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From “Poke” - new member:

Hello everybody! I am schizophrenic and I have a life also a family and a newborn baby my little son. I can’t work in cities but I can work with my mother earth. I became a farmer and I always fighting to have a normal life. My grandmother was schizophrenic my father also, and me now fighting with demons. I am not expecting to win the fight I just want only to survive this trip without harm my self. I m happy to meet you. Sorry for my writing I m from Greece. I am on seroquel now and after while I m gonna try to quit meds. I love you all with schizophrenia and I believe that we are special creatures everything happens for a reason… Keep fighting warriors!!!

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to poke: please don’t quit meds without a doctor’s help.
I know its scary to face schizophrenia and then med side effects. but it doesn’t have to be faced alone. That’s what this site is for so you don’t have to be alone.

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I agree with cbbrown. Please don’t stop your meds. Just change meds if you are having side effects. Please consult with your psychiatrist so that you don’t have to go med free.?

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hi poke, nice to meet you, i am glad you are fighting this even if you are just trying to survive, and well done for becoming a farmer, what does that involve can i ask? do you have animals or just work the land?

i don’t have a job yet but i’m making strides i think.

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Same here, Poke! Love you guys, too!! Don’t give up on the meds, I did that a lot and I regret it. Since I’ve been on meds I finished college and graduate school and held jobs.

There is a symptom of schizophrenia called “lack of insight” which basically means at some point, schizophrenics think they don’t need their medicine to be free of symptoms so they quit and the cycle repeats…

Best wishes to you, from a paranoid schizo-affective in the United States! Never quit fighting for a better life!

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I m just work the land. The only animal’s I live with are two dog’s and two cat’s. I don’t eat meat but I have plenty of eggs from free pasture chicken’s and I feed them with my own no gmo corn. I used to be med free for a long time but only in nature. I can’t live in big cities, I am a loner. I replaced meds with cannabis but it makes me worst after time because I have to consume a lot of it and I have to be on two different varieties. meds works fine now( seroquel)I don’t want to smoke all day long. I have so many things to say but I don’t be so good with writing and my English are not so well. In city environment I was maniac some times and I behavior like a maniac but it’s not that that hurts me is the feeling after. I realized that what I choose to fed is getting stronger, so I choose to fed my good sight. The bright side. I heard the big trees talk to me and I know I m not crazy, I just made a long trip inside me all of these years. Reiki helped me a lot it opened my third eye and I haven’t that voices anymore. At the beginning when I was born and after I thought that all people are the same as me. I can’t even hear music without meds because I was hearing voices behind. It’s ok. everything happens for a reason and I feel more than blessed now for what I have. Little things as real food, health my pets and my family, freedom and inside peace (as long as it last) . I. Asked from a friend to help me in translation and I ll be back because I m happy to find you. Thanks for replying and good night to all of you.

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There can be only one!

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Welcome @Poke! :slight_smile:

Welcome, @Poke. This forum have a lot of people you can talk with.

Welcome @Poke :slight_smile:

you are interesting, it takes a special skill to grow your own vegetables. I tried growing vegetables for my bearded dragon. they died within a few weeks. he got one meal out of it that was it. my brother smokes cannabis for his bipolar/adhd/autism. he has bipolar with psychotic features. if he smokes too much he becomes paranoid and wants to fights.