Basically looking for success stories …I hope.to be a success story myself amd wondering how I can get there.
Its difficult living with this illness and I want to overcome it
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I recovered completely from my first psychosis after about 6 years of confusion. When I say recover that is with zero medication. Stress and s breakup brought symptoms back. When I take my meds I have relatively no symptoms so I guess I can say that inn recovered although in still anxious and depressed socially from all of my negative experiences. I personally feel that real “recovery” is with few or no meds at all
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I haven’t been in hospital for about 2.5 years now. So according to doctors I’m stable. I got on the right meds for me, but it takes years to recover from a bad psychotic break.
wondering how I can get there.
Meds. Meds. Meds.
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Currently I am taking 4 types of anti-psychotics and anti-anxiety. Is it too much?
Abilify 15mg and Sulpiride 400mg alone is not enough for me. I am prescribed with additional Zyprexa Zydis 10mg and Ativan 1mg.
I am doing much better with these combination of medicines.
Meds and therapy.
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I used to be in the psych wards every year in my 20’s. I got serious about medication compliance and now it’s been 8 since my last hospitalization. I rarely have symptoms, except for the negative ones. I got my BA and Masters degree after my worst years as an unmedicated sz. I just need exercise, stability, and medicine and I’m recovered.
It’s possible to live a healthy, happy life but ive found its much easier to do this medicated.
Good luck!
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Fareplay to ya … I hope I can do the same and have the same attitude towards meds … not liking the side effects think im gonna try something different … I hear alot of people do move on with life at the moment I cant imagine moving forward.
Ive been out of hospital for five years havent heard voices for over year been able to reduce my meds been in a relationship for 7 years given up sugar soft drinks and junk food and i try and express my emotions and communicate also been working for 18 months
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Having no voices would be a great start for me … that sounds like what I would like to happen … my dream is to find love to get back into my old work be financially comfortable and to recover from skitzaphernia … not alot to ask for I dont think I hope it is possible amd its people like you give me hope it can happen to me to.
Thanks for sharing 
I still hear voices and see things occasionally, but for the most part I am recovered. I am married and going back to school in the Spring. I take care of myself and do my share of the household chores. Like everyone else says, meds are the key to everything. Meds and therapy.
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I’ve had this disease for a year. I’m on a high dose of medication and I still have some negative symptoms which might be caused by the meds. I have poverty of speech which makes me dysfunctional because I can’t communicate. I’m back at community college taking online classes hoping to get my aa and transfer to a 4 yr university. I still have some cognitive/negative symptoms, as a result of these I don’t socialize because I can’t.
I really relate to you … since been on medication i find it hard to connect and conversate with people even my friends and family im with them and I dont talk its like im blank. Its really aqward when im around people a long period of time and im just silent.
I also expierence negative symstoms its not nice.