Michael Pollack
New Member
I was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic at 17 by a psychiatrist who wanted to lock me up in a mental hospital and did. I have never hallucinated and I live in a powerful shell I can't penetrate. I have been on Risperdal for the last 25 years and have had horrible paranoid delusions which ended a month ago when I stopped the drug. My consciousness is fixated on food and eating which I liberate gradually by fasting every other day. I feel so much better mentally now except that I can't connect with people and myself at the same time or make eye contact. I spend my time reading and doing math problems. I am a pescovegetarian and just turned 72. The problem is my partner and nurse practitioner think I am schizophrenic and need to be on meds. Has anyone had an experience like this who could give advice and tell me what they did?