just wondering cuz the thoughts don’t go away
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They dont work very well on my delusions without therapy and my having to play mindgames with myself to trick myself out of them.
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They make mine weaker and helped me recognize that they were delusional thinking. I was able to control them and how I reacted to them thanks to meds.
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Are you also in therapy? Most people need a combo of meds and therapy.
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Yes I’m in therapy but they ask just if im feeling good or not
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You get out of therapy what you put into it ive learned. I know youre diagnosed with autism and that probably is going to be a hurdle in therapy, keep working at it, youll get there.
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I see. Sorry for bothering y’all
Youre not bothering, you want a solution but it seems youre on the right path, it might just take a lot of time and i know how impatient i have been with myself in the past, just trying to say, youve got time and healing takes so much time.
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Well, they are meant to help with or get rid of psychotic symptoms, meaning delusions and hallucinations. But everyone reacts differently to meds. And different AP’s can have different results, per individual. A lot of people here have had to try many different meds before finding the right one(s).
But some people are treatment resistant, or partially treatment resistant. I am on meds that do help, but I still have symptoms and I occasionally have flare ups, meaning periods of increased symptoms (more than my usual).
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Yes but ighink therapy is needed as well
I thibk delusions are caused by hallucinations. So stopping hallucinations stops the formation of new delusions, but to dismantle the old delusions I think therapy is what helps it
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Mine don’t work that way. I have paranoid delusions that aren’t related to things I hallucinate.
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Idk that’s just my opinion. Ofcourse delusions can breed other delusions but I think hallucinations are a major source of fuel for the growth of delusions. 
Just my opinion I haven’t studied this stuff extensively
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I dont want to down play the role of antipsychotics or anything becaude they help so many people but for me it was impowering to learn that my delusions were playing some type of function in helping me cope with an unmet need from my past. Maybe not true for all delusions but i have seen some connections in some of mine
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Abilify hasn’t erased any of my “delusions” (are they delusions if I still subconsciously believe them? 
), but meds have given my brain a break, which helps overall.
Been working on my delusions in therapy. It’s slow-going and defos not a linear process, but my therapist always talks me down off that proverbial ledge and I think we’re making progress. Slow and steady, as they say. 
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My psychosis was a constant game of my mind believing voices into a delusion then me breaking down the delusion and dismissing it. Part of this we have to do ourselves but we need to be medicated first otherwise there are constantly new scenarios to be figured out. Therapy helps but my therapist was constantly trying to tie my delusions to my life and there was no connection. Delusions where i was talking to Michael and Gabriel the arc angeles i wasnt raised religious at all and didnt know who they were until i started hearing their voices one of the mysteries of schizophrenia.
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I don’t want to generalise here but what’s worked for me is time and work, work has acted like a distraction then you simply just don’t care about the delusions anymore. And time is the healer they say… It’s important to keep busy so you don’t dwell on the delusions. Though I’d you’re mid psychosis I think meds are the only way out from it
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Maybe you need to tell the therapist about your delusions when you see her next. When she asks you how are you doing you can say “Oh Ive had lots of delusions lately” etc.
Idk if they’re overvalued ideas or not
The most over valued idea you have is that the distinction truly matters. Just focus on working through it instead of strictly categorizing it.
If something is bothering you or preoccupying you it is good to explore it.
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