How close are we to a cure for this dreadful disease?

Hi,

I have to ask, how close are we to a cure for this dreadful disease? Tell me that it can be done in under 10 years. I really dont want to spend my life, wasting away, unmotivated to do anything, I want a few good productive years before I pass on.

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Same here mate. This has to be the worst illness/disease.

I havnt got a great pdoc either. He is firmly from the school of over medication. Im just sick of this situation. I want some solid evidence supported data which says we are close to a cure. APs medication is not a cure as im sure the sufferers on this board realise.

I tried to contact many of the top-notch scientists in the field. Most of them didnā€™t write back. Some did, and they are cautious about advancing a deadline for the long-awaited schizophrenia cure. They tell me ā€œprogress is being made as we speakā€ and ā€œseveral products are currently being studied for negative symptomsā€ and ā€œas genetics and brain imaging advances, we can expect to see strides in schizophrenia research tooā€. One scientist who spoke at the Broad Institute in 2014 said something about ā€œ20 years till we win the fight against schizophreniaā€ - that would mean 2034 at the earliest.
Every day is a struggle for me too, but I donā€™t lose hope easily. Our time will come !

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Name ā€¦???
i am super curious to know about cureā€¦
keep eyes on top notch scientsā€¦thay might have breif ideaā€¦!!!

Im 32. I have to wait until im 52 to get my life back when i was in my late teens/early 20s.

Not fair.

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I donā€™t know his name. He spoke in the video about Ted Stanleyā€™s $650m donation to the Broad Institute.

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I know itā€™s not fair :frowning: But Iā€™m looking at the bright side. Iā€™m 33 now. My granddad was dead by 31. Iā€™ve outlived him by 2 years already !

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I donā€™t think we are anywhere near a cure. The disease is more treatable than it has ever been, but itā€™s a struggle even when things go well. Just have to ā€˜keep buggering onā€™ as Churchill was wont to say.

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this may sound blunt by all accounts but the brain is the most complicated thing on the planet, all we can do is try and calm it down if it gets out of whack to reduce symptoms,

i personally think meds will not be a cure all but i think maybe if you use a good med and keep a positive outlook then things will look brighter for the future. good luck.

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How did u knowā€¦,scientists say its breakthrough going to happen between 20 to30 years!!!

ā€¦
he has rightly said after firsr cancer cell was discoverā€¦it took 30ys to find its effective cure treatmentā€¦
will we ready to wa9t another 30yearā€¦question to Usā€¦his name is Edward Scolnickā€¦i have high hope in themā€¦!!

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After Iā€™m DEAD from old age? Yeah, thatā€™s real close.

=snort=

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Pixel we all going to see itā€¦u could live more 50yrs plusā€¦celebration,breakthrough
through party to us ,we will enjoy itā€¦i am surely going to do some Nepali dances and Gorkhali dancesā€¦

I donā€™t think weā€™ll have a cure for schizophrenia so early, just a good treatment. Maybe with ITI-007 weā€™ll get a great advance. The med is in its phase 3b test, so I hope itā€™ll be in American market in 2018.

I could not afford iti-007 for years.i wish iti007 can reduce to other drugs price like invega because i could take my medicine without coverage.100 dollar can ok for me.

sz is psychological, there is no cure, there is just damage limitation

this is we wantā€¦11111

thats true but it cant change our brains or the way we think, how can it target all the bad and leave all the good so we can have a healthy brain, its not that simple,

paggin @mortimermouse and @notmosesā€¦!!!
i want their veiwsā€¦!!!