And i’m feeling surprisingly well. Was suppose to go to ER for refills but no way in hell am I doing that. Sleep is fine, everything is fine. No complaints. I also stand by what I said earlier that I believe I was misdiagnosed, I never actually heard voices but was diagnosed schizophrenia bi-polar then later schizoaffective.
The mental health care system has pretty much washed it’s hands of me so I think i’ll return the favor now. Wish me luck.
I think going off antipsychotics without dr supervision is a really bad idea.
I have no doctor to supervise it. They are all booked out until next year where I live.
I would agree. Things could easily turn for the worse. 
I’m sure i’ll be around the forum, I can post updates. 
This is something I can intuitivley feel though, like it’s just time and something that needs to happen. I could be wrong, but will hope for the best.
I’m glad. 15151515
It could be. Myself i can be without antipsychotics for half year (6 months) then im going insane always. You should not probably not stop them without speaking with your pdoc first.I was prisoned in mentalhospital for seven months after being without ap`s for seven months. Seven months was struggling and then 7 months rehab.
Yeah I kinda tie being without meds eventually leading to some sort of substance abuse as well, it happened to me before when I went off for 2 months then started smoking weed a lot even after I went back on meds for a little while.
I also had the thought that this is just some sort of illness progression where i’m wanting to be without them because of that. Only one way to find out.
My main issue is with the system as a whole at this point. I’ve read soooo much lately about people saying talk to your doctor about this or that. I don’t have a freakin doctor. And the last one I had I was with for literally a week before she said I needed to find a new doctor. My illness, if I do have it, is really bad lol. But anywayyyyys, i got plans for tommorow to go out and do stuff and i’m just happy with that cause on meds I do nothing but stay inside, eat and sleep. I guess this is a common occurance though, it sucks being at the low end of the performance spectrum.
Yeah. Hope you the best, hope your not losing whats left of your sanity when taking no meds, you know all the things deep emotinal pain and all misery and suffering can come up when you stop meds, anxiety, depression and stuff and you start feel really bad and go insane. Thats only thing why i said speak to your pdoc, because drug abuse (i do i too) is not good thing when your going meds off, your gonna lose your sanity faster.
But wish you best, hope your not starting to struggle too much with misery and pain when your have nothing to calm you down. You understand what i mean?
Hope you have some meds to calm you down if your starting to feel too worse, You should keep some meds for bad day.
You’re taking a gamble for sure. You might relapse; in fact chances are good that you will relapse. Do whatever it takes to get a doctor and get back on meds. I’ve never heard voices but I’ve been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia for 42 years. I’ve been on these boards since 2009 and I’ve seen many, many people go off their prescribed medication and the majority relapse. Badly. It’s the rare person who can live with schizophrenia without meds. It’s just what I’ve seen over and over in my 13 years on these forums. When people go off meds they all start off great, many say they have more energy or they are thinking clearer or other things. But most end up in a relapse that can take months or even a year to recover from. You can save yourself the trouble of a relapse and get a doctor and get back on meds. For your own sake.
If you are given the serious diagnosis of bi polar or schizophrenia or schizoaffective they had to have seen something in your behavior or something you said that led them to believe you had it. They don’t give out diagnoses like those for no reasons.
I feel even better today than I did yesterday lol. I thought a lot about what you all were saying about relapse and whatnot. I honest to god am not afraid of that. I feel like i’ll be just fine. I am not advising anyone else to go off medications either, I know they help in certain situations, but for me… I want more out of life that a daily pill regimen that inhibits me from taking part in anything I ever enjoy. Last post from me on this thread, but yeah. So far so good!
I was fine off meds for 2 months then i relapsed and im still trying to stablize back on meds ocer a month later
If you smoke weed again you will definitely relapse
I think you should go get the medication then if you need it you’ll have it. Much better to have it on hand.
I was many months without meds, and I got be very good 5 months. After that I came back to hear voices in my head… and I start again, then I am anhedonic again since I took meds. Now, I am waiting with a low dose of cariprazina and taking 1200 MG NAC per day… waiting to recover the pleassure to live
I don’t think hearing voices defines schizoprenia. There are many other things like visual halusinations, losing touch with reality, paranoia, losing control over thoughts, delusions. Don’t think that you don’t have sz just because you don’t hear voices.
Almost 2 weeks no meds now. At this very moment i’d have to say my biggest problem is paranoia but a rational one given my experience on medication. I believe the world is naturally insane and people in the highest places with the most money are psychopaths.
Everytime i get medication, the insurance companies get more money. Meanwhile I get lethargy and loss of interest in my passions. My aunt is trying to recover from cancer has been to the hospital a few times but we’ve had to take care of her. They get thousands of dollars everytime they bill someone for a visit but can’t afford to have someone in the hospital when they are dying from cancer and spending every hour of every day awake crying in pain causing grief for everyone in the house.
If I was medicated right now i’d be laying down all day, getting worse health from it and unable to take care of my aunt like i’ve been able to when all this started.
I’ve experienced emotions, i’ve cried for the first time in a while. I’ve moved more and felt actual progress from workouts as well as being more mindful of what i’m eating.
Gosh guys I don’t think I should be on this forum at this point cause while I believe I have strong schizophrenic tendancies at the least, I have a lot of bad things to say about meds and think that going back on them at this point is nothing but suicide.
I’m not trying to offend anyone on meds. This just my personal experience. Maybe I do need meds, I can’t say for sure. But wherever I am right now is where I need to be.
And what schizophrenics and a lot of other mentally ill people go through is just downright awful.
Intuiton if you do have achizophrenia or any subtype, is never really a good idea 