3 and a half months now 
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A lot of people off meds are off them because they donāt think they have sz, and since they donāt think they have sz, why post on sz. com?
Where did you gather this information from?
Just cause i dont take meds doesnt mean i dont have SZ. I still have symptoms im just dealing with them. Ive been on and off psychotropic meds for the last 11 years.
I have nothing against medication, i really dont. Sure it alleviated some of my symptoms, but at the same time brought on a plethora of new unwanted symptoms. I might go back on newer meds when they come out. As said meds do help loads of people, with minimum side effects. Just not me if I had to weigh the odds up.
So im sorry to say, but that is an ignorant statement you madeā¦
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" A qualitative analysis of data from 36 articles identified 11 categories of reasons for nonadherence. Poor insight was identified as a reason for nonadherence in 55.6% (20/36) of studies, followed by substance abuse (36.1%, 13/36), a negative attitude toward medication (30.5%, 11/36), medication side effects (27.8%, 10/36), and cognitive impairments (13.4%, 7/36). A key reason directly associated with intentional nonadherence was a negative attitude toward medication, a mediator of effects of insight and therapeutic alliance. Substance abuse was the only reason consistently associated with unintentional nonadherence, regardless of type and stage of SMI."
The full article can be found here:
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Iām pro vraylar and not against meds. It took 5 or 6 years to find the right med. Itās not perfect. If you count outpatient, Iāve been hospitalized like 20 times. I barely go to the hospital anymore. I like the county programs. Theyāre pretty good!
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I learned it when I learned about Anosognosia which is lack of awareness of illness. Iām not saying you have it, but if I recall correctly approximately half of sz patients are not aware they have it.
https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key-issues/anosognosia
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Im fully aware i got it. ( SCHIZOPHRENIA ) if that is what its classified as in the DSM. I have GREAT insight into my mental health issues. I have tried nearly every psychoactive med there is numerous times to get better. I will always keep up the search. I never said medications do not work but that replacing one symptom with another symptom does not make sense to me, if it could affect me worse. It could bring on its own form of mental health issues like depression etcā¦ But this is ruled out very quickly unfortunately.
Who says hearing voices is worse than diabetes? A symptom is only as severe as to how much it affects your āquality of lifeā . A person with crippling anxiety could be affected way worse than someone who has " psychosis", its all relative. How you manage your symptoms is a personal journey of growth and as we know " trial and error". Whether it be medications, therapy or another method is your decision, and you will do what best suits you and your needs to get betterā¦ People love to say " take meds" and you will feel better.
Unfortunately it doesnt always work like that, much to Psychiatrists horror.
As for that article @moonbeam , it was an interesting read and i do agree with some of the points made.
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I just want to reinstate that ive seen Anti Psychotics do amazing things for Psychosis. The method to their madness is definitely there. Im excited to see what newer medications bring us over the years, regarding the side effects and there strength at eliminating positives and negatives.
I definitely will give them a go again when newer research regarding them comes outā¦
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Well said @anon97118089 yep regardless of any opinions about who knows what about what and insight its all relative. Ill keep doing me. I judge people based on how they speak and act and present. Not whether they are on meds or not. There is actually a lot of sick people ive met who are off meds who i think should be taking them.
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I stopped my med onceā¦ End up in Hungary, Budapest looking for the train station to go back to RomĆ¢nia
I would go to people and ask them in English but they wouldnāt respond to me.
So I just started making train noises and gestures instead of speaking.
Nobody could understand me there
But I manage to get home on my own after a couple of days without sleep
I stopped my meds once. End up stealing money and going to an airport to flee the countryā¦ Againā¦
I ended up in a creepy forest praying to the sky to fix me.
I start going on a Sunday to every police station in my path to say I hit my grandpa and steal me grandpa moneyā¦
Did around 20 km on foot until my grandmother found me and I ask her to get me to the hospital with my last grain of insigh
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You have a thread here full of people who say it has for themā¦ I donāt see what the point is of stating that you havenāt seen it personally.
Iām free of psychosis now, like so many others here, completely thanks to my meds.
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Because , most i guess, have found that meds enables them to function in the knowledge of years of dysfunction. And if your lucky, meds may get you as close to the best that you can be, maybe even, rejoin the raceā¦
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Im always up for an argument. The guy said it right. He just said alot of people who are off meds, dont believe they have sz.
That is spot on in my estimation.
Iām talking about my case. Why do I have to take antipsychotic daily almost maximum dose when Iām stable, no hallucinations and no delusions. While I have serious side effects?
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There were times when I was off my medās that I was lucky I didnāt get my ass stomped. I did get roughed up by the police once.
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Well probably cause i dont want to be perceived as non med compliant??
I wanted people to know that i still think they good even though i dont take them and that they shouldnāt go off them, if they thinking that it was the point of my post !!!
Sometimes people get the wrong idea of what im trying to say and think im anti Psychiatry ā¦
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Well probably cause i dont want to be perceived as non med compliant??
I wanted people to know that i still think they good even though i dont take them and that they shouldnāt go off them, if they thinking that it was the point of my post !!!
Sometimes people get the wrong idea of what im trying to say and think im anti Psychiatry and i end up getting suspended again 
edit : sorry for the 10th edit and delete ! I I had a rough last night 
very tired didnt sleep
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May I ask, do you currently take APs @anon9798425
Yeah, I take Seroquel.
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