I find out that I have a relapse about every one to two years. Every time the kind of thinking (like the voices can be something real) comes and goes. Most of the time nobody notice something is going on. I can keep working as well. And almost every time my symptoms are not responsive to med. They go away suddenly like I wake up from a dream with no med change. My rational thinking comes back. I just want to understand what are they.
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I think it’s like that with most people with sz. When I first got sz I was ill for 3-4 years then went into remission for five years. Then I relapsed five years ago. Now I’m doing mostly ok but still some symptoms. They come and go.
Mine pretty much grumbles along at a lower level between full on relapses. Never fully goes away.
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Yes I definitely have episodes with periods of remission. But I’m weird even in remission. It’s just the way my personality formed because of the strange beliefs I picked up in order to cope with the strange experiences I was having. When I was young I believed in spirits, witchcraft, telepathy, reincarnation and god.
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Kind of. I typically have mild symptoms 24/7, so I never have time where I’m just completely normal, but I haven’t had a major episode in like 2 something years now.
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My sza was pretty much constantly bad for 33 years. Then, a year ago, it suddenly got much, much better at the age of 56. I think sz/sza gets better when you get older.
I’ve found the opposite. Mine is getting worse as I age. Odd
It’s very cyclic. Someone the other day was saying they had symptoms every year at the same time…I used to fall into that catagory until the meds. I still get breakthroughs but not those breakdowns.
I’d suspect that most of the multi episodic people do so at regular intervals. It’s just a hunch I have! I get frisky in spring and late spring/early summer was when I’d have breakdowns…and every 5 years or so until medication intervention!
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