I just watched on YouTube crash course on synapses and it had me thinking. Meth users where abstinence is maintained can recover. Then what is sz and how come we can’t simply recover from it?
I’m recovering from it with medication.
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Ain’t that the truth.
In my case I just have a chemical or somethin in my brain that sends me off of the rails. The meds temper me down and allow me to function normally.
I’m resigned to the fact that my 15 mg of Abilify will be my aspirin a day for the rest of my life.
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Well illustrated I too resign that Haldol will be my aspirin as well for the rest of my life. But maybe there are some chemical tempers that change permanently for the better. An adage time heals everything? I was on lithium and risperdal 12 years and surprisingly I don’t need them anymore a new pdoc just took me off them and I feel the same just less hungry. finally lose some of my gut I hope 
I still need medications and other chemicals , but so do most everyone else my age. Who wants to be alone ?
After 5 years of this now I would say it’s manageable but there is no miracle cure. It’s a lifer.
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I can’t give up hope. I asked my current doc about anything in the way of supplements or anything of the sort that might help with cognitive impairment and he nodded enthusiastically…then changed the subject completely. I was too all over the place last appointment to at least try and bring him back (pin him down) to the subject.
Is there healing? There’s gotta be…I know people who’ve recovered from seemingly hopeless situations ON TOP OF dealing with this illness. I strongly believe but have yet to find that healing from whatever this sort of illness is goes far beyond just “med management” and MUST treat the whole person…holistically I guess. But then my experience has been that I’ve been (at best) treated like a number (patient? statistic?) it’s so medical…so impersonal.
Yes…there is healing…is it permanent? Could be but I know people who’ve recovered quite well. Will I? Things aren’t looking good for me. Maybe next time my family has the chief of police throw me in the psych ward I should sign up for that Reake thing (I don’t even know how to spell it) but for all I know there’s just a gaping hole in my wounded chakras!
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