Schizophrenia symptoms usually develop slowly over months or years. Sometimes you may have many symptoms, and at other times you may only have a few.
People with any type of schizophrenia may have difficulty keeping friends and working. They may also have problems with anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts or behaviors.
At first, you may have the following symptoms:
Irritable or tense feeling
Difficulty sleeping
Difficulty concentrating
As the illness continues, problems with thinking, emotions and behavior develop, including:
Lack of emotion (flat affect)
Strongly held beliefs that are not based in reality (delusions)
Hearing or seeing things that are not there (hallucinations)
Problems paying attention
Thoughts "jump" between unrelated topics ( “loose associations”)
Bizarre behaviors
Social isolation
Symptoms can vary, depending on the type of schizophrenia you have.
Paranoid schizophrenia symptoms may include:
Anxious
Angry or argumentative
False believes that others are trying to harm you or your loved ones.
Disorganized schizophrenia symptoms may include:
Problems with thinking and expressing ideas clearly
Childlike behavior
Showing little emotion
Catatonic schizophrenia symptoms may include:
Lack of activity
Muscles and posture may be rigid
Grimaces or other odd expressions on the face
Does not respond much to other people
Undifferentiated schizophrenia symptoms may include symptoms of more than one other type of schizophrenia.
People with residual schizophrenia have some symptoms, but not as many as those who are in a full-blown episode of schizophrenia.
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