i will listen to music with earphones all day so that im not hearing voices it is working right now i will not let these ■■■■ meds make me fat and now that i am not on meds anymore i will be able to lose even more weight
I used to say that all the time.
But then I would get relapses and waste time in hospital
now I have less stress and have tried for 2 years to stop meds but then I can’t sleep and become unberable, I just take meds for other people.
So I just keep taking them and then I’m stable. Don’t want to go to dark places any more!
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Your brain will not be able to regain the lost weight though. 
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We need meds so we don’t end up thinking we can fly and jump off a building.
Get back on meds as soon as you can. It’s better to be a few pounds overweight than dead.
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Hello I am overweight and I am very happy man
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Man… ive been insane a very long time… and never once have i thought i could fly… or wanted to hurt anyone… your point is still very much valid though…
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same i am completely aware of whats going on when im off meds i even know that the things im hearing arent real it doesnt make me suffer less i still hate it but i feel like the meds just improve my life by getting rid of voices, paranoia, anxiety,
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Get back on meds before you or someone else gets hurt.
Do you want to end up in jail or homeless?!?
You can even end up dead!
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Meds dont help me much… its just enough though… i just have to fill in for the rest… being sz at an early age allowed me to hone my coping skills…
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none of that is gonna happen
Believe me.
Psychosis is unpredictable.
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I NEED meds. I’m afraid of my suicidal tendencies and mania.
Not every sz is as aware as some of us are… statistically those are possible for many…
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I LIKE my psychotic periods more than the post-psychosis depression. I feel alive when psychotic…but I also make poor decisions and usually end up in the hospital. So, knowing that I like to be psychotic, I want to go off my meds…which is why I am choosing to get depot Abilify as soon as my 14-day oral dosing is done. I’m making this decision during a post-hospital period of depression AND insight. I’m lucky I haven’t been to jail.
my brain does the same releases so much serotonin and dopimean that i can feel myself get higher as the song goes on some songs cause instant euphoria and blissfulness gets addictive doing it take the med but i had been on olaanzipine for 2 years and risperidone for a few months starting the gym tomorrow morning to see if i can shake the weight iv gained
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if you do, you need to learn to be hyper aware, check your thinking before doing something. build up critical thinking skills, and several different coping skills that can help you.
maybe have a psychologist you can check in with to see how your doing.
the illness doesnt magically go away, its more waxes and wanes.
if you quit your meds abruptly thats a whole different story and probably dangerous though.
cheers
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It’s working until it doesn’t. This isn’t a lasting fix. Please don’t damage yourself, or your hearing.
“I don’t need meds,” I screamed as the five guards held me down while the restraints were being applied. “There’s nothing wrong with me!” spoken an hour after I was avoiding the people trying to kill me by walking down the center of a thoroughfare and while the nurse shoved a needle in my butt. That, of course, was AFTER I spent over $800 on stuff I just HAD to have and can’t afford…oh, but it felt so good until I clocked the security guard, then it went downhill. I may not want meds but I need 'em.
i know i can deal with the voices without headphones its hard at times but i think i got this
Oh cool, you found the cure. Far cry will be happy. All it takes is earbuds. Hoorah.
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