i am just wondering if there is anybody out there who hears voices all day and isnt suffering and has become stable without meds
i know i couldnt do it but i really hate taking meds and i think my new med might not be working and i feel like eventually im going to relapse whether im on meds or not
Not me. I know I can’t make it without my med’s. If I quit taking my med’s I would turn into one of those weird street people who eats out of trash cans and talks out loud to himself.
I’d just be very ■■■■■■■careful dude…
I’ll chime in and say that it can be done. I’ve had schizophrenia for 3 to 4 years or more… I work full time as a delivery driver… I don’t take medications… I just uses a crapload of ignorance, CBT, positive thinking… I mean you can read back through all my posts on here and learn more about what my case of SZ is like…
Anyways… one of the loophole caveats of medication is that you think you are taking meds for stability… therefore without meds you will be unstable… so you have to keep taking meds to remain stable… so you fear being unstable as soon as you miss a dose… that fear of becoming unstable actually promotes the onset of relapse…
Seriously man… if you can trust that you are physically safe… and then beyond that trust that you are indeed just mentally ill… regardless of whatever non-normal crap is going on in your mind… and then beyond that you can choose to just trust the handful of individuals that really obviously mean the best for you… you might stand a chance…
I really am the only one on here though that has crossed the two years no regular medication mark… and it’s just as much hell as it seems like it would be…
it just keeps getting easier though…
So long as you can acknowledge that you are insane… then you have a chance of becoming mindful enough to restore your sanity… it’s ongoing… you have to remind yourself to just double check your thinking at all times… not the way the world or people seem… but the way your mind seems…
I really would be very careful… and if you try to go off meds… know it’s always good to have some available and don’t be too stubborn about taking an AP for another short burst in the future…
It’s all about feeling as good and as settled as possible… meds or no meds… We SZ can get a pretty cool and easy life when we do it right… Self-control, patience, acceptance, humility, being good, respectful, understanding…
Aim your thinking to being all those things and you might find a lot more healthy thinking on your mind and not so prone to dip insane in their…
baby steps… break all the issues down to minimal milestones and hope they come quickly enough that you can be gratified before losing interest or organization.
please make an appointment with your doctor, i know i have times when meds didn’t work but the doctors refused to do anything so i switched doctors.
They need to make a med that doesn’t cause weight gain.
some of them actually dont, when i was on Zyprexa i gained a lot of weight but since i switched to Geodon i have lost a lot of weight
its not that the meds don’t work its that i cant tell if they are working or not because my symptoms have stayed the same since the last med i was on and I’m just feel like since i haven’t noticed any changes maybe it isn’t working and there is just a certain amount of time until i relapse I’m not sure tho
I’ve tried several times but to be honest my life is hell off all meds. It’s really dangerous too because when you first go off meds you feel fine, great even because no more side effects, but give it some time, a week or 2, and your symptoms just start slipping back in until suddenly you’re in disaster zone. The descent to hell is slow, it’s not a sudden drop. You don’t realize you’re getting there until you’re there.
I should probably be on an antipsychotic because even though I feel I have a hold on things stuff happens to make it flare up and then I have meltdowns like I did last night.
I get increased pressure in my brain without Paliperidone. Have to be on at least 3 mg, along with my Vitamin C / Lysine / Proline regimen, to feel normal.
Off meds I would probably be a trembling wreck wrapped up in the bedcovers trembling. On the other hand I might commit acts of violence, murder or sexual assault. That’s the kind of content my intrusive thoughts focus on. The intrusive thoughts come endlessly whenever I am off meds.
if i had unstable auditory hallucinations, then it would probably be the equivalent of me constantly hearing sounds at unexpected moments of my day. that would definitely disturb me, especially in public. so i couldn’t adapt to that. i wouldn’t have a free mind.