No primary or secondary negative symptoms, no cognitive symptoms, no positive symptoms even under stress and or triggers. Like being as good as before sz considering you had no drug addiction or other diseases before sz.
I don’t know. If it is, its EXTREMELY rare. I know that complete recovery from positives is though, because I dont get them, even with stress.
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I wonder that myself because I did ok for five years off meds although looking back I still had some symptoms like hypomania and voices occasionally. It returned a lot after that and never went away again. I can achieve stability on meds but there will always be some symptoms there
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Did you have any negative or cognitive symptoms?
Yes I struggle with avolition over half the time, and I’m very forgetful
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I’m assuming you mean with no medication too? or no?
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Yea I am completely recovered from positives on meds but my negatives are horrible, more than my cognitive symptoms.
I honestly don’t believe a person can be 100% cured. I think it can seem that way when taking meds but that’s it. That said, I do believe it can get better over time
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Doesn’t matter, meds or not.
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I think some people can come close while on medications. I still think that no negatives/cognitives is a difficult goal to achieve on meds and is a rarity.
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Maybe? I would say concerning symptoms, I am 85 to 90% recovered. I do suffer from negatives, not as bad as before, and they’re decreasing.
I HOPE to recover fully. If I don’t, the progress I have made is good and I won’t discount my work just because I don’t reach 100%
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I don’t have any positives or negatives, except a little bit of the flat effect. My personality and cognition seem unimpaired for now.
If I didn’t have this damn insomnia problem I’d being doing pretty good, like 90% back to my old self.
But I do need medication, without it I start hallucinating and become delusional.
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I wish I knew why only some patients get secondary (med induced) negative symptoms while others don’t.
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I dont think anything is 100% in life. Its always in flux
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I have your positives. PM me your mailing address and I’ll send them back to you.
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My goal is complete recovery.
Even when psychotic I grappled with voices and didn’t want them in my head.
On meds I have no positives. Negatives used to be very bad, but have subsided. Some negatives and cognitives still linger. But I live a low-stress life.
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I think we all wish we knew that.
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Isn’t the offical statistic that 5% who get diagnosed with sz can fully recover? It may be more than that if the diagnosis is psychosis I guess.
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When my dr stopped my meds he said 5% of schizophrenics can live off meds and not have symptoms but I guess he meant positive and not negative/cognitive symptoms.
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I live off them for the most part. I heard some voices yesterday and also had some dissociative strangeness but i just let it be. Cuz for me that stuff is more minor.
I just take them if im having some episode that has some violent undertones as i dont feel safe around others when its like that.
My insight is very good.
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