What is the long-term treatment for paranoid personality disorder?
I heard it was difficult to treat.
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Go to a psychologist or psychiatrist; get diagnosed; get medication; stay on medication.
One of the problems with this, many diff schizophrenia disorders, and bi-polar disorder is that the medication can make you feel somewhat distant. Many times your extreme emotions are dulled (anger, depression, excitement, joy, arousel) from the leveling effects of the drug. Many people dislike this, and many feel that they don't need the medication after a period of time has gone by... and they stop taking them.
It is hard to treat: the very nature of the disorder is that you don't trust the world. So trusting this one person with your well-being, possibly your sanity, may very well be terrifying. That alone is hard. Being dependent on medication is also hard. But perhaps trusting one person will help you to trust others, and be less paranoid in the long run, naturally and wholly without drugs. (
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How do you know if you have OCD or paranoid personality disorder?
everyone on here says my symptoms are of paranoia but I have been diagnosed with OCD. How can you tell?
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Please talk to a mental health professional, not random people on Yahoo Answers ... this is your life and not everyone here has your best interest at heart. (
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what is fanatic paranoid personality disorder?
Please help? I have been told that I'm narcissistic and paranoid...is this what it is? If so please go into depth on what Fanatic paranoid personality disorder is.
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Could OCD be misdiagnosed for paranoid personality disorder?
I match alot of the symptoms of OCD, and my brother has it so it may run in the family. Is it likely these two disorders could be mistaken for each other?
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I do not think it is very likely that OCD would be mistaken for paranoid personality disorder unless you had obsessions about other people plotting against you. The characteristic feature of OCD is obsessions, with or without compulsions. If you have unwanted thoughts that you recognize as being excessive and distressing, and that you recognize as coming from your own mind, then you probably have OCD. OCD has a genetic component, so if your brother has it then it is not unlikely that you have it as well, especially if you think you have a lot of symptoms.
If you actually hear voices like someone is talking to you as opposed to recognizing them as your own thoughts, that could be bipolar or schizophrenia. Go discuss it with a psychiatrist or psychologist so you can identify what you have and get the right treatment for it. Medications and counseling can help a lot with OCD. (
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Does having a paranoid personality disorder prevent someone from living a fullfilling life?
Eg relationships, jobs etc
I have no friends. I have no family to turn to. I lost my friends ago because I thought they were somehow against me. I live a cold life.
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yes people start hating you and you start hating them back and you have to live in the corner in a cave just like the terrorists. (
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What would be done to treat a person who had Paranoid Personality Disorder?
Probably a combination of medication and counseling. There are drugs available from professionals that help someone better interpret what is going on around them. For example, my sister has paranoid thoughts sometimes and has learned to recognize when they occur. It took a lot of practice with her psychiatrist, but now she is much better able to tell when she is overreacting to people and events around her, and taking them too personally. When it happens, she has people from a support group she can call to talk about her feelings, and medication that she knows will help her be calmer and think more clearly. However, paranoia is not her primary problem. It will probably be difficult to persuade someone who is truly paranoid that it is okay to get help. (
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how i reconnect with my son who has paranoid personality disorder?
my son says i am not the mother he he knows as his mother would have assisted him in his requests for assistance (in his delusion) and i did not.
how do i go about regaining our relationship and his trust.
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Are there varying degrees of paranoid personality disorder depending on if he's having a good or bad day?
His level of paranoia changes depending on his mood, I think. Is this correct?
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Yes~ It's all on a continuum from mild to severe (
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How can you tell when someone is showing signs of Schizophrenia vs. Paranoid Personality Disorder?
The words "schizophrenia" and "Paranoid Personality Disorder" are simply a labels used to categorise lists of psychosocial traits that Psychiatry considers to be improper or abnormal in society. Psychiatry defines these traits as "mental illness", and promotes it as a "disease" that requires "treatment".
It is not a "disease", despite claims made in certain peoples answers here. There is NO credible scientific evidence that shows the existence of what constitutes "schizophrenia" as a biological/neurological disorder, brain abnormality or "chemical imbalance".
"For a disease to exist there must be a tangible, objective physical abnormality that can be determined by a test such as, but not limited to, blood or urine test, X-Ray, brain scan or biopsy. All reputable doctors would agree: No physical abnormality, no disease. In psychiatry, no test or brain scan exists to prove that a 'mental disorder' is a physical disease. Disingenuous comparisons between physical and mental illness and medicine are simply part of psychiatry's orchestrated but fraudulent public relations and marketing campaign." Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (Neurologist, Pediatric Neurology), & Fellow at the American Academy of Neurology.
"Chemical imbalance…it’s a shorthand term really, it’s probably drug industry derived… We don’t have tests because to do it, you’d probably have to take a chunk of brain out of someone - not a good idea." Dr. Mark Graff, Chair of the Committee of Public Affairs for the American Psychiatric Association. July, 2005.
Symptoms that psychiatry labels as "schizophrenia" (or it's related disorders), can stem from any number of variable sources. Many people have overcome disorders such as "bipolar" and "schizophrenia" through effective megavitamin therapy and effective nutrition. A growing wealth of evidence supports that underlying nutritional deficiencies can cause even the most severe mental disorders, including "schizophrenia". [1,2,3,4,5,6]
You may also be interested to know that the work undertaken by pioneers such as Dr. Lars Martensson and the late Dr. Loren Mosher show that there is also another way - far safer and more effective than psychiatric restraint, drugs and electro-shocks. For over a decade Loren R Mosher, MD, held a central position in American psychiatric research. He was the first Chief of the Center for Studies of Schizophrenia at the National Institute of Mental Health, 1969-1980. He founded the Schizophrenia Bulletin and for ten years he was its Editor-in-Chief. He also led the Soteria Project, which demonstrated that effective rehabilitation is possible without harmful antipsychotic drugs. Soteria provided a safe and sane environment where schizophrenic patients could stay, medication-free, with a young, nonprofessional staff trained to listen to and understand them and provide companionship. The idea was that schizophrenia can often be overcome with the help of meaningful relationships, rather than with drugs, and that such treatment would eventually lead to unquestionably healthier lives. The results were fantastic. Over just 6 weeks, patients recovered as quickly as those treated with medication in hospitals. [7,8]
Bottom line? Psychiatry is a belief-system, a "faith", not a science. Despite the huge marketing strategies, the so-called "research" and all the propaganda thrown at the world, there is not one iota of scientific evidence that proves that "schizophrenia" or ANY mental illness, in fact, exists as an actual --medical disease--.
If you have been told differently then know this: You have been lied to.
For more information, please visit:
http://groups.msn.com/psychbusters
Decoding Psychiatric Propaganda
See also http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/default.htm#S
and http://www.webcom.com/thrive/schizo/ (
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Is there a syndrome or disorder when you get paranoid about making big decisions?
(fyi, this is for my friend)
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Yes, it's called anxiety. (
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