Remission is mentioned several times in the letter re my latest virtual appointment.
Schizophrenia,episodic,in remission currently with some breakthrough symptoms.
He is doing well currently, and is mostly in remission from a schizophrenia point of view.
Psychotic symptoms
Mr G does get some breakthrough symptoms
Schizophrenia remission phase - stable
This tells me that remission is not the total absence of symptoms, but can be symptoms deemed to be below a certain threshold.
All that leads me to this question. When in remission were you functioning at a pre illness level? I think this question will be easier to answer for those who had a few years as a non ill adult before they developed severe mental illness.
For me itās hard to tell as I became ill at 18. I was a āyoungā 18 year old in terms of being self sufficient.
I used to be a lot more moody when younger. Age + the depot have knocked that on the head. For the most part Iām emotionally flat, with very occasional moments where something will make me acutely sad. I canāt say for the most part I feel depressed. Useless and worthless? YES.
My psychiatrist wrote on my file that I am in remission and stable, he then discharged me and I didnāt have a psychiatrist for nearly a year until I requested one through my gp to treat my negative symptoms. These psychiatrists think that I am cured given that I donāt have positive symptoms but what about the damned negative symptoms? They donāt care about those!
I had two trained psychologists/therapists who did the āIf you want to be a good personā¦ā routine as though I was a neāer do well. What I needed was help to deal with stressful situations better. Both got dumped quickly.
Then there was the untrained day centre worker who was supposed to help me with anxiety and self confidence/esteem etc. She proceeded to do that by criticising everything I did. After about 5 sessions she dropped the bombshell that she was a member of a small religious sect. She threw a hissy fit when I presented her with a no holds barred account of my past experiences and dumped me.
I went into remission in 2006 but it returned in 2012. Since then I had to stay on meds. It didnāt happen again. Iāve been pretty stable several times but not longer than six months or so at a time. Currently Iām stable in mood but psychosis symptoms come and go, and maybe some negative symptoms like avolition and anhedonia
My mood has been pretty stable for the past five years ever since I was placed on three APās total in 2016. Before that, I had been hypomanic (or manic, idk) for eight years.
Currently, I get breakthrough psychotic symptoms such as audio, tactile and olfactory hallucinations and a few delusions. I also have troubles with memory and motivation.
No, Iām not in remission. I see my pdoc every single week (video virtual visits). I can be fine one day, and then Iām suddenly in crisis the next day. So, my pdoc sees me every week, as my mental health can change randomly.
Mine wrote that I had a severe case of bipolar with psychosis in the winter. And she wanted me to consider going on disability. And she was very concerned I was going to commit suicide which she was pretty accurate about that.
Well the forms are filled out and stuffed away in the cupboard and Iām back to work lol. Just hit my 3 month probation today.
Before that I totally thought I was pretty stable. That episode came outta no where it felt like.
So I am not naive to think it will just go away forever but must be forever managed