Nick and Drew talk schizophrenia and how it affected his life and family. Drew’s battle throughout life has been nowhere near easy. Continually dealing with depression and doctors visits in something that even the most qualified professionals have a hard time managing and providing help to this who suffer from this illness. Tonight we have an in depth discussion on the life Drew lives how he managed jobs and his family being under great stress. This episode really shed alot of light on how powerful and reliant we are on our brain to produce our reality we live in.
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Which CBD oil helped you? Here in the US I have read all sorts of reports about it working, not working. I have always been a bright, articulate, lovng, compassionate person but, have suffered with sever contanimantion and religious OCD from a very young age this is in the 60s before they even had a diagnosis. My parents did not know what to do and my friends just went along makig fun of my rituals that I displayed. (I becam very good at disguising it usually by making fu of myself). In the 70s I would always say to my mom there is something wrong with me and even through the rituls such as walking in and out of the doorway, washing in the bathroom for hours and mumbling things to myself to ward off bad things. I thought that I had schizophrenia because, that was one of the only diagnosable diseases at the time. I also have AADD which only makes things worse. It wasn’t till the 80s when a book I came across “The Boy Who Could Not Stop Washing” was there something that told me what I had. I was finally diagnosed in the 90s. Add all these with thinking I committed an unforgivable sin and there lies the mess. Growing up in the 60s and 70s I took a lot of drugs that provided relief. Fast forward decades and several “breakdowns” making me isolate. Through many many traumatic experiences, help up at gunpoint, nives, fag bashed, raped, held captive and the losses of the closet people to me. I found myself dissaciotiating my once very loving self from my mind. I find there is a hard band across my mind coupled with a rushing or hissing sound through out my brain. Gradually I separated from my memories to the point now where once witty and able to pulld up places, names and things on the spot I can no longer remember much of my life. I’ve been in therapy and have been on and off meds since 1972. So, I have tried everything and will continue to do so recently I have looked into SBD but, have ead so many pros and cons I am not sure which is the real thing. Also many many in fact it seems all drugs do not affect me the way they use to I think maybe because of my detachment from myself. Example 50 milligrams of Valium does nothing for me. An opiod has little affect on me and alcohol does not make me high and giddy. I know I’ve gone on and on but, I’ve yet to find someone who can identify with my situation. So any information (although I know this is off topic of podcast) will be most appreciated.
Thanks,
Rick