Its getting worse as the days go on. I feel like I’m suffocating, the voices won’t stop torturing me I’m so tired of it, I’m tired of living, I’m tired of trying to be brave, I’m tired of saying I’m fine, im tired of no one understanding, I’m tired of trying to cope with my hallucinations and I’m so f#$%ing tired of people telling me how hard they work and there the ones who are tired, oh my God when does this pain end.
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When you go on meds (for many people anyway)
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Meds haven’t worked for me yet
Last week was bad I felt the same way maybe a little more pis*ed off. This week is tolerable. Time is all we can trust.
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I’m trying to be strong for my mum but I just cant anymore
I hope the ap works for you soon enough.
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What meds are you on? More importantly how long have you been on them?
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Quetiapine and I’ve been on it since February
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I was on Quetiapine and it didn’t work for me either. Don’t give up hope. There’s plenty of other meds to try.
I was on 600mg. It actually made me worse but some people here swear by it.
I’m stable on abilify now.
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Latuda took my voices away. I tried several medications beforehand. You never know which one will work. When do you see your doctor again? @Slothlover
People who do not have schizophrenia do not understand how hard it is to have a mental illness.
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Maybe you can talk to your Dr about trying another medication.
Keep at it till you find something that helps and works well with and for you.
Remember things can get better.
They did for me.
I was suffering and felt tortured 24/7 when I had voices but they stopped and I don’t have them any more and am pretty stable.
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I see her on Monday and she is going to try my on a different medication
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Even though they torture me I really dont want them to go away, I want them to get better but not go away
Let me tell you I’ve been there and I’m still there. Most meds I’ve tried have not worked for me but that doesn’t mean they won’t work for you. I’m sorry you feel bad I guess I just try to distract myself from the damned disease.
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I hate taking medication I always have I don’t know why even when I’m sick and I really don’t want to be on antipsychotics but my mums says I have to because I’m not stable enough to not be on them.
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Why don’t you want your voices to stop? @Slothlover
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Those troubles help us to try other behaviors that maybe we wouldn’t try without them. Like to put up a wall to voices or ignore them or to get along ok even though they are there. I’ve had mine a long time, they just won’t go away. The meds help other things too and I think i’m on a good enough one.
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Because they don’t make me feel as alone. I have lost all my friends because I’m ill, my family haven’t talked to me in years so the only family I have is my mum and my boyfriend. No matter how horrible they are to me I don’t hate them and I don’t know why, I really want to hate them for what they are doing to me but I cant. The voices are all I really have.
I’m also on Quetiapine. Sometimes it takes a while. This is my second time taking it. It took months to work for me.
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@Slothlover
I’ve said these same words, which is why I asked. I don’t hear voices anymore, but I struggle with loneliness. However, that loneliness is slowly being filled by real people who speak their voices into my life. I didn’t have friends either, a few times in my life when I struggled. But work at it, and you will have them again. Don’t accept mental illness and what is not real as your only friend and all you have. You give up way too much with that. It’s not worth it.
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