I’ve had two episodes of psychosis without insight. one lasting a few weeks and the other six weeks while on medication.
I managed to come off of aps for five months before relapse.
I have no delusions or psychotic symptoms at all now but do have a lack of motivation and emotion.
I’m on 5mg Olanzapine at the moment.
What are the chances of me making a full recovery medication free?
Sorry for keep going on I’m just looking for some hope.
I wouldn’t know but I hear some people are lucky and don’t have to keep taking antipsychotic I hope that’s the case with u
Thank you, 151515
avoid stress and take 2.5 mg when very stressed. You have to know the triggers.
That sounds like a good plan… at 2.5 I’ll know if it’s the illness or medication.
My episodes are sudden… but the triggers are stress related. Arguing with family and partner etc.
Anymore help please? And sorry for keep going on. I can’t help it.
Probably very low. Be happy that you’re one of the ones who does well on medication and is free of positive symptoms. There are many here who would feel blessed to have your current problems, they are not so fortunate as you and I.
Best of luck, but it could go pear shaped for you. Always have someone around to look over you because once schizophrenia kicks in your memory won’t be able to tell the difference of whether your sane or not.
I think that makes the most sense. My mom was doing amazingly well for four years on Haldol until she stopped taking the medication. She is currently psychotic and my dad feels helpless to bring her back to reality…last night we were at dinner everything was fine than she started screaming that he had sold her inheritance and stocks in Pepsi… its very painful for my dad because he’s always loved her but her illness takes over and so they are married still but he has to live alone.
I do really well on medication. I struggle with the desire to be off meds all the time but it starts out like mania, the psychotic delusions are sudden…and worse with every relapse…while being medicated I can handle things a lot better.
I have found the meds actually bring my mind peace. If I am not in a constant state of fear i can work on myself and heal…and I can function enough to enjoy a movie or read a book…
Everyone eventually takes some kind of medication with age so no sweat. The drugs aren’t as harsh as they used to be now.
I didnt make a full recovery when I went off meds for 2yrs. I isolated myself in my room. But off meds I was more physically active, I was walking outside all day but didnt talk to ppl and didnt make any friends. I was lonely off meds.
My negative symptoms started 3yrs before being diagnosed and being put on meds. I read a study that says 73% experience negative symptoms BEFORE being diagnosed and put on meds and before their positive symptoms appeared. The others experienced negative symptoms same time as positive symptoms.
“ Negative symptoms commonly appear during the prodromal phase of schizophrenia and before the first acute psychotic episode (Figure 2). Among patients with negative symptoms , 73% had them before the onset of positive symptoms and 20% experienced them within the same month as positive symptoms ”
Thank you for your replies…. Just need a way out but am scared of the consequences of stopping medication.
I’ll think about my options. I don’t want to get any worse because I feel life isn’t worth living at the moment and couldn’t survive if I became worse.
My point is that your negative symptoms might improve a bit but you might never be as good as before negative symptoms onset which is before diagnosis for 73% of szics.
Yeah I’m starting to realise the situation I’m in. Most likely medication for life.
I do want to have one more try but am scared of the consequences.
Thinking to risk 3.75 mg …. I know it’s the wrong decision but something has to change.
I am scared of going psychotic again. I would lose everything and am scared of having no insight.
Just feel the urge to try and see if I would be okay. Even though I know I won’t be.
Just taken 3.75 …
I did have any negative symptoms while I was off of medication or while delusional. They seem to have come since the end of the second episode.
Will probably go back to 5mg tomorrow. Things can always go worse and I don’t want that.