I feel like i live a relatively normal life. I rarely hear voices anymore. I am not delusional. So I don’t see the point in my medication anymore. I’m feeling like a fraud
My stress levels do get Hugh sometimes. But that’s children for ya
I did have a blip during pregnancy however that could
Have just been hormones.
So yeah I’m feeling like a fraud.
Is the medication keeping the voices at bay?
I’ve been stable a long time. I don’t think I need medication and continuing to take it costs money for the NHS and makes me a fraud
I wouldn’t mess with success now that you have 2 children.
The time to experiment like that was before you had 2 children!
I don’t think that makes you a fraud, @Qwerty. I think it means your medication is working. Especially because children are involved, please do not stop taking medication. I’ve read multiple posts over the years about people feeling like they are frauds, and I think, from what I’ve seen, most of us feel that way at some point. It doesn’t mean you don’t need the help. Please keep in mind that you might be feeling well because you are fortunate enough to have a medication that is effective. I think it’s great that voices aren’t hounding you.
Thanks. Wasn’t going to take my medication this evening but in will now. 3 hours late but better late than never.
Ive become stable to the point I feel out of place in some sz topics. But I know from experience if I stopped my meds that my stability will fall apart in as little as 5 days
That’s a blessing… Your not a fraud your a survivor. Many hope to be in your shoes one day probably 
I almost always feel like a fraud. I write down my symptoms in a journal and look at them 1 year later and that’s how I can tell I have this illness.
Please remember back to when you were at your worst. You don’t want your symptoms returning on you. Just be glad you are in a season of life where your symptoms are well managed.
Sounds like recovery to me.
You are not a fraud
It just means that you are really doing well on your meds
Be careful, the meds could be helping more than you relize. Getting off the meds could cause some serious problems. With 2 kiddos in the house make a wise decision.
I’m basically fully recovered and still use this site if that’s what you’re saying. I don’t see it as a fraud. Maybe you can help others by sharing your story. Don’t guilt trip yourself for feeling better and being recovered.
I get that it’s a schizophrenic forum, but some of us recover, and when I first came I was clinging onto some of the recovered members stories for hope. So there ya go. Hope it helps. Your no fraud
I feel the same and I also feel like I don’t even have schizohprenia and I am just faking it all!
I have had umpteen spells over the years thinking I’m not severely mentally ill , just a social misfit. The fact that I last was an inpatient a very long time ago fuels that feeling. After my wife died I became more and more self abusing, but that wasn’t clear till I’d moved and been living near my daughter for a few works. In Essex I’d been the typical middle aged non acute psych patient that consistently gets ignored by UK mental heath services.
Here everything is set up to reduce stress to the minimum. Stress being my Achilles heel . I live a very simple life, with good support from my chosen family. How I’d cope with the stress levels a non mentally ill person copes with is another matter entirely.
There’s been a sleep deprived dip in how I’m doing. That had my depot nurse come care co asking if I’m suicidal.I’m not, but my mood does dip at this time of the year,even without being sleep deprived.
Sorry for being so verbose. I’ll cut to the chase . That being that doing well can depend on medication, reduced stress, and good family support.
You shouldn’t worry about being a fraud. There are plenty of busy-bodies who will do that for you. At least they do for me. I think the real frauds are people causing a lot of unnecessary problems for people in the first place, like deliberately making people’s problems worse.
I’m fortunate to have recovered as much as I have, not to mention finding a drug (aripiprazole) that is highly effective for me without the terrible side effects I’ve gotten from some other APs. I know if I stop the aripiprazole it’s only a matter of time before my psychosis becomes severe again, then I’ve lost so much progress.
I’m sure some people, including some forum members, think I’m a fraud. I’m dx’d with schizoaffective disorder (bipolar type), PTSD and GAD, but I work full time, something that is very hard on me, stresses me tf out. I have no choice.
Sounds like you have a lot to lose, too. I sure hope neither of us lose the progress we’ve made.
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