Every time my meds have to be raised what I saw and heard don’t seem real. I’m relatively new to schizophrenia but I’ve been having a thought of “it was fake” and “I don’t need meds” I have had family with schizophrenia and they have went off their meds before so I know what can happen if I go off my meds and I’m to talk to my normal doctor Friday but I wanted to know if anyone else ever experienced this thought as well. Along with this thought I have a thought that there are snakes on my side of the car waiting for me to step on it in the dark.
I routinely go back to doubting my diagnosis. It’s part of the illness. And the thought that I am making everything up comes back to me again and again. But when I am off meds I feel like I’m in hell, I start getting delusional thoughts and I’m almost constantly angry. It’s just not worth it. I think some of us, me included, need to try living without meds several times before we understand that we need them.
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Each time my meds get increased I become very disorientated. I will see things in places I didn’t put them and stuff will be missing from my room etc. It normally takes me about two weeks to get adjusted to a med increase. Since I started with meds I have not gone off it however I have relapsed whilst on meds and it was bad…I do not want to know how bad a relapse can get if you are off meds.
if the meds are working for you 
…i would keep taking them.
the snakes are a delusion because of the sz or an anxiety issue.
know someone cares 
take care 
When the Seroquel got upped… I would feel sort of numb and out of touch. It was hard to feel connected.
When my Latuda got upped up I got really hyper.