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28 Mar 2009, 12:10 pm

Xelebes wrote:
That sounds like phobia, not catatonia.

I know, hence why I said "I doubt this counts as catatonic" ;)



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28 Mar 2009, 12:11 pm

i didnt know that catonia is for autism.
i thought it was for schizophrenia it said so in my psychology book.



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28 Mar 2009, 12:54 pm

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I don't know if mine is catatonia or dissociation. But whatever it is, it is minor compared to some people. When I walk in a store I suddenly freeze and not respond to anything. I am not really aware of my surroundings. I have a blank look on my face. And these are the not so big deal ones. When I am in the car, sometimes I freeze for the entire trip which could be an hour or more. I could get poked by my brother and it won't get me out of the frozen state. And this is WITH meds. So, does this sound like dissociation or catatonia because sometimes they can be very similar? But I have been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder as well as the autism. If it is catatonia, it is extremely mild compared to the ones that freeze for days on end.


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28 Mar 2009, 1:12 pm

I've never been catatonic. I've switched off a few times, zoned out sort of thing but not catatonic.
I like that word, catatatatatatanonocicicicic


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28 Mar 2009, 2:26 pm

Inconsolable grief used to cause me to curl up into a ball and cry for hours and hours. No one could get my attention or get me to move. I would end up falling asleep from exhaustion and waking back up was like a reset. I could function for while, or lose my ability to cope right away depending on how distracted I could keep myself. I take anxiety medicine that keeps it at bay now. I still worry about shutting down like that again when things are going badly.

If you are still ending up in a stupor, you may need your medications adjusted. Feeling anxiety is not a bad thing, but not being able to function because of it is.


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28 Mar 2009, 2:26 pm

Xelebes wrote:
FireBird wrote:
I don't know if mine is catatonia or dissociation. But whatever it is, it is minor compared to some people. When I walk in a store I suddenly freeze and not respond to anything. I am not really aware of my surroundings. I have a blank look on my face. And these are the not so big deal ones. When I am in the car, sometimes I freeze for the entire trip which could be an hour or more. I could get poked by my brother and it won't get me out of the frozen state. And this is WITH meds. So, does this sound like dissociation or catatonia because sometimes they can be very similar? But I have been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder as well as the autism. If it is catatonia, it is extremely mild compared to the ones that freeze for days on end.


What can you control? If you can control it, how often can you control it?


I can't control it.



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28 Mar 2009, 2:36 pm

FireBird wrote:
Xelebes wrote:
FireBird wrote:
I don't know if mine is catatonia or dissociation. But whatever it is, it is minor compared to some people. When I walk in a store I suddenly freeze and not respond to anything. I am not really aware of my surroundings. I have a blank look on my face. And these are the not so big deal ones. When I am in the car, sometimes I freeze for the entire trip which could be an hour or more. I could get poked by my brother and it won't get me out of the frozen state. And this is WITH meds. So, does this sound like dissociation or catatonia because sometimes they can be very similar? But I have been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder as well as the autism. If it is catatonia, it is extremely mild compared to the ones that freeze for days on end.


What can you control? If you can control it, how often can you control it?


I can't control it.


But is there anything you can control after a while. I know that I can't control anythin at first but when I'm coming back I can control either my eyelids or maybe move my hands just a little bit before regressing back. Sometimes I am able to keep on moving my body in some slow fashion.


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28 Mar 2009, 2:42 pm

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For me what is catatonia? I'll go with what happened yesterday.

I was doing neuropsychological tests and was at the computer doing the "press space bar when you see a letter except X". All right, so I was doing that and I would continually hit the space bar on X's when I shouldn't, hitting them everytime. All right, fair enough and my body was getting in on this, missing the whole point of the exercise. I continued until there was a long pause and then three letters came up with in a span of 3 seconds. My finger didn't move. Letters were still flashing up but my finger was not moving. Suddenly I realised that none of my body is moving, not even my face, not my legs, not my other hand. I was stiff and unresponsive. The tester asked me what was wrong and I could not respond. I was static. She asked me if I could hear her and I still couldn't respond, not even blink. She raced towards my file and started dgging through it and in it stated that it was catatonia. She went to get other psychologists and therapists. After an hour, I was carted off to the emergency room and had a little suite in the psychiatric emergency rooms. There they gave me Atavin which brought me out in 5-10 minutes. Now thanks to Atavin I've slept 12-16 hours since it was administered. Ugh.


Could it have been some kind of seizure, perhaps brought on by the flashing letters?



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28 Mar 2009, 3:19 pm

elderwanda wrote:
Xelebes wrote:
For me what is catatonia? I'll go with what happened yesterday.

I was doing neuropsychological tests and was at the computer doing the "press space bar when you see a letter except X". All right, so I was doing that and I would continually hit the space bar on X's when I shouldn't, hitting them everytime. All right, fair enough and my body was getting in on this, missing the whole point of the exercise. I continued until there was a long pause and then three letters came up with in a span of 3 seconds. My finger didn't move. Letters were still flashing up but my finger was not moving. Suddenly I realised that none of my body is moving, not even my face, not my legs, not my other hand. I was stiff and unresponsive. The tester asked me what was wrong and I could not respond. I was static. She asked me if I could hear her and I still couldn't respond, not even blink. She raced towards my file and started dgging through it and in it stated that it was catatonia. She went to get other psychologists and therapists. After an hour, I was carted off to the emergency room and had a little suite in the psychiatric emergency rooms. There they gave me Atavin which brought me out in 5-10 minutes. Now thanks to Atavin I've slept 12-16 hours since it was administered. Ugh.


Could it have been some kind of seizure, perhaps brought on by the flashing letters?


I've already done several tests with the neurologists with regards to this and they have been able to find nothing.


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02 Apr 2009, 2:39 am

Xelebes wrote:
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I wish. :?


What is there to wish about it. What makes it so desirable?


Same reason I want to get drunk or high. To not feel and be detached from the world.