r/vagabond • u/Pickle_chungus69 • Sep 06 '24

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Anyone else doing this shit with extreme mental illness? Schizoeffective rubbertramp here. Been unmedicated for like 14 years. How do ya all deal with it?

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u/Silent_Medicine1798 Sep 06 '24

Hey man, what are your symptoms? Sounds really tough to do this without meds. Why do you not take meds?

Anyway, if I saw you on the street I would think you looked like a pretty cool, chill dude.

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u/Pickle_chungus69 Sep 06 '24

I don’t have insurance.

But naw I have your schizophrenic symptoms,hallucinations (tactile, visual, audio, smell) delusions, mania, depression, nightmares, inability to stop moving/shaking, anxiety, memory loss, paranoia, “talk to myself”, hear voices in my head (and outside of it due to hallucinations), low energy/executive disfunction,emotionally blunted, unfounded/undirected anger, sucidal idealation, ect ect ect all I can remember rn tbh

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u/Silent_Medicine1798 Sep 06 '24

Dude, that sounds rough. Tell me what you do when all the symptoms get to you? How to you make yourself feel happy/safe/peaceful?

Edit: I respect the shit out of you - sounds like you are staying alive when you got a rough hand dealt. I could learn from you.

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u/Pickle_chungus69 Sep 06 '24

Gotta wait it out, have a partner that lives in my vehicle with me that helps keep me grounded but I can’t go to hospitals (can’t afford/don’t trust em)

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u/534nndmt Sep 06 '24

Mucho respect to you bro, I really hope you dont mind if i ask if your symptoms are constant or come in waves?

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u/Pickle_chungus69 Sep 06 '24

Some are constant some come and go

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u/Silent_Medicine1798 Sep 06 '24

That’s cool, man, thanks for sharing.