How did you accept SZ?

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I am considering coming off later because I feel better off them (side effects) and because I am concerned about possible side effects due to aps that may not be obviously linked to the aps.

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there is a clue in the name of all meds…? ‘‘anti psychotic’’

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My sister kept telling me again and again. She is pretty intelligent so I believe her.

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24

Telling you what? Stopping meds??

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She told me I had sz.

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I never believed the diagnosis despite over seven psychiatrist had diagnosed me as schizophrenic.

It took over twenty years for me to accept the diagnosis and it was thanks to this forum actually.

I thought it was strange that so many had similar symptoms to me.

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I learned to accept it because I also was refusing meds and had a really crap Halloween I thought witches were trying to take my soul and the doctors were going to saw my head in half because of my ex girlfriend and a lot of other things happened but basically I ended up in the psych ward again. Sigh.

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I don’t accept my SZ diagnosis. I personally believe I am on the autism spectrum. I have a short fuse and whenever something that I’m not expecting comes my way it throws my whole routine out of wack. I continue to take the medication because I know that before I was medicated I was suicidal and homicidal. I wouldn’t risk going back to that type of life of anger and resentment.

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At first I thought I didn’t need meds or anything else…
Then I finally starting to her voices after 2+ years…
Then I realized I needed help
I’ve taken neds ever since …

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I didn’t hear florid type voices. But, I didn’t need to. I had troubles of my own. Like incessant suicidal wish and drive. Like almost constant thought insertion, broadcasting and paranoid delusions.

Now, I’m doing just fine on meds.

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I knew something was wrong when I began to hear a voice in my head that would insult me constantly at times. It’s hard to resist a diagnosis when that’s happening.

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Once in a while I trick myself into thinking i need less meds or that i can lower the dose.

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I felt relieved when the psychiatrist told me I had schizophrenia and something could be done about it.

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If you don’t have serious side effects like akathisia there is no reason to lower the dosage.

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I was also relieved because I started to seriously believe that I became insane forever.

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I also learned the hard way…My traumatic moment was terrifying and I was sent then to a psych ward too where everything was also new and depressing.

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I accepted I had sz a month or so after I started taking the medication and I was starting to feel better. I knew something was wrong before meds, but everything I was experiencing felt so real. To be honest it was a huge relief to know there was a reason I was going through my problems.

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I had so many previous misdiagnoses I was relieved to finally be put on proper meds. So I pretty much accepted it immediately.

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After going to court, I stayed 6 months in mental hospital but was allowed 7 days of vacation.
My parents brought me to Cuba. It was nice at the beginning but then my mother was trying to give me my meds. I threw them on the floor and said I am not mentally ill. I am not dependant on pills to function mentally. I am not weak.

It was hard time but I learned my lesson.

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I find it hard to accept the diagnosis because it seems to me that the disease is not well understood and there are stories of recovery. I think it’s like depression, where there isn’t a “cure” but some people can outgrow it or recover and it’s a highly personal process. I wish it were better understood though.