My paranoia makes me bad moody. She also makes me angry, irritable and i feel a lot of pressure in my head. Its like i feel my brain in my head… Is it a tough symptom to heal in fact? I feel like i am observed by the others outside… Benzos do miracles but i wish i wasn’t dependant on them…
So how many time took for you for the paranoia to be relieved?It whats make me stay at home too… Its like my soul is vibrating inside of me from fear, i am breathless too :/…
do the aps help on this at the end?
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Aps help with paranoia but they take around a month to start working sometimes even longer. I’m on abilify. I still have some paranoia but much more manageable than before.
i had no treatment at all during my first major episode. I had to tough it out. Mine lasted about 4 years.
I found taking l theanine twice a day and giving up coffee is starting to help @Anna1
It is possible to have breakthrough symptoms when you’re on an ap, Anna. Among other things dopamine is consistently over produced when you have sz so having an even distribution of anti-psychotic medication circulating around your blood stream will control the paranoia. But it won’t eliminate it. All thoughts you would describe as ‘paranoid symptoms’ come and go depending on your mood. Practising mindfulness techniques at home whenever these symptoms arise can help you manage them.
It is always there. 
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It never disappeared for me, or at least the rare occasions where I don’t feel like I’m paranoid much the mental health pros strongly disagree
So you say that aps need longer time to work on the paranoia? I have anxiety too so Zyprexa doesn’t help me a lot on this. but without meds i am even worse i guess…
Paranoia and anxiety are a tough symptom to heal, is that right? i pay efforts now to distract myself as much as i can but i guess i have some fear from the others in me…
For some people the meds work on these, but if they didn’t work for a long time it is unlikely that they’ll work in the future.
The best thing you can do is learning ways to cope with them.
ok, i see, zeno. thank you 
But you know, i think i have a social anxiety too. its not only the paranoia. and the years of isolation made their damage. I now should learn once again to function when around people…
i feel bad in a way when I socialize with others… I am also afraid of the ‘‘dark’’ side of some people if I can say it like this. I hate myself to being such a pussy so I wish meds will relieve me a bit one day…