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.
HOD (Hoffer-Osmond
Diagnostic) Test for Schizophrenia This inventory consists of
numbered statements. Read each statement and answer it True or
False on the answer sheet according to how well it describes what is
happening to you. If the statement is True as applied to you,
draw a circle around the T opposite the number of that statement on
the answer sheet. If, for example, statement number 37 is
False as applied to you, draw a circle around the F opposite number
37 on the answer sheet.
Answer every statement.
Each statement in this questionnaire is numbered, but the numbers
are not arranged in consecutive order. The order of the
numbers in the test and on the answer sheet, however, are the
same. In marking your answers on the answer sheet, be sure
that the number of the statement in the booklet is the same as the
number you are answering on the answer sheet. Erase any answer
you wish to change. Click here to see a
printable answer sheet.
Before you take the test,
realize that your answers to this test will not necessarily
determine whether or not you have schizophrenia. All it does
is give you a rough idea of the disease and its symptoms. If
you are worried you may have schizophrenia or another mental illness
it might be a good idea to report your answers to this test to your
psychiatrist or psychologist because he or she will likely know how the
scoring system works.
Update as of
July, 20 2006. Some hints to scoring the HOD test!
I present a quote by Abram Hoffer. (Thank you Stephanie.)
"The mean score for
schizophrenia is around 65. Few patients with other diagnoses score
over 30 and all normal people score less than 20. On the HOD test
she scored extremely high, as follows Total 152, Perceptual 36,
paranoid 9, depression 16 and short form 14. The odds she was
schizophrenic were over 90%. I started her on niacin 500 mg tid,
ascorbic acid 1 G tid, pyridoxine 250 mg od and zinc citrate 50 mg
od. Orthomolecular therapy includes the combined use of diet,
nutrients in optimum amounts and drugs as needed."
Schizophrenics generally score over 50.
47.) Some foods which never tasted funny before do so now.
143.) Most people hate me.
68.) There are some people trying to do me harm.
61.) I can no longer smell perfumes as well as I used to.
60.) I sweat much more now than I used to.
59.) My body odor is now much more unpleasant
134.) People interfere with my body to harm me.
66.) My mind is racing away from me.
81.) People are watching me.
73.) At times when I come into a new situation, I feel strongly the
situation is a repeat of one that happened before.
10.) Sometimes I have visions of animals or scenes.
70.) I have a mission in life given to me by God.
2.) People's faces seem to change in size as I watch them.
86.) A dress is like a glove because they belong to women rather
than because they are articles of clothing.
5.) People watch me all the time.
46.) I sometimes feel strange vibrations shivering through me.
15.) When I look at people they seem strange.
22.) Sometimes when I watch TV the picture looks very strange.
141.) I don't like meeting people - you can't trust anyone now.
117.) My hands or feet sometimes feel far away.
107.) Life seems entirely hopeless.
106.) I usually feel miserable and blue.
51.) Water now has funny tastes.
121.) I often hear my thoughts inside my head.
92.) An axe is like a saw because they have handles rather than
because they are tools.
110.) I have to be on my guard with friends.
82.) A cow is like a horse because they are both in North America,
not because they are both animals.
78.) My thinking gets all mixed up when I have to act quickly.
126.) Other people's cigarette smoke smells strange - like a gas.
50.) I have more difficulty tasting foods now.
49.) Foods taste flat and lifeless.
7.) Most people have halos (areas of brightness) around their heads.
35.) I have often felt that there was another voice in my head.
31.) I now have more trouble hearing people.
140.) I get more frightened now when I am driven in a car by others.
6.) I feel rays of energy upon me.
28.) I sometimes feel that I have left my body.
1.) People's faces sometimes pulsate as I watch them.
123.) I hear my own thoughts as clearly as if they were a voice.
109.) I am often misunderstood by people.
45.) I now have trouble feeling hot or cold things.
27.) My hands or feet sometimes seem much too large for me.
39.) I sometimes have sensations of crawly things under my skin.
64.) At times my ideas disappear for a few moments and then
reappear.
88.) A pen is like a pencil because they are like sticks, rather
than because they are used for writing.
85.) A chair is like a table because they are usually used together
rather than because they both have four legs.
84.) A chair is like a table because they have four legs, not
because they are usually used together.
19.) Sometimes the world becomes very bright as I look at it.
133.) Many people know that I have a mission in life.
80.) Strange people or places frighten me.
21.) Sometimes when I read the words begin to look funny - they move
around or grow faint.
52.) I can no longer tell how much time has gone by.
127.) The world has become timeless for me.
116.) I often become scared of sudden movements or noises at night.
43.) I sometimes feel my bowels are dead.
58.) My body odor is much more noticeable than it once was.
14.) When I look at things like tables and chairs them seem strange.
37.) I have heard voices coming from radio, television, or tape
recorders talking about me.
137.) People interfere with my mind to help me.
11.) Sometimes I have visions of God or Christ.
34.) I often hear or have heard voices talking about or to me.
25.) Pictures appear to be alive and to breathe.
145.) I am not sure who I am.
138.) I know that most people expect a great deal of me.
41.) Some of my organs feel dead.
30.) My sense of hearing is now more sensitive than it ever has
been.
4.) People watch me a lot more than they used to.
108.) I am very painfully shy.
20.) Sometimes the world becomes very dim as I look at it.
114.) I am constantly keyed up and jittery.
54.) Some days move by so quickly it seems only minutes have gone
by.
3.) People's eyes seem very piercing and frightening.
103.) I very often suffer from severe nervous exhaustion.
36.) I have often heard strange sounds, e.g. laughing which
frightens me.
125.) Cigarettes taste queer now.
32.) I often have singing noises in my ears.
42.) I sometimes feel my stomach is dead.
124.) My bones often feel soft.
38.) My sense of touch has now become very keen.
9.) Sometimes I have visions of people during the day when my eyes
are open.
100.) A fly is like a tree because they both require humans rather
than because they are living things.
17.) Now and then when I'd look into the mirror my face changes and
seems different.
8.) Sometimes I have visions of people when I close my eyes.
16.) Often when I look at people they seem to be like someone else.
33.) I often hear or have heard voices.
111.) Very often friends irritate me.
40.) I sometimes feel rays of electricity shooting through me.
101.) A fly is like a tree because they both are living things
rather than because they both require humans.
71.) At times some other people can read my mind.
120.) When I am driving in a car objects and people change shape
very quickly. They didn't used to.
75.) I am now much more regretful.
56.) I have much more trouble getting my work done on time.
115.) Sudden noises make me jump or shake badly.
55.) I have much more trouble keeping appointments.
90.) An orange is like a banana because they both have skins rather
than because they are fruit.
98.) Praise is like punishment because they both start with p rather
than because they are given to people.
132.) People are often envious of me.
62.) Foods smell funny now.
136.) People interfere with my mind to harm me.
69.) There is some plot against me.
76.) I now am sick.
118.) My hands or feet often look very small now.
94.) The eye is like the ear because they are on the head rather
than because they are sense organs.
89.) A pen is like a pencil because they are both used for writing
rather than because they are both like sticks.
113.) I am often very shaky.
104.) I very often have great difficulty falling asleep at night.
48.) I can taste bitter things in some foods like poison.
130.) People look as if they were dead now.
112.) My family irritates me very much.
139.) Lately I often get frightened when driving myself in a car.
13.) Sometimes I feel very unreal.
119.) Cars seem to move very quickly now. I can't be sure
where they are.
23.) Sometimes I feel there is a fog or mist shutting me away from
the world.
91.) An orange is like a banana because they are fruit, not because
they both have skins.
93.) An axe is like a saw because they are tools rather than because
they have handles.
87.) A dress is like a glove because they are articles of clothing
rather than because they are owned by women.
95.) The eye is like the ear because they are sense organs rather
than because they are on the head.
102.) I very often am very tired.
53.) The days seem to go by very slowly.
24.) Sometimes objects pulsate when I look at them.
129.) Other people smell strange.
44.) I sometimes feel I am being pinched by unseen things.
18.) My body now and then seems to be altered - too big or too
small, out of proportion.
135.) People interfere with my body to help me.
122.) I often hear my own thoughts outside my head.
57.) Things smell very funny now.
144.) I find that past, present and future seem all muddled up.
12.) Sometimes the world seems unreal.
105.) I usually feel alone and sad at a party.
131.) I feel as if I am dead.
29.) I often feel I have left my body.
26.) I often see sparks or spots of light floating before me.
97.) Air is like water because they are both needed for life rather
than because they are both cold.
99.) Praise is like punishment because they are both given to people
rather than because they start with the letter p.
65.) I am bothered by very disturbing ideas.
83.) A cow is like a horse because they are both animals, not
because they are in North America.
128.) Time seems to have changed recently, but I am not sure how.
79.) I very often get directions wrong.
72.) I can read other people's minds.
77.) I cannot make up my mind about things that before did not
trouble me.
74.) I now become easily confused.
63.) At times my mind goes blank.
142.) More people admire me now than ever before.
96.) Air is like water because they are both cold rather than
because they are needed for life.
67.) At times I am aware of people talking about me.
All of this is from the book Healing Schizophrenia by Abram
Hoffer, M.D.
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...
