What else can I do? 2022002020202
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I hate to say it, but, meds?
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There isn’t much that can be done aside from intentionally finding peace with them being around, in spite of them being around.
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sorry your going through this. I had a similar experience, I was walking 10 miles a day, eating clean, only to have voices all the time. I was very fit.
the meds seemed to quiet my voices but I know you don’t like the meds. maybe some tea can calm you down?
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Maybe therapy could help with coping
I thought that for a while too, then I figured I would just go back on meds. I just got tired of jolting out of bed when I did sleep to check the doors and make sure my family was alive when they were sleeping and getting scared to panic when the phone rang or there was a knock at the door. I was eating very healthy and exercising because I was convinced if I was healthy enough it would all go away. I noticed my symptoms actually were getting worse retrospectively, and my husband was a little bit concerned with me not sleeping much.
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It is either me or the voices.
Eventually the voices will relent and go away.
It may take 5 years, and it may take 25.
But eventually the voices will go away and I will have peace of mind.
Hopefully they will, but how can you be sure? It seems what you’re doing now isn’t enough to get you peace of mind
Nope. Only psychotropic meds can do that. The voices will in all likelihood stay until you start taking meds.
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I’ve found meditation helps. There are free apps for smartphones, such as Insight Timer. I use that one a lot.
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I like InsightTimer.com too.
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If u don’t want to do meds, then you gotta learn to accept them but just ignore what they say. They will lose there power eventually.
But don’t be surprised that they come and go as they please.
Mine went from attacking me to trying to entice me with knowledge (they still try that every now and then)
To even telling me to be quiet and that they don’t want to talk to me.
The mind is bizarre
I don’t like meds either…but they do help with my thinking…but I’ve never been on one that takes the voices completely away, just kind of changes their content. Does anyone else still have voices despite being on most of the meds out there? Just wondering…
You need some kind of medication. Try a minimal dose, it won’t tranquilize you too much to exercise, and just might quiet the voices enough for sanity.
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It’s like you’re in my head.
Sorry, but I don’t have sympathy for sz/sza’s who refuse to take an AP. There will never be an actual cure for this, just more and hopefully better APs.
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The voices will get worse for me while and for a bit after cardio exercise. I just get by myself and eat some carbs after and try and relax and they quite down. I find driving zombies me out so that helps.
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Yeah it’s too hard and awful off meds. I got tired of being abused/tormented by demons any time there was any sort of moderate stressors in my life. No thank you.
@Chess24 exercise will not treat psychosis symptoms, though it can be a good way to burn off stress which can make symptoms worse
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It is more likely that eventually you will get so delusional that you’ll be hospitalized, or the brain damage will be so significant that kids will beat you on chess…
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You bet your bottom dollar they will
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