To be honest my contentment levels have gone right up. Like that major thing that I have to worry about I can put behind me. I have been thinking of quitting the forum, but I think I will leave it until I come off meds.
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Do you think this is due to the meds?
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Not really, I don’t think the meds do much for me.
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that is really great.
do you know what has been the reason or has it just happened?
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Just not having to worry about it anymore I think. It feels like a sense of freedom.
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I don’t have many symptoms anymore either except negatives. Lots of negatives. But my pdoc has assured me that that’s because of all my psych meds. So, I see no reason to quit the forum.
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I think you’re well because of your meds. Only go off them with your pdocs approval.
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I feel they are a bit unnecessary, I can’t imagine I will come off them in the next year though.
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" I ‘m better . I don’t think I have sz any more " Could be accurate , but on the other hand it could indicate that that person’ s insight is taking a nose dive . In that situation I’d want what I’m believing backed up by mental health professionals and family members/friends .
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Look I don’t know why you seem to think you can’t get better and come off meds but some of you are way off the mark. If I don’t have any sz related symptoms I think having psychosis is a bit of a stretch.
Yes you can get better , but staying better off meds is the exception rather than the rule . Many here have thought like you , and gone off meds , only to crash and burn .
Reality testing your situation with your pdoc and family and friends is of paramount importance .
We are not always the best judges of how we are doing .
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Last person on here to claim they were better off without meds is @anon40653964. Go ahead and read his most recent posts.
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Pretty sure he needs to take them to control positive and negative symptoms. I dont see why you think it is the same situation. You guys are not going to listen to me so anyway.
Good for you on feeling better. That’s one of the best things in the world to have a sense of contentment. Best wishes for you.
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It’s nothing against you. Everyone has a time where they think they’re good enough to quit their meds. Most of us who are cautioning you have tried and failed badly.
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I’m afraid that my mentions of Asperger’s may have inadvertently resulted in some people here not only thinking they have Asperger’s , but thinking that that explains things better than having psychosis/schizophrenia .
There has certainly been a marked increase in people wondering about ASD/Asperger’s/autism who have until recently shown no indication of thinking they might be on the spectrum .
If that is the case I can only apologise .
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I’ve been off meds for 10 months now
Trying to do the holistic approach
I’ve reduced the highest dose over the course of 2-3 years
After being on them for about 15 years
The meds made my period go away
They gave me pretty bad akathasia
But I had pretty good independence in some way as well
I can talk with whoever and I felt confident to talk with whoever
Every since stopping the med
I’ve felt extremely aggravated agitated
Filled with paranoia at night
Hyper analytical with my thought process acting up
It’s ruining my relationship with my significant other…
I am not content…
And I blame him for everything …
But I know that I am going through it…
Without this journey of getting off
I couldn’t tell if the person I was
I was never diagnosed as asp Berger’s!
And now I found that out…
I also found out that I might do fairly well with just a small little dose of an AP
Enough to help with the severe meltdowns I get daily
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Didn’t you say you had nighttime voices a few months back? If there’s even a sniff of a voice I’d stay on meds. And man they won’t work as good if you quit them and voices come back. Being on meds has made you strong and voice free, Why mess with success? How long have you been main voice free anyway?
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Don’t they say two years on meds after 1st episode psychosis? For life if multiple episodes? I could be wrong though
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I think that was hypnogogic. You can’t get a sz diagnosis with that. I think there is a bit of a disagreement on how the illness works that’s all. Like we hear voices because we have high dopamine levels not we have high dopamine levels because we hear voices. I see I had symptoms because of things I started to believe in. Not because there is something wrong in my brain. I know people are not going to exactly listen to me on that so I don’t see a point in arguing. All I know is that is the reason I got better so I must have got something right.
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