How long have you been delusion free?

DX'd - Sz/SzA
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Or maybe you still have some delusions?

I have been out of psychosis and delusion free for about 2.8 years.

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Since I was put on meds in 2011 but I stopped meds from 2014-2016 and got delusional during that time.

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3 years approximately, prior to that I was stable for about a decade.

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I think I still have delusions but I am getting better. Talking to people on the forum helps a lot to try to get a firmhold on reality.

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This has been my longest stretch of stability since 2018 when I was put on Amisulpride

The drug has 100% saved my life from the hell I was in

Things I can do now is just so much more

Unfortunately once they treated the psychosis, the medical team realised I had Autism, Anxiety and Depression, so I am medicated for other things as well now

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Uh I donā€™t even know! I had some delusional thinking the other day but full blown delusions maybe a month.

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Ä° m delusion free since i take 100 mg seroquel.its really helped for delusions and paranoia

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Interesting question, how to conclude that one is delusion free?

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Iā€™ve been delusion-ful for 12 years.

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I am still struggling with delusions.

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Iā€™ve never experienced full blown delusions. Anyone gets the sz diagnosis these days.

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I havenā€™t. I think itā€™s the caffeineā€¦

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I havenā€™t been controlled by my delusions in about a year, but theyā€™re still definitely there.

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I sometimes still think people are persecuting me. :sob:

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Its difficul for me to say, sometimes I find it Hard to separate what might be delusions and what is just romantic thinking.
But I believe it is about a year since I stopped having thoughts that doesnā€™t make sense to other People.

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Sorry to hear that. I know the feeling.

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Delusions I would say 3 years, but ā€˜ideas of referenceā€™ and ā€˜grounded in realityā€™ probably 1.5 years?

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Can you explain what ā€œideas of referenceā€ Mean? Is it that you sometimes come up with ideas there are not realistic but that you are aware of it?

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ā€˜Referenceā€™ means either messages with special meaning, and/or peopleā€™s opinions about you. I might not be able to explain it properly, or fully, but here are some examples:

A delusion of reference might be that a famous person loves you because they mentioned flowerpots in a song. And the delusion persists and everything they say now takes on special meaning to you. The delusion is long lasting.

An idea of reference is like a miniature version of this. For example I might walk past someone in a corridor, and smile at them. They smile back but it looks like a fake smile and so I suspect they donā€™t like me. The idea lasts until the next interaction, and if they seem more genuine next time then the idea is revealed to be false.

If I do not get ideas of reference, then I might think that that same person passing me in the corridor was either stressed or busy, rushed, or in a bad mood. I realise it is probably not about me.

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I was delusional last in spring 2020.

And that was whilst on medication. Although 2.5mg abilify.

Still, Iā€™m hoping 2.5mg abilify will keep me going until I taper off under pdoc supervision.

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