I am pissed that they told me that Vraylar would become available here by end of 2020. Its not out yet and maybe never will. I have almost no positive symptoms but have severe negative symptoms. I have a hard time accepting my new life in bed. I have been in bed since March 2020. How do I accept it? I tell myself that at least I dont have positive symptoms anymore, no more addictions, no more hypersexuality and no more violence.
I am not violent anymore now that I am on Risperdal 4mg.
I have been posting here since then.
I know it’s so hard, but you can try to take small steps now. It’s incredibly hard. Set a routine for this year doing one new thing a week.
Week one, sit up to play games more. Stretch between sessions.
Week 2, walk outside to the end of your driveway each day, once.
Week 3, straighten your room once a week.
Week 4, take 2 showers/baths a week.
You can change the timeline to one new thing a month at first and work up to one new thing a week.
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Adding, the new things do not have to be big or very physical. Just a little stretching would help. You can do some in bed, even!
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Who told you that?
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My parents say that I am the best they have seen of me now since having sz 10 years ago. I made them happy, they were never happy of me before since I had sz, and I also think I am best now as negative symptoms arent everything, addictions were worse. I should think positively and not compare myself to who I was before sz.
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I called the company making Vraylar, Allergan Canada.
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Maybe contact them again ?
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I did like 2 months ago for the 2nd time and they said that they have no info about if Vraylar will be available in Canada. Maybe they lied to me the first time.
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that sounds like a good way to go with it. You prob have to accept you not gonna be who you were before sz… but there is still room to improve huh. I would follow the steps that @anon4362788 suggested…
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This is exactly where to start. Sz is an inescapable and intrinsic part of you. It’s a label at the end of it, but it’s used to describe the set of challenges you have, and we all share here.
I am not bitter that I could have been a kick ass Sociologist, as I am pretty sure I’d have got a pHD by now from a decent top 20 UK university, however I only just got over the line before my diagnosis.
Now I have simple life goals, and it has built up over time.
Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t until March 2020 that I realised working in a graduate position at work was just too much for me to handle. 6 years of having relapses over and over again, and exposing myself to the amount of stress and anxiety that led to my last suicide attempt on the 15th March 2020 was just too much, and enough was enough
Now I work a manual labour job instead of a fancy data job, but I am happier, and the flexibility of being self employed is great for me as I can take those cheesy ‘mental health’ days whenever I want.
It’s a long process. Use this forum to further that goal
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Yea this is true and what my family always tell me. I didn’t get a notification for your post for some reason, this thread just popped up in my suggested threads and I was like wtf its my own thread. Thanks.
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Good advice from @anon4362788 to @anon67051439.
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Great point. Great insight @anon67051439! All progress towards goals involves accepting what you can accept and not accepting what you can’t.
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Can you just walk outside every day? Even if it’s just for thirty seconds. Just make it a goal every day to stick your head outside. Then make it something a little bigger.
Also, if you had hypersexuality on Abilify I heard it’s common with vraylar, too. So be careful if you ever do get the opportunity.
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Thanks, yeah I had hypersexuality on Abilify and both are partial dopamine agonists, I think I will stay on Risperdal. I walk at home back and forth with a step counter app when I have energy.
My parents tell me to walk with them everytime but I have no energy. I did walk with them once but it was a few months ago. Maybe soon I will try to walk with them, its good if I can walk with them every few months.
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Walking is good! Anything to break up the bed boredom.
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Thanks @LED 155
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