yeah… arent religious people annoying? my mom thinks i can heal from prayer… but when my face starts to look creepy then she tells me to go take my meds… my dad is more understanding of this illness. he understands its a brain disorder (science) while my mom thinks its spirits & ghosts…
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meds may not be the best option, but they could be the only option for some people.
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Nobody in my family tells me that I don’t need my meds. They know better than that.
I do have one niece who tells me not to “own” the sza label. She refuses to own her bipolar label. She doesn’t take her meds and today, she appears normal. But, she was diagnosed when she was in the throes of IV meth drug addiction. They say that doctors should never diagnose anyone with a mental illness when they are under the influence of an illegal drug or alcohol. I believe that.
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Yeah, my niece is like that.
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Yeah if you look at it just in terms of self-wellbeing and self-progress, it’s always what shoes fit you best.
Because of a very good therapy and outlet I don’t take medication anymore,
But I still deal with and experience all the “joys” of schizophrenia.
It’s different from person to person, in my case I took APs my first 4 years of this illness, and getting off them was the greatest progression I had when it came to this illness. [this goes against popular polls and opinions, but was just my case]
It’s all about what is best for you as a individual.
Quite frankly, I wouldn’t mind being sedated from all of these “bags of fun” again.
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Same lol. I have faith but church is a no go for me due to anxiety and busy bodies
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“you dont have to take meds there are other ways”
Yeah, suffering and death.
Do you think anyone was able to function in the past before meds with schizophrenia
I guess like everyone here I tried everything under the sun before going to get help from a physician. I have so often heard the spiel that if I just did X and not Y that all would be swell and I will live happily ever after that it is no longer funny. You might as well argue about what you can see in a fire. I think (but not say, because you cannot persuade a fool), ‘you do not have a clue, do you?’. Mental illness is a disease of the mind; I cannot talk to it, bargain with it, wish it away, change my lifestyle. It is what it is. I hate it. In the same way exorcism and all kinds of spiritual morass about misaligned chakras and energies, chants, amulets, spells, and quackery of every description for sz does nothing but harm.
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Oh, sure, but probably not as well as they could have with today’s medications. The crux of the matter being “today’s meds”. The first generation stuff took care of symptoms, sure, but it also nuked all higher brain function. I don’t see the point of medicating someone into a drooling lump. Which was common when I was first DXed 25 years ago.
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Meds do help some people. But besides benzos nothing has alleviated ant of my symptoms. I’ve been meds free for 3 years besides valium and 6 months of ssri and the past 12 months totally free of meds. For the most part in functional, edgy bit functional.
Took years for me to find meds that worked well as I’m treatment resistant. I also keep a recovery journal, do workbooks, do CBT, work the 12 Steps hard (I’m 25 years sober in AA), etc. I would encourage you to look at taking newer meds like Rexulti or Geodon, the latter being the med I did best on and Rexulti being the one I’m bumping along on now. Take away my meds and I eventually get overwhelmed by the aliens in the corner of my brain. On meds, I know they’re just noise that I can push aside.