First i want to say thank you this website and all the post i have read…
I was diagnosed with schizophrenia 22 years ago aftersome incident /trauma self inflicted and have been taking my med ever since except once for a few month where i nearly diedkind of suicide attempt letting go of my life, near death experience.
At the moment i would like to go without med but kinda scary , my psy has allowed me a couple of weeks without after me refusing to take abilify after having agreed to it.
Anyhow i do not want to get too personnal but i am seeing him on Tuesday.
Maybe i am coming to accept or not that i am sz or i just am.
I just thought i would say hello to all of you and also that i am happy to have foind this forum for a lot of my experience which i never really shared i have found that many sz have and it is somehow comforting and maybe you can help me and i can bring what i can.
Welcome Gentlehawk, nice user name by the way! I like birds myself Enjoy your stay with us, I have found this forum very supportive, hope you find it so too. We are all here for each other, through the good and bad days. I have had sz for 12 years, and its only now these last two years that I have really grown to understand it.
I hope you get something good out of here. There are all walks of life and all sorts of stories on here. I myself will be 22 in three months and have been ill since I was 18. Maybe pay more attention to the recovery section…this place gets a little funky. The creativity section has some inspiring things in it too. I have some posts in there that I am pretty proud of.
People do get personal on here, since it is anonymous, like AA, and we go by usernames, we often say exactly what is on our minds. Be prepared to read some unhappy things, but also look out for the people who do well and give this life everything they have.
If you have questions, just ask anyone, most people on here are nice. We all have gotten to know each other. Watch out for the guy “pansdisease”, he’s a negative one.
I found a lot of insight in this forum re sz, i think i have been in denial for the lat 22 years and many reveletions came as a result of a couple of weeks of internet surfing into sz.
Anyhow it is now past my bedtime and i hope i can get some sleep.
Before that i have a question about abilify/.aripiprazole…
I of course sometime (for the last 30 years give or take ) get suicidal thoughts and read on the side effect of abilify that it can induce suicide hence my reluctance at taking it, i am seeing me psy on Tuesday and will see with him what to do although he did say that he will help me to come off med he had prescribed it .
Any input would be great,
May peace prevail and may all sz be safe and healed.
Enjoy your stay with us, I have found this forum very supportive, hope you find it so too. We are all here for each other, through the good and bad days. I have had sz for 12 years, and its only now these last two years that I have really grown to understand it.