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Suggest Treatment For Psychosis And Social Anxiety
I have Schizoaffective disorder. I have had psychotic episodes in the past and am still in psychosis. My Schizoaffective is Bipolar type and is present since childhood. I had racing thoughts aged 7 but went undiagnosed until 25. I also have social anxiety disorder. I am wondering whether I have ADD, too. My childhood symptoms include: !) Cannot initiate tasks for days. Say I have an exam or a test, I keep delaying starting the tasks 2) In abject fear of failure, I focus. This is a very strong focus and I become oblivious to my surroundings completely. Other times when I am making phone calls, say, I am in my zone and cannot make a conversation with anyone. 3) In a crowded place, where there is noise, I go quiet. When I speak my voice goes low. There is a sound-filtering issue here. Is this usually related to ADD or Schizoaffective? 4) In the classroom, if someone is talking, I cannot focus on the lectures-- I get distracted by what they are saying 5) Cannot sustain doing tasks. Need 6,7,8 cups of caffeine and breaks 6) Used to fidget in the classroom as a kid 7) Day-dream in the classrooms-- don t follow the lecture 8) When someone speaks for a long time, I cannot follow what he is saying 9) I don t notice things visually, such as, the color of the shirt someone is wearing or what is written on the shirt. 10) I cannot multi-task 11) Cannot make presentations with the words coming out in the right order 12) Seeing a speech therapist. Cannot learn to pronounce letters correctly 13) Months late on assignments in school. I always think about initiating but delay it Can all of these symptoms be caused by Schizoaffective or there is a separate ADD?
Fri, 26 Feb 2021
Hello,
Social anxiety commonly develops due to social phobia, a type of intense anxiety or fear of being judged, being rejected in a social circle, fear of being negatively evaluated in performance situation. To avoid social phobia you should focus on yourself, give yourself importance. You need not bother what others are thinking about you. You can be judgmental about others. Stay confident. Every task that become pending is not good. You should focus and complete a task. You can divide a task that you have to complete in three day or five days. Make a time table and stick to it. You will successfully complete it.
Stay encouraged, never undermine yourself. When you have to attend to presentations hear attentively so that you can make even better presentations. You can take the help of a psychotherapist. Get cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is especially useful for treating social anxiety disorder. With the help of CBT you will learn different ways of thinking, behaving, and reacting to situations that will help you feel less anxious and fearful. Take balanced home made food. Stay cheerful and active, do regular exercises. When you look at anything, don't look at it carelessly but make sure that your brain has registered at what you looked. Focus with alertness of mind is important.
No, all the symptoms are not due to schizophrenia. It can be due to ADD, but when you pay attention to your activities and have willingness to improve your daily activities, you can improve. To reduce bipolar symptoms you should stay active, switch to healthy lifestyle. Make new friends and work on improving the skills you are already gifted with. You can take the help of a Counselor or Physiatrist.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K., General & Family Physician
Social anxiety commonly develops due to social phobia, a type of intense anxiety or fear of being judged, being rejected in a social circle, fear of being negatively evaluated in performance situation. To avoid social phobia you should focus on yourself, give yourself importance. You need not bother what others are thinking about you. You can be judgmental about others. Stay confident. Every task that become pending is not good. You should focus and complete a task. You can divide a task that you have to complete in three day or five days. Make a time table and stick to it. You will successfully complete it.
Stay encouraged, never undermine yourself. When you have to attend to presentations hear attentively so that you can make even better presentations. You can take the help of a psychotherapist. Get cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is especially useful for treating social anxiety disorder. With the help of CBT you will learn different ways of thinking, behaving, and reacting to situations that will help you feel less anxious and fearful. Take balanced home made food. Stay cheerful and active, do regular exercises. When you look at anything, don't look at it carelessly but make sure that your brain has registered at what you looked. Focus with alertness of mind is important.
No, all the symptoms are not due to schizophrenia. It can be due to ADD, but when you pay attention to your activities and have willingness to improve your daily activities, you can improve. To reduce bipolar symptoms you should stay active, switch to healthy lifestyle. Make new friends and work on improving the skills you are already gifted with. You can take the help of a Counselor or Physiatrist.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Nupur K., General & Family Physician
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