Im curious , are you saying that intellect can overcome schizophrenia? Like in the case of John Nash, an incredibly high iq.
I’m so sorry. Are you ok? You can pm me if you need support. That sounds really scary. Do you have enough support from family and friends? Do they know?
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I was trying to make a joke about it. Came out more serious than I intended. Yeah I got lots of support. Got a treatment plan and hopefully I can halt or delay the progression. Good and bad days, but getting better so far with treatment.
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Oh, I’m so glad to hear that! Sorry I missed the joke. I can take things too seriously sometimes. Just a personality defect I’ve lived with for years. Lol! It’s great you have the support you need.
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There are worse personality traits than being compassionate and willing to check on others. Never lose that part of you.
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That was such a nice thing to say! Thank you!
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If im honest, i try to be positive. But some days i feel like “havent i been through enough by now?” There isnt even a name for what is happening to me. There arent any google results for it. Not incredibly reassuring, and also makes it hard to talk about because people want information that i dont have.
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Yeah. My issues are a mystery too so I get it. I have brain lesions that keep appearing but don’t fit any diagnosis. I have bladder issues no dr I’ve seen so far has ever seen or ears of. They have no idea on how to treat me. It’s scary.
I do know it’s ok to be scared. It’s ok to be angry. It’s ok to be sad. Let yourself feel all the feelings that go with this. It’s ok to feel weak right now, and it’s ok to feel strong too.
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I have some idea what you mean. My sister had a rare form of cancer and doctors did not huge amounts of experience with it. It’s nice when are in the company of many others and there is a bunch of research dollars going into what you are going through. It’s scarier when there is little known about your condition and you feel that you are unique in the experience.
I’m glad that you are getting lots of support though. I wish you the best with everything @Ninjastar .
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Not gonna do that for a while yet. Maybe if i get better again i can unpack it all.
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That’s ok too. Whatever you need to deal with this is ok.
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Thanks for checking in about it though. It helped to be able to share a bit.
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Absolutely not. It’s just that it’s known that SZs who had high IQ pre-onset have a better prognosis than those with average or below average IQ:
When I got on the right meds and started therapy, things began to clear up pretty quick. The first step is admitting you’re ill and that you are making bad connections. Then you just have to trust others. It takes practice but recovery is possible
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I’m one of the multi episodic. 20 % or so of first episode psychosis recover and don’t need meds so there’s that chance. If your having symptoms return or continue over time then your usually meds for life in our current medical model. It’s not doom and gloom though and many here live realized lives even on meds.
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Thanks, that was an interesting article ( not very long either which is great) i would like to know your opinion on, if wisdom( not intellect) could possibly overcome schizophrenia? A guy like the dalai lama with incredible wisdom, would he be able to overcome schizophrenia, or an Eckhart tolle figure
No. Wisdom will lead a person to take advantage of all the treatments available in order to manage the illness as best possible.
I’ve generally seen spirituality/shaman stuff make it worse. A lot of people get deep into this stuff and relapse. It’s the worst thing you can do.
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here’s a useful link
Nope. Stuck with it forever
I will tell you something interesting.
For 7 years I took Clonazapem, upto 4 mgs a day. The moment I felt I was stressing and the hallucinations occurred, or seemed like occurring, I would take a mild dose of the benzo.
So, basically, this went for years. Until I quit benzos. Now, what happens is that, I have lost my natural response to cope with stress. When I stress, and I fear I may hallucinate, it tends to become a downward spiral of anxiety and fear. However, I have worked it out: I have lost the ability to respond to stress. Believe it or not, I want these mild episodes to happen. I would like to relearn to cope with stress. When you work, there is stress. When you don’t work, there is greater stress. There is always stress, so I don’t agree with the posters here who say, don’t stress, don’t do anything, just remain medicated and do nothing. What is important is a way to find to cope with the stress. And, really, I would rather that these mild episodes happen so I develop my ways of coping with stress. I want to develop my own response rather than live a stress-free life. To live stress-free means the stress could go a hundred times if you are idle and eventually don’t have a space to live, or food to eat, etc, etc…