Me?
Sorry I’m just wondering if you’re talking to me or if you’re talking about someone else
I don’t try to be normal, that’s boring. I try to be awesome. And functional because all of my hobbies are expensive and I need to work.
I’m not saying to “act normal”
I’m saying for them to be themselves
When I say “to be themselves” it sounds boring and overrated. But it’s true. You need to go outside and see other things.
The internet and Video games wasn’t made for your time well being.
You said, “they have to try to be normal like other people.”
Now you’re saying, “I’m saying for them to be themselves.”
You just contradicted yourself.
Pick one.
Sure, I’ll buy that.
It’s like fire - it can help you or it can hurt you. Depends on how they are used. I’m using video games to exercise indoors when it’s too dangerously cold to exercise outdoors.
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Defining a “cure” is subjective. I went from spending more than 180 days in the hospital each year to a couple of weeks. I go to a clubhouse every day cuz I had to “learn” how to socialize with others and now I’m trying new social situations to become “comfortable with the uncomfortable.” It’s very slow going. Are my voices and delusions totally gone? No. But my quality of life has improved so much that I feel like I have been “cured” of the worst aspects of the disease.
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The term “being normal” means being yourself
I didn’t really mean to say “act”
Correct me if I’m wrong but I get the feeling that when people use the word “cure” in regard to schizophrenia, they are mostly thinking of a relatively instant cure. Like take a pill and you’ll be instantly cured. Or join a program and you’ll be cured in a month or two. I don’t believe anything like that exists.
You can certainly recover but it takes time and effort. Most anyone can improve. I mean I’m a 100% better than when I was first diagnosed. Just being out of the hospital is a marked improvement as I believe that schizophrenia symptoms are most intense around the first period when you get them.
But there’s no magic pill or magic surgery or anything like that, that is going to get rid of every trace of schizophrenia. I also believe that the thing a lot of doctors call a “full recovery” is a misnomer. I think once you have schizophrenia for a year or two or more, there is some damage done by psychosis and the way you adjust to schizophrenia that cannot be reversed. You can have the best recovery in the world but I don’t think you’ll be a 100% of the person you could have been if you had never gotten schizophrenia.
I wasn’t talking about an instant cure, but was wondering if it can be cured over time. I was in and out of the hospital in the beginning but now I am a bit better (not totally, but a lot better) but still have some delusions.
No lol, in fact there’s the dopamine hypersensitivity issue where they have clinical meta studies and people wind up needing more antipsychotic or relapsing everytime they come off ap
Controlled yes
Cured no
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Yes, it is possible. Never give up hope. It will take some time though.
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Same here it comes and goes as it please. Not cured it feels so real when I feel like I am on. But all things pass good or bad so I try not to end up in a mental hospital again, I hope. At this point I think I can manage that.
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Thank you for the like Mr Green Dinosaur^^
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I’m not cured, but I have gotten much better at managing the condition. If you’re looking for something fast and effective for reducing positive and negative symptoms, look seriously at stress management. The more stressed you are, the more it will exacerbate your SZ symptoms. It is worth sitting down and figuring out what you’re stressed about and what triggers this stress. What things you can do to reduce your stress load and specific triggers to avoid in the future. Plan grounding activities and coping strategies in advance to prevent yourself from reaching a crisis stage. You’ll be amazed at what a profound difference this will make in your day to day life.
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From what ive read i believe the famous mathematician John Nash was able to eventually come off antipsychotics and live a rational life. There must be a way to overcome it
Outcomes are definitely tied to intellect. I don’t think many people can hold a candle up to Nash there. You’re also proceeding from the assumption that his SZ is like yours. Probably not. It’s a spectrum and you could be on an entirely different chunk than where he sat on it.
That’s where I’m at thanks to Latuda.
Cured, no. 4 years ago when I reduced my Olanzapine too much, but before switching to Latuda. I became a little delusional and ended up in the hospital.
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I believe it is possible to manage the condition.
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I think I could say that about Geodon, except that I think it is causing me to grow tits. Maybe if I worked out with weights it would make that unnoticable.
I had schizophrenia removed as a diagnosis. It was replaced with a disease that is causing my brain stem to turn to bone. I think I preferred the schizophrenia…
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