I reckon at some point in the near future I could come off meds completely. I have been feeling ok for a while now and a lot of the time like there is nothing wrong with me. My positive symptoms are gone and I even feel myself talking more and that my mind is slowly getting out of the feeling of where I always thought that there is something wrong. I might have certain worries about things like working, but on the getting on with life side of things, I am pretty ok with it. Maybe just need a little more time.
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The reason you’re better is because you’re taking your medicine. It’s making you healthy. Keep taking it.
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I honestly think I could recover though. A quarter of people do. Even my negative symptoms are minimal. I just got triggered by a inordinate amount of stress when I was 18. I know your not going to believe me but I think it would take a lot to make me have symptoms again. I was not saying I was going to just stop taking my meds by the way.
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Well I wish you the best of luck. It would be great if you never had a problem again.
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I hope it is possible for you. What do your doctor, your family say? Did you only have one psychosis? Did you build alternative ways to deal with stress?
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Well I am waiting to talk to my doctor about it but I have not seen him in over a year. I was ill for a long time, for about 10 years I was quite far gone. But I challenged my beliefs and it would take a lot for me to believe in things like that again. As for stress I have felt quite ok recently.
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I would love to get off my meds but it’s not possible.
I would be very careful @anon98459728.
Talk it over with your doctor.
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You can always try. If it dont work go back.
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Yeah I feel so as well. At least the antipsychotics. Maybe not the mood stabilisers.
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How long have you been well? Remember when coming of meds the trick is to slowly decrees the does to minimize risk of relapse and withdrawals.
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4 years without voices? Been slowly becoming more stable afterwards. Just feel a bit stressed sometimes like I have been through too much and I get stuck in ‘it is not ok’ mode a bit. Maybe I am not 100% but on days like today I would not really describe my self as mentally ill as such.
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I don’t think I’ll get off meds even if they cured sz
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I genuinely hope it works. Be very very careful. I withdrew very slowly. Even then, after a decrease all sorts of emotions and thoughts came up and i had to learn how to deal with them. Sometimes i had to get back on a higher dose. Im still not fully off them. Let us know how it goes!
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Really? Why? Do you like your medication?
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Well it’s worth trying, you know.
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My boyfriend family convinced me the meds were making me catatonic and withdrawan. I didn’t take them last night and I feel great. I still have the injection in my system unfortunately… I don’t even think I have sz
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Im not sure if it is a good idea to just randomly quit meds without a plan…how much were you on?
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I don’t know, I don’t really want to talk about it. I was just relating to the post. They said I’m like a labrat and my docs are making thousands off me. That the meds would give me brain damage and my family is sucked in by the system believing I have sz. I’m on some oral meds and they are going in the garbage
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Depends on your source. I’ve heard the figure thrown around claiming 1/3 make a full recovery and then it becomes even more complicated because people disagree on what the definition of a full recovery is. Even professionals have different criteria as to what constitutes a persons recovery.
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…are experts on medication and schizophrenia?
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