What are signs and symptoms of schizophrenia?

Im a 14 year old boy. If that add any difference.

The fact that you are asking is telling me no you don't have it.I kept calling a mental health center because I was so scared that I was schizophrenic and that is the answer the gave me.I turned out to have anxiety and depression and that is what made me have those thoughts.

If you were schizophrenic you would hear voices or see things that weren't really there.You would not sleep much or at all.You wont take care of yourself like showers or anything and you would just act very erratic.

Straight out of the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (diagnostic handbook)

* Characteristic symptoms: Two or more of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a one-month period (or less, if successfully treated)
o delusions
o hallucinations
o disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence; speaking in abstracts). See thought disorder.
o grossly disorganized behavior (e.g. dressing inappropriately, crying frequently) or catatonic behavior
o negative symptoms, i.e., affective flattening (lack or decline in emotional response), alogia (lack or decline in speech), or avolition (lack or decline in motivation).

Note: Only one of these symptoms is required if delusions are bizarre or hallucinations consist of hearing one voice participating in a running commentary of the patient's actions or of hearing two or more voices conversing with each other.

* Social/occupational dysfunction: For a significant portion of the time since the onset of the disturbance, one or more major areas of functioning such as work, interpersonal relations, or self-care, are markedly below the level achieved prior to the onset.
* Duration: Continuous signs of the disturbance persist for at least six months. This six-month period must include at least one month of symptoms (or less, if successfully treated).

I think that you would find yourself in places you don't remember going, and find out that you did things you don't remember doing. Or maybe you will find yourself doing things that you have no control of, like your just watching someone control your body. I am not an expert though so if you really think you are tell someone who knows or do some research.

You might check out these websites:

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publicati...
http://www.nami.org
http://www.schizophrenia.ca/files/Rays_o...
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/schizop...

They have a lot of very good information on schizophrenia. The first three websites have booklets in pdf format that you can download and save for future reference.

There is also an excellent book, "Surviving Schizophrenia: A Manual for Families, Patients, and Providers" by E. Fuller Torrey, Fifth Edition. I know Barnes & Noble has it. Amazon.com only has the 4th edition. That is very good reading and tells a lot about schizophrenia.

hallucination, dellusions, depression...

schizophrenia.. Oh you know it when you are it. Not at first.