What is paranoid schizophrenia?

Paranoid type schizophrenia is a mental illness that involves false beliefs of being persecuted or plotted against. It usually does not involve the disorganized speech and behavior that is seen in other types of schizophrenia.

How do members experience paranoid schizophrenia?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with paranoid schizophrenia*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for paranoid schizophrenia*

*Data from patients with paranoid schizophrenia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with paranoid schizophrenia*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Seroquel)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
paranoid schizophrenia (1)

*Data from patients with paranoid schizophrenia, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has paranoid schizophrenia on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 3
20s 22
30s 63
40s 62
50s 41
60s 30
70+ 13

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 90
Female 131