Anybody living sympton free? Which meds helped you? What helped you get symptom free if you are not taking meds?
Iām symptom free on 100mg Invega Sustenna (Xeplion in the EU)
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Iām on Latuda Seroquel and Depakoteā¦
Iām not symptom freeā¦ I still have some voices pop in when I get stressedā¦ I still get a paranoia spikeā¦ I still have some cognitive problems that come and goā¦ I still hit the negative flatnessā¦
But I am functioningā¦ I can get through my dayā¦ go to my jobā¦ go to my classesā¦ and as long as I give myself some time to decompressā¦ things are mostly OK.
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I donāt know if I would say āfully healedā for myself, but I am doing much better than ever, since I started taking Sarcosine. Some days are still better than others, but frankly itās all millions of times better than what I was before.
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I feel more healed than most people on here. I just have paranoia every now and then but for the most part no paranoia. Iām thinking about going back to school soon and everything. Iām healed with Latuda 80 mg
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No I still get breakthrough symptoms of paranoia and I have anxiety worrying about when I get them next
However I do loads of volunteer work and attend college once a week. Iām not too bad but there is a lot I canāt do because of my illness
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im in remission 6 years, no symtomsā¦ive peace of mind
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For the most part I donāt experience symptoms, I did have a night last week where I was seeing and hearing things from being over tired but before that itās been over six months since experiencing anything. But despite not having hallucinations and delusions Iām not the same person I was before my dx. Before I got sick I went on trips, lived on my own, and even went to Africa. Now it is hard to leave the house. I also cannot think very clearly. In grade school I was in the mentally gifted program and went to a mentally gifted high school. Now it is hard to read and my mind is nowhere close to where it was before I got sick. Sz is so much more than the positive symptoms itās famous for. The cognitive symptoms have really hit me hard. I am grateful the demon hit the road but Iām not really living life. I hope to start working soon but am terrified. I think only a small number of people fully heal from this affliction. 
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Was ok for a long time on 300mg seroquel, and my doctor had me on different sleeping pills like ambien which was good, we moved and slowly have run out of meds, been having many difficulties, being able to communicate here on this site has helped, and drawing and painting, made appt to see doctor and she āforgotā last week, now we donāt even want to go back, this shall pass we hope
Itās nice to hear from youā¦ Iām glad that the demon has leftā¦
Good luck with the jobā¦ and of courseā¦ as alwaysā¦
Be kind to yourselfā¦ and be patient with yourselfā¦
Youāve come a long wayā¦
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Thanks J! Iām so nervous about working. Did you have a hard time when you first started after becoming sick? How do you deal with symptoms at work?
I was healed just 30 min. ago. Iām having Zypadhera but it has never helped me to to get rid of the voices, until 30 min ago. I also feel good atm. But, 30 min is too short time to start celebrating.
symptom free on latuda and seroquel!
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iām sorry to say I am not symptom free, I wish I was and am envious of those that are symptom free. Iām on Haldol 25mgs and latuda 160 mgs plus a bunch of other meds.
I am symptom free for the most part, I still get bouts of paranoia especially when anxious - No delusions or Hallucinations in a while.
I can thank risperidone for this.
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40 mg of abilify a day so that the voices and hallucinations go away. Even on antidepressants, Iām still flat and depressed. If I donāt set the alarm clock I stay in bed for 12 hours at a time. Iām always tired. Technically Iām better, taking two classes and started a job working for my dad. I can barely drive a car, but would not have even passed the driving test without the meds. I couldnāt even read anymore by the time I went on meds, the voices were 24/7. My family thinks Iām normal, but I donāt feel normal.
Iāve heard a couple good things about Sarcosine. Is it a new treatment?
No, itās a supplement. Iāve made great strides thanks to it, but I also have had schizophrenia for like the past 25 years and Iām 29. I would suggest ordering the smaller package of it and see what it does for you, if anything, before you order the larger one, like I did.
Well, I wouldnāt quite call it symptom free at this point nor fully healed. Since I began smoking again I had a few symptoms. Nothing major, no real fear for my life at this point. It seems like when I smoke I think too far ahead of my life, letās just say thus far it doesnāt amount to much. Still, I am able to cope with crowded rooms and the odd look here and there. Things didnāt go well with a psychiatrist visit however. He was like, āAnd your children will come out ā ā ā ā ā ā up too.ā But not quite in those words. Not a cool thing to say when going back to a psychiatrist. It is difficult to hear, āYou need the meds.ā āYou should take medicine.ā āYou should be taking medications.ā āYou donāt sound normal.ā Also, āYou canāt go to family gatherings because you need to be on meds.ā Not only that it gets tough to listen to people talking about inane things. People suffering from a mental illness(es) luckily have very interesting things to share. Too bad most of us are poor or refuse to write books.
i donāt do medsā¦not fully healed.
but i am doing the best ever thanks to cbt and the forum. 
take care 