Some people take meds and they make full recovery but I’m not one of the lucky ones
But you probably are like most people - you get some relief from the symptoms with medication, but they are not a cure. But there are still other things you can do that can help you get better. Have you tried therapy?
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All I can do is manage anxiety day by day but nothing I can do with breakthrougH paranoia
Those people that take meds don’t make a full recovery. The meds only masks the symptoms. 2 days off meds and you are hearing voices again. This horrible disease real cause is in the GUT. Do your research and you will find a cure. My spouse has been off meds and is doing wonderfully. He is like the man I married all back again. Best wishes.
Do you experience anxiety and paranoia non-stop, even in your dreams?
Are there any moments in the day when you experience life as you would like to experience it?
Do you have your own what to do when this happens program that you follow?
Do you have a large support group: people who know you and your ways of whom you trust?
What do you think about this advice quoted below?
In all cases, Freeman recommends cognitive behavioural therapy as treatment. We have already established that I am low on the paranoia spectrum. None the less, could he give me a little bit of prophylactic CBT for the future just in case?
He smiles gamely. "The trick is: thoughts aren’t facts. Think through explanations for events. We have something called a ‘confirmation bias’ so that we find evidence to support our bad thoughts. You need to find evidence that goes against them. Finally, if you have a scary thought and you have considered it and think it is unlikely, test it out. I treated a woman who feared the local schoolchildren wanted to attack her. We took her to the school gate as they were coming out. It was brilliant how it worked - watching her face change dramatically when they ignored her.
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Im all for meds for those it helps but for me they were just outside chemicals added to a already toxic cocktail and like a previous poster said the meds just lessen the symptoms.
I think for me excersise naturally forces that natural toxic out of my brain with endorphin or adrenaline it works even if its just temporarily.
But then synthetic meds help people only temporarily also at the same time adding a different toxin in the process.
It seems many may have less severe symptoms of auditory hallucinations and delusions but then they have severe depression because the meds disfunctional.
If med users could work excersise into their lives along with the meds it may balance out to a happier.
Excersise doesn’t just help with chemical but also with a sense of accomplishment that REAL.
You may not be able to participate in society and have social accomplishments like relationships or friendships but you can still get that accomplishment by yourself.
God Bless
Yeah I’m also one of the unlucky ones. Things seem to be gradually getting back to normal for me. The illness is like a manifestation of demons, not literally in my case. Just got some trolls they like to play like everyone is telepathic and they are all criticizing me. Right now I’m in a state of mind that gives them nothing to say, I think I have to do it permanently to really get over this ■■■■. Basically having no thoughts of self or thoughts of others. Can’t really even reflect on how terrible and eerie this illness is. Life is pretty boring with this illness. I mean the sky is the limit, but in this weather and in this town there isn’t anything to do.
Got a new voice coming over this last week. It’s psuedo demonic and just repeats certain phrases. “Accept it” “your destined” “say it” a bunch of other ■■■■. I don’t really know how that one manifested but if I don’t pay any attention to it goes away until I think of it again. That’s the state of things for me. To this point I’ve been suckered into feeling like it’s real and playing along and defending myself. How calm things are shows how far I’ve come in self control. Now I’m going to try and separate the self from the illness and ignore it. It should get easier after a couple days of refusing to respond. The voices tell me that’s what I should be doing all along. If I had though I wouldn’t have the confidence to know all this bad ■■■■ isn’t true.
Good luck to all of you. Recovery is possible.
The day they find a miracle drug for negative symptoms I’ll be first in line
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Adderall might also be helpful
Although I know from my own experience that it was part of the lifestyle that led to my sz. That was more intended as a joke.
I don’t believe in luck I believe if you have positive energy within you it will attract positive things to you.
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The reason I can bring up for taking meds is that they permit me to sleep at night. Also,during the day, they help me to slow down. Symptoms of paranoia, auditory hallucinations, thought disorder, apathy are all still there. I agree exercise helps to enliven and improve mood.
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Sorry to hear you are dealing the best you can with destructive, negative voices.
Yeah man it’s stupid insistent. Wasn’t bothering me this morning, but after a few hours it’s starting to get to me. Everyday it never stops. They can conquer the mind but they’ll never have control.
Nobody just takes some meds and then fully recovers. It takes a lot of work. Saying they’re just lucky disregards all the hard work they put into recovering.
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You never know. You still might recover.
When I was in my late teens and early twenties I could say the same thing as you. For two straight years I suffered horribly with acute paranoid schizophrenia. During that time I had no sign that I would get even a LITTLE better. I had no friends, no money, certainly no girlfriend, no car, no computer, no independence, no job, and no schooling. For two solid years I was in that position. And I was heavily medicated. But I did what my parents arranged for me to do.I spent 8 months locked up in a psychiatric hospital. I got out when I was 22 and for the next 5 years was considered 'stable". Then a horrible relapse around 1988 when I was 27. It took me a year to get over that one.
Now I am 53 years old. I have been at my janitor job for 4 years. I need just 4 more classes for my AA degree.I have lived independently since 1995. I have my own car and live in a studio with my cat. Maybe not the ideal life but I have my good moments. And I couldn’t predict that I would get better. I’m trying to say, do not give up hope. I’ve seen some amazing recoveries in my my time with friends and strangers. I take care of myself but I’m not fully recovered. I just take my meds, see my doc, and hope for the best. And a lot of times, the best happens.
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I see my doc and take my Latuda and Seroquel and Metformin and Valium
With all that…
I’m level enough to manage to get through my day… I’m stable enough to work on keeping my insight… I’m lucid enough to function well in my job and school.
I go to my CBT therapy and it gives me enough coping tools to help me manage stress levels… sort out sneaky brained thinking… help me stay away from disorganized thinking… and keeps my mind working in a more healthy direction…
But I don’t feel recovered in any way.
If I quit my meds… quit therapy and don’t work on coping and staying healthy… I know I’ll relapse. I deeply fear relapse.
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