Time. Most people with schizophrenia improve over time. It could take years. There’s no overnight solution. I understand because I’ve been there. From spending 8 months in a hospital at age 19, to living in my nice apartment at age 58 with my nice car parked out back and relaxing after a day at work and a nice dinner I fixed for myself. And even though I often get miserable, 100% of the time it never lasts long. It’s tolerable. And I have many great memories of great experiences that I had along the way. I’m sorry you’re suffering, literally everyone on this site has suffered too but read our posts; most of us improve. I know this may not help but it’s something to think about.
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6 weeks is usually a good period for most to see if a med is working. If not then talk to shrink and try something else. It’s no good suffering in silence. Speak to your psydoc and tell them how you feel. It really can make a difference!
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I think I feel the same way Liv. I am so alone that sometimes I risk starting the voice just so I can talk with somebody. Maybe this forum,will help with that but I know my family doesn’t like me talking online about my condition. They made me delete my Facebook account so I’m sort of on this forum on the sly. I’ve learned how to deal with my sz but it took 3 years to master. I still hear the voices and they seem to get stronger in the extremes but in the last 3 years I’ve had 1 unconscious psychosis and 1 conscious psychosis. I only lost control of mind and body during the unconscious one. Before those 3 years, I would have many extreme unconscious ones multiple times a year.
Start with meditation. That was my first step in dealing with the inner voices without shutting them out. Practice patience too. That’s another useful tool. I am still quite impatient but I’ve improved with time.
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The days when they are a little bit quieter and all I can hear is chatter, I go out and do things they would get angry at me for doing so I didn’t feel as alone. I’m terrified if one day I wake up and there not there.
I think mine will always be with me. But it’s possible to stop making the fear take control and still have them with you. Start by listening to them when they come next. But do that. Just listen. Dont argue with them. In fact, dont do anything but just listen. They will try to make you afraid even more. As you start feeling afraid, just be aware of the fear. When you face the fear, you will become a little stronger. Fear is a state of mind. Fear cannot hurt you. Dont try to escape from the fear when you feel it. Learn to experience it instead of avoid it. Once you become more familiar with your fear state, it becomes more like knowledge than something to become afraid of.
I used to think mine was the devil talking. Once I learned to face the fear it gave me, it started changing in form. Now, its more like that old drinking buddy who still an alcoholic and you’re now a teetotaler. From time to time, he comes to ■■■■■ at me and whine, threaten, insult(whatever a drunk person does). I let him crash on the couch of my mind until he goes away. After all, he’s my buddy. Sometimes we may even have a positive conversation.
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Try and join an outpatient program where you have groups and can cope with the same problems you having.
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I have been thinking about doing that
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