Hey everyone, my name is Sean I am 18 years old and I am from Massachusetts. I am schizophrenic and I take so many meds. I am hoping I can meet people here that understand. So I just wanted to drop by to say hello! 
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Welcome!
Youāll find that most people here are very kind and accepting. I believe youāll like it.
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Welcome Sean, yes, we have many understanding people on here. I hope you get something out of being here. Iāve been here since 2009 and Iāve got a lot out of this site and Iāve had the privilege of being of help and support to some people. I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in1980 at age 19 but looking back I can see that I had started getting sick a couple years before that. I think (or at least in my case) that the firsts few years are the hardest. Good luck, and have a nice day, if itās possible.
Welcome, Iām, new too. Look forward to future posts!
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Hi Sean, and welcome! You will find many understanding people and some very knowledgeable people on this website.
Welcome Aboard,
Mondello
thought i would say hi.
take care 
Hi Sean, Iāve been to Boston before. It reminded me of Gotham City. I had a great experience there! I remember there was steam billowing through sidewalk grates. Iāve also hitchhiked through Mass before back in 1998. Iām on Risperidone and itās helped a lot. Welcome.
Hi and welcome to the site. 
Hi and welcome X I started symptoms age 16 or 17 meds from 18
Takes a lot of time to recover slowly from something like this, hopefully youāll have a good prognosis
Welcome @thatkiidsean and @Deliah! This thread shouldnāt be under Unusual Beliefs, right?
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Thanks Red Rose! xx
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You are welcome, I hope you can make friends on this site. You can pm me anytime.
Hi Sean, and welcome!
I hope you can find something useful on here. 
Hello Sean,
I am a die-hard Schizophrenic from last 30 plus years, off and on with various types of medications and different psychiatrists, with no improvements, in any areas of my life. The main problems with me is I cannot maintain any regular improvements, hence I have remained in square one from so long. I am very lonely too, as I do not have one single casual friend also, and the only person I get to talk or interact with is my Mother with whom I live. I do not do any online chatting also. But do not give up hopes, there are so many things even we serious sufferers can do to at least improve so many aspects of our lives. Only one should try to maintain them, otherwise they will not be so effective. You can eat healthily, avoid junk food, avoid alcohol, and cigarettes (which will all make you feel infinitely more worse), eat lots of fruits and veggies, exercise regularly, listen to a lot of good music (whichever turns you on, avoid sad and depressive songs), see humorous movies, read humorous books, (I mainly have a large collection of Americaās Dagwood and Blondie comics, Dennis the Menace, Beetle Bailey and Hagar the Horrible, as these are some of the funniest in the world, and they are easier to concentrate upon rather than large novels, I sometimes laugh so much that my eyes get filled up with an ocean of tears), and I really feel so much better in mood after reading these wonderful comics, have some hobbies, such as paintings, etc, try to get into more and regular interaction with peoples, have a proper sleep schedule, maintain your personal hygiene. And I also am listening to an auditory Braintrainment type of meditation audio soundtracks, which helps to move ones stressed out brain into the delta and theta states (that of meditations states), it is called the Holosync Program. This is the link to it if you want to buy it and try it out: https://www.centerpointe.com/v2/, and I also am soon going to buy an item called as Q-Link which is supposed to really help anyone in feeling both mental and physical well-being, and for other types of improvements also, this is the link to Q-Link productās true testimonials and for buying it: http://www.qlinkproducts.com/Scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=119, I do not know if Q-Link will help out for my SZ mental disorders, but I am willing to buy it even if it is a little expensive. Also take EPA Fish Oil capsules daily, this is supposed to help with at least a quarter of lessening of SZ symptoms. Also, try to do some mind and brain improvement exercises and games which are available on the net regularly, these will help in our minds getting more alert and sharper and may help for our SZ illnesses, and also for improved cognition. Try to do crossword puzzles also, at least some days. If you can, go for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy treaments also, these will really help. Even if you cannot do all these things on a daily basis, do some of these things for today, and some other things for the next day, remember variety is also important. All these tips should help you, I really hope you and anyone else who read this will try to follow at least some of these ideas which I have given here.
Best of Luck,
Yours Friendly,
30+ Years Sufferer
Hi.Iām new here too. Just wanted to say āhiā, to all. And what helps me most is Bible reading. And positive thinking & positive affirmations. It brings me peace. And the voices that talk to me, when my meds arnāt workingā¦theyāre demons. I know this because of what theyāve said to me, & how they try to scare me etc. Does anyone else feel this way about their āvoicesā?