I do take meds. Invega and rexulti.
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I took Invega for about a year and a half. It does the job, but it kind of zombified me.
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I also take invega its been a good med for me got rid of voices and delusions
It affects how you deal with others. Positive symptoms like ideas or reference and magical thinking put layers on conversations and interactions that others don’t experience. That is the issue. Most people just brush it off and move on. People with sz can often be obsessive about it all.
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I’m very obsessive because I think my friends experienced paranormal stuff with me but they don’t tell me because all I remember is telling them to keep it a secret and don’t snitch when my other personality come out. I’ve blacked out before and regain consciousness days later. I believe it is a split personality but my doctor says it is more short term memory like the movie “momento” instead of the movie “fight club”. But I swear I experienced paranormal, unexplainable stuff. I have a very good support group. They treat me like a spiritual advisor. But I’m depressed because I know I’m just delusional and not spiritual. But I can’t unsee all the paranormal stuff I experienced… the people reaction that experienced with me was very genuine, as if they experienced it with me too. But I don’t remember anything because I felt like a split personality took over. Did you beat schizophrenia?
It took a while but my meds help me function to a good level. I don’t work but I live a rich and realized life that matters to me and it’s a great life. I’m not complaining.
I’ve been through similar as many here have. I guess I got to a point where getting more positive and into the so called real world mattered more to me than worry about what I went through. Yeah. I believed and experienced some really out there stuff and honestly I can’t see that it wasn’t what it was but I’m well enough to see that it was how my brain was operating at the time and it all points to schizophrenia.
Coming to this website in 1999 ( well the old website it was then ) really was an eye opener. I learned about symptoms and how I wasn’t alone. For example. For a bit there I thought I was Jesus. Coming here I found others who were in the same boat…as the old Dire Straits song goes…Two people think they’re Jesus, one of them must be wrong.
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Hi there, welcome to the forum! I stumbled in here 2 and a half years ago and it was one of my best moves recovery-wise. So when I got sick in 2014, I was completely delusional and paranoid for my first two years of the illness, lots of voices and visual hallucinations too. I ended up homeless and then in jail in solitary confinement for 5 months and the guards were not giving me my meds. Went pretty crazy.
Funny thing is, after I got out and back on the meds, I started getting better. Within two years I was stable and no longer delusional. I no longer noticed coincidences or thought people could read my thoughts. I still heard voices but I knew to ignore them. Sometimes they were mean, insulting voices that would drive me crazy. However over the last couple years, with medication, the voices have become nice. They compliment me or narrate what I do and are much easier to ignore.
So you could get better over time too. You just need to find a good doctor who will work with you to find the best antipsychotic for your personal body chemistry. For me it was Zyprexa 7.5mg daily, but it varies from person to person.
Life isn’t fun when you’re analyzing every coincidence and trying to figure out whether or not you’re the only real person or whether or not you live in a simulation. That type of thinking sucks all the fun out of life, believe me.
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That’s very funny. I thought I was Jesus too, so I guess if 3 people think that, then 2 must be wrong lol. How long have you had schizophrenia? And how long did it take to stop being obsessed with these “delusions”? I’m very depressed because I feel like my life is a lie. I don’t want to go back to boring reality. I like the mania… but it’s driving me crazy.
i just got out the hospital last week. Spent Christmas in there. What I learned was that, my “inner voice” isn’t controlled by me. Healthy people can control that inner voice and narrate their lives themselves. I can’t think straight because my inner voice says stuff by itself. And it’s not just one voice. I just started taking medication one month ago. How long until I can snap back into reality and control my inner monologue?
I don’t think anyone can tell you how long it will take but hopefully the meds will start to do their jobs. There are people here that are on medication and still hear voices so I think that depends on the individual. Sorry I can’t give you a more definitive answer.
Meds help. It took me a while to get to a point where that inner dialogue was muted. Yeah the mania is hard to let go but I like a slower brain. I was diagnosed in 1999 at the age of 29. I was late to this and I wasted a lot of years getting by with some problems. Could have saved a lot of time if I got on meds earlier.
lol that sounds like ■■■■■■ up pdoc =D
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