Complementary therapies I take in addition to my
medication:
GNC Triple
Strength Fish Oil
$19.99
Serving Size: 1 Softgel Servings Per Container: 60
Calories: 15 Total Fat: 1.5g
EPA: 647mg DHA: 253mg
GNC Mega Men Sport Multi-Vitamins
(Bonus Size)
$34.99
Other Cool Stuff:
Tablet/Pill Splitter
$5.99
GoFit Yoga Mat
$24.99
Homedics LCD Digital Scale $39.99
Attention:
This
website is probably more suitable for people whom are 18
years of age or older. I use vulgarity from time to time,
and I sometimes talk about things that are generally
inappropriate. Sorry you 1st graders. Beat it.
THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS FOR ZACHARY...
What you've done for the mentally ill community is great. Thank you
for putting your website on the internet.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
Your webpage is awesome!
Thanks! So am I, and so are you.
Did you design your webpage yourself?
Yes, everything except for the logo. That was done by Rasheed
Wallace of the Detroit Pistons. Just kidding, it was actually done
by some logo company. So I guess I'd say no, I didn't create the
logo, but I designed everything else by myself pretty much. Oh wait,
I borrowed the color scheme of this webpage from some other website.
And finally, most of the mental health information is straight from
books such as the DSM-IV, so I didn't write that stuff by myself.
You're Hott!
I seriously receive this email. All I gotta say is, "All-right..." -
Glen Quagmire (The Family Guy).
(HATE MAIL)
Leave me alone. I refuse to play Limp Bizkit with you. We all know
you're the best at it.
Can I link to your webpage or use your webpage as a reference for
something er other.
Go right ahead. I'm flattered.
I have a friend who has the exact same symptoms as you! Is he/she
schizophrenic!? Or...I'm having the exact same symptoms as you! I'm
so f*cking scared that I am bipolar/schizophrenic/f*cked up!!! Here
are my symptoms: (insert symptoms here). So what do you think, am I
schizophrenic!?
Wow. I don't know. My advice is to you is to read up on your
symptoms, see a psychiatrist/psychologist/or therapist, or tell
someone else your symptoms in order to receive some sort of help.
I am afraid to tell people that I have a mental illness. How did you
do it?
I don't care about telling people I am mentally ill. "Why?" you may
ask. Because if I talk about it more, it will help people understand
it better, then improve treatments, then get me cured quicker. Maybe
you should start a blog, perhaps? I honestly don't know. I wish I
didn't suck at answering these serious questions.
You're hilarious. All I gotta say...
It's my mental illness that gives me my super strength of humor.
(Don't take this seriously). Take this seriously though, each post
on this webpage/blog portion usually takes me a long time to write.
The picture of you on your page with the pill on your tongue and
your tongue sticking out sickens me...
Listen, that is an unique and humorous picture in my opinion, and
half of this website is humor anyway.
THE FREQUENTLY ASKED MENTAL ILLNESS-RELATED QUESTIONS...
Does schizophrenia change the
underlying personality?
In the early 1990s, an opportunity arose to ascertain whether
schizophrenia does or does not change the underlying personality.
27 identical twins were studied in which one had schizophrenia and
the other was well. On personality scales that measured traits
such as happiness, nervousness, and satisfaction with social
relationships, the twins with schizophrenia scored significantly
lower, as would be expected from having the disease. However,
on the remaining scales of personality traits there were remarkably
few differences, and on many scales, such as adherence to
traditional values and interest in risk taking behavior, there were
virtually no differences.
Are people with schizophrenia
responsible for their behavior? Most individuals have some control and can be held at least
partly responsible, but the degree varies widely from individual to
individual, and in a single individual, from week to week.
Many patients, for example, can suppress with great effort their
auditory hallucinations or bizarre behavior for brief periods but
not for long periods.
Does schizophrenia affect the
person's IQ?
In discussing IQ and schizophrenia, it is important to remember what
IQ measures. Most IQ tests measure some combination of
reading, reasoning, and mathematical skills, which are assessments
of specific types of brain function. IQ tests do not measure
experience, common sense, or wisdom. As a rule, many but not
all, individuals with schizophrenia have a small loss of IQ
(approximately 8 to 10 points), which occurs early in life, many
years before they develop their illness. Studies are
inconclusive about whether or not, once a person has developed
schizophrenia in adulthood, there is any additional loss of IQ.
On average, however, such a loss of IQ in adulthood is very small.
Should people with
schizophrenia drive vehicles?
In summary, the majority of individuals with schizophrenia can and
do drive. However, those whose planning and/or tactical
decisions are clearly impaired should not drive. The
assessment of which individuals with schizophrenia should drive and
which should not is similar to the assessment made for individuals
who are elderly. For some patients whose ability to drive is
dependent on taking anti-psychotic medication, it would seem
reasonable to make their driving license conditional on taking
medication, much as is done for some people with epilepsy.
How do religious issues affect
people with schizophrenia?
People with schizophrenia, like other people, have a need to relate
to a god or philosophical worldview that allows them to place
themselves and their lives within a larger context. For
individuals with schizophrenia this can be particularly
problematical for many reasons. For one thing, the onset of of
the disease often occurs during the same period of life when
religious and philosophical beliefs are in great flux, thus making
resolution extremely difficult. Another complicating factor is
that many persons with this disease undergo intense heightened
awareness, or "peak experiences", during the early stages of their
illness and conclude they they have been specifically chosen by God.
When auditory hallucinations are experienced, these usually
reinforce such a belief. Still another impediment to
resolution of religious concerns is the person's inability to think
metaphorically and in symbols, which most formalized religious
belief systems require. It is therefore not surprising that
religious concerns continue to be important for many persons with
this disease throughout the course of their illness. One
recent study, in fact, reported that 30 percent of individuals with
schizophrenia reported "an increase in their religiousness after the
onset of illness."
Should you tell people that
you have schizophrenia?
The question whether or not to tell people that you have
schizophrenia is a difficult one, especially when the person is a
prospective date or employer. Increasingly frequently, the
answer is "yes." Some issues to consider in thinking about the
problem are: Is the person likely to find out anyway?
How sophisticated is the person likely to be about mental illness?
If I withhold this information, will the person be able to trust me
on other issues? How difficult is it for me to interact with
the person knowing that I have not told him/her?
What are my chances of getting
schizophrenia?
If nobody in my family has it...................................1
percent
If my half-brother or half/sister has it........................4
percent
If my full brother or sister has it...............................9
percent
If my mother or father has it..................................13
percent
If both my mother and father have it.......................36
percent
If my identical twin has it......................................28
percent
If my aunt or uncle has it........................................3
percent
If my grandfather or grandmother has it....................4 percent
What will happen when the
parents die?
One of the most troubling problems for families with a family member
with schizophrenia is what will happen after the family members who
are providing the person's care die. Typically it is a mother
and father who provide much of the care needed by an ill son or
daughter, although in other cases the same problem may arise for an
aging or sick person who is providing care for an ill sibling.
In the old days such care was transferred to the extended family or
the state hospital. Now, however, the extended family has
disappeared and the state hospital will simply discharge the person
with schizophrenia to live in the community. Guardianship is
one mechanism used by families to ensure care for the family member
and safeguard his or her assets after the death of the well family
members. The guardian may be either a relative or friend of
the patient or, if none is available or appropriate, another person
selected by the judge. The appointment of a guardian occurs
most frequently when the patient owns large amounts of money or
property or is likely to inherit some.
Some of this is from the book
Surviving Schizophrenia, by E. Fuller Torrey
ZacharyOdette.com
Name:Zachary Adam Odette Birthdate:06-06-1985 Location:Swartz Creek, Michigan USA Diagnosis: schizoaffective Medications Taken Daily: 40mg of
Abilify at night, 300mg of Wellbutrin in the morning, 600mg of Trileptal at
night, 50mg of Revia at night Complementary Therapies: talk-therapy
once every two weeks, 4g of omega-3 EPA fish oils taken daily, 1000 I.U. vitamin E taken daily,
1000mg of VItamin C taken daily, Mega Men Sport multi-vitamins taken daily,
Magma Plus Green Foods supplement taken daily, animal-assisted therapy (dogs), go running and
exercise daily,
taking two classes at local college, no street drugs taken since year 2005, and
I'm tryin' to give up cheap booze...
