Dear all,
Here is the good news for lot of SZ person!
Doctor said that I am not on the medicine for the treatment of SZ since last ten months. My recovery is quite well and he thought that my diagnosis as delusional disorder or Paranoid Schizophrenic was wrong. I had just gone through extreme emotional stress, that caused the illusion.
I also personally feel that I never had illusion or any mental problem apart from two short period of psychotic attack with delusion, one in June 2011 and other in Nov 2012. Now I am working well, confidentially taking to all people in society.
I will be part of this forum as I understand what is mean to have delusion (when we lost the insight to differentiate between reality and non-reality(delusion).
I hope you all will be recover soon like me with correct medicine and its appropriate doses. Just stick to doctor advice always. Never try to be doctor by yourself.
kind regards
sidgift
Hi friend,
Please go through my profile and my blogs. I have written everything there about the drugs, for how long and how doctor has slowly withdraw it by replacing with another milder drug and its doses…and about my illness and illusion I have written everything with my open heart…pls go through it. My attack and symptom was just like SZ for that period. But doctor said that now good drugs are there to cure SZ too. Never loose faith…one day you will also recover. self belief and drugs both work together.
regards
sidgift
Well first good for you. What caused your extreme emotional stress? How did the doctor find out you were not on treatment for SZ? These delusions were instances of delusion. That occurred short period. Most schizophrenics here suffer or have suffered much longer time frame. But you know what it’s like so your been there you are no more schizopheric. That’s fantastic!
Hi everhopeful
I discuss same with doctor…that there is no cure for SZ so far. Doctor said that now there are lot of good medicine and Sz people are recovering around the world. This is the old concept that SZ people cant be cure or recovered. Believe in best as your nickname here.
kind regards
sidgift
thanx for you wish. it was personal problem with wife, she used to do lot of verbal abuse with me. I am with this doctor since last two year. march 2013 to till now. Doctor has stopped giving me medicine for SZ treatment since oct 2014. No you misunderstood, I was on drug all the time, but he was giving me other milder drugs, that is not for SZ treatment. He is very experienced PhD in neuroscience and practising even after his retirement. He has taken my MRI scan , there was no defect. Only with EEG, there is some slight disturbance with nerve impulse. He is trying to normalise that with much milder medicine Zenoxa300. So I am only on Zenoxa 300 and he will take my MRI again after 3-4 month. If I do well then he will further reduce my doses or change it or will advise me to stop drug (lets see).
Omg I can’t express my sorrows enough with verbal abuse. That is something no SZ should ever tolerate. Ever, like leave anywhere you can to get away from verbal abuse. I am sadful that it actually made you have delusions. That sounds horrifying. To be abused in a way to drive one to insanity. Shame on her, I hope your with someone new. And yes definitely time to lick your wounds and move forward. May the best futures be granted unto you. Thank you for providing some insight. Hope to see you around SZ.com
be open, why are you scared with the type of person…without judging them, their views, opinions and life story are as important as everybody else including u.
That’s great news. I would however watch out for future stress that could trigger another episode. You may be clear now, but you may well end up in the same position again. Just be aware of it, and it won’t be as serious if it does happen again.
I know honey, I’m not sure why I said that, I just had a strong feeling. It wasn’t directed toward you. I’m very happy for you to be in recovery.
I could tell by the way you spoke that you were mostly well already. I hope you will stick around with us if you feel it is worthwhile.
Thanx, I like your advise for future and will take it seriously as you suggested. If I find something wrong with me I will immediately take SZ medicine. But lets hope for best that I will have to not go to that stage, again.
Recovered case like me so important for SZ people around the world. I feel strong closeness with SZ brother and sister more then my own brother and sister. I hope one day most of us can be completely cure.
As a Biologist/life science researcher I understand the biology/genetics/biochemical imbalance of brain of SZ. I strongly feel that a group of experienced psychiatrists and neurologist should also available for this forum apart from experienced moderator. So that they can advise correctly to the SZ people around the world.
As I find and learn from this site that SZ people cant be completely cure. But after discussion with doctor I find it is not true. This is old myth. SZ people also can cover and now a days a lot of good medicine are available.
Yes chances of relapse are always there, if we don’t take care of our self properly. But we can also live normal life like others.
kind regards
sidgift.
Hi Daze, thanx for your kind reply. Yes I will definitely stick around all of you good people. All SZ or other mental disorder people are like my brother and sister, I strongly feel like this.
I feel and experienced the pain of having mental disability. How lonely we feel during the psychotic attack and after it. I am fortunate that I have my father and mother is still alive, though they are seventy year old. They had taken care of me, when my wife left me alone and taken my kids away.
Now, I am taking care of them, but after they passes away say after 10-15 year I will be alone. Brothers are busy with their life and their family.
It is good that I have started my own business and can take care of myself, financially. But I wont be able to earn enough as in past I used to earn. Just I can take care of my food and medicine.
I always think about the homeless unfortunate person having mental disorder, whenever I see them. There is no one to take care or think about them, there is very little NGO working in that direction.
I hope that GOD make me so able that one day I can do something for mentally disorder people in street in my country.
In India we have no support system from government like western countries (USA, UK, France etc).
We are little fortunate that atleast we can share our thoughts on internet, but think about the millions of other poor, homeless SZ, who cannot express themselves.
kind regards
sidgift.
Thanks for posting this sidgift. You give me hope that i can slowly wean off my meds too. I had psychosis a year back and i hope it was all just because of stress. Only time will tell…
I hope for the best. My pdoc said she might lower my dose in the near future it will be a low dose (3mg of invega) and if ill be good i will stop taking them.
I have had similar experiences some 15 years ago. Too stressful situation caused strong derealisation symptoms and I was disabled to work 9 months. But, after this period, I got better all the time. Recovery seems to be possible and especially when the symptoms are results of too hard situation in one’s life. I wish a good recovery to you!
Hi John
How are you doing! Thanks for your encouraging words. I hope I will also keep working & progressing well in my life like you.
kind regards
sidgift