Does schizophrenia get better in middle age

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I am hopeless. Im 38 and am getting no better. Will it always be like this. Are my 40’s to be the same. Whst was your experience.

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My illness started mellowing out in my 40s actually.
Middle aged or older people with schizophrenia or a similar disorder, suffer less positive symptoms but have an increase in negative symptoms usually.
There are always exceptions

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I’m your age too. I feel the same. Why can’t it just be better. I miss my old self. I was so active and social. I was popular. Now I sit by myself at lunch. I don’t “get it” when ppl joke. I’m boring. All occupied in my head.

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My experience is very bad. Have got the illness for many years now, and I have both positive and negative symptoms, medicines don’t seem to work for me either…

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I’ve mellowed since I have become middle aged. Some things about my life are better. I don’t have the desperation I felt when I was young. I enjoy the simple pleasures. We’re having a lovely Spring, and I’m enjoying it. We’re going to a festival this Friday, and I plan to do some people watching. They’ll have a sale at the library where I can find some good, cheap books. When I was young I could feel life passing me by, and it hurt. I don’t feel that any more.

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That’s really nice to see, @crimby, I get hope myself too.

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Generally - the research shows that things get better after middle age, for people with schizophrenia.

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Yes, some of my symptoms went away in my mid-forties and the rest are not always as intense as I get older.

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Depends on the person . I wasn’t diagnosed until about age 47 but I had symptoms off and on starting in my early twenties. But then was diagnosed with depression. I never told anyone about hearing whispers . I went through a period of no symptoms in my late 20s to early 40s. Then a few years ago was a really bad time. I still have hope I will be cured one day . I hate the voices it ruins my life.

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actually my experience is that ive got better with age I was a very very wild child boredom is better than chaos my friend trust me.

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I am 53 and I feel pretty much at ease with my symptoms. I just wish I wasn’t so poor on disability.

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@karl
yes :smiley:
take care :alien:

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I think that it is relitive to the individual.

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I’m 46 and it hasn’t let up. My meds just keep getting stronger as my symptoms get stronger. I wish it would just go away!