signs?
Hi again,
I have some more questions, these symptoms extremely bother me,
(on a side note I have seen a psychiatrist who has told me I don't have schizophrenia, however due to my health anxiety I don't believe her)
2 symptoms I currently have:
-my mind feels like it fires off thoughts that have no meaning, it's like I'm having a conversation and inside I'm battling my own thoughts about saying something completely irrelevant. It's like it has Tourette's.
-I feel like I disconnect a little sometimes, I have had this in previous years.
for me I'm terrified this is schizophrenia, I relate everything back to schizophrenia, it's hard at the moment as everyone is on Xmas holidays and I can't see my psychiatrist again for a few weeks