I had an episode and went to the hospital 2 years ago. I took myself off 3 medications after 2 months because I didn’t believe I had schizophrenia. I did well for over a year until this past Halloween I spent a week in a hospital on my own account and they gave me the same diagnosis. I’m taking the meds but it doesnt feel like I have the condition. I feel like I was misdiagnosed the first time and then the next time they just went with what the previous doctors said.
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The label does not matter, if the medications work, 10 doctors would have 10 different opinions. Takes quite awhile to figure it all out, and you will over time
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I was like that for a while thinking I didn’t have to take the medication. Of course it didn’t help that I had voices telling me to stop taking the medication that I was on. However despite the side effects I stay on the medication because I am so much worse without it. Maybe your voices aren’t as bad as mine are off medication. Some people on here don’t take their medication. It almost always goes bad for them though.
I don’t regularly experience auditory hallucinations
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My voices weren’t that bad for about 2 years. Then all of a sudden they went from whispering to screaming at me. Could always happen. That is why even if you are off medication you need to keep a look out in case it starts happening to go on medication.
Thanks for your input
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No problem. Just don’t underestimate schizophrenia. I did and tried to commit suicide because I thought I was saving people.
My illness started halloween too
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Hi there, since you don’t believe you have schizophrenia, what happened during your ‘episodes’ that caused you to be hospitalized? I also don’t think I am sick but I know a lot of sick people don’t think they are sick. My inserted thoughts tell me to take my meds and go to therapy so I am lucky they are on my side (in a way). Just curious what your symptoms are.
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Relapse prevention is crucial as each relapse may result in the growth of residual symptoms
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What was happening that had you end up in the hospital?
The diagnosis is just a place where they can begin treatment. If you can demonstrate to them that you are stable they might be more willing to take you off your med’s. You probably shouldn’t do that on your own.
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Accept that you are I’ll, maybe, but never accept that you will not get healthy again,
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I scared my family by verbally crossing my father and they brought me to a psychiatrist. I attempted to explain my thoughts and feelings about my parents being the reason for my struggle but I became hysterical and ended up saying things like idk if I’m a boy or girl and what not and she recommended hospitalization. I strongly resisted but my parents brought me anyway because they didn’t know what to do with me, I was on a 72 hour hold and as I interacted with other patients after taking whatever medications they gave me I heard voices of the other patients arguing in my head but before that I had never heard voices. So I was living on my own within 6 months off medication like I said and that worked for over 12 months. Then I took lsd twice in 2 weeks, broke up with my girlfriend, moved back home across the state and in about a month my parents were concerned because my speech was extremely disorganized and I made very loose associations about things and just wasn’t making much sense. Everything was a sign and the tv was talking to me directly. I was betting on the World Series in my head and I ended being right but I thought I was controlling billionaires’ decisions via twitter. So I voluntarily went to the hospital and experienced that for 6 days and got the same diagnosis and they expressed grave concern that I needed to stay with the meds so that’s what I’ve been doing the last 3 months however I feel as I always did outside of my both my breakdowns so part of me believes it happened by chance but I’m playing it safe.
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Thanks for the BG story. I am certainly not a Doctor, by any stretch, but what you describe sounds like a SZ episode. I know that it is very difficult to accept that something is wrong with your brain. I still struggle with it myself. Part of being sick is sometimes thinking your not sick. I certainly hope things get better for you. I hope you continue on your meds.
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this is not personal but the difference when i got schizophrenia was night and day. the way i felt, acted, and thought was not my normal self.
What about the conditions of acceptance?