as regards how to deal with sz…
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Take the mediaction is the most obvious one that springs to mind. I’ve also given up expecting myself to be like a neurotypical and that’s helped.
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Patience…accept suffering enjoy being crazy.
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Try to remain calm, try to focus on a goal.Also try to keep in mind not all what you see or hear or feel is true.
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Force yourself to do what you’re obliged to do. Make time to do your own thing. Meds only do so much. You’ve got to take action or life will pass you by.
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One day at a time, one problem at a time.
No retreat, no surrender.
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Do physical labor
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It is easy for me to start to see my med’s as punishment, and not as therapy. It’s a danger to my recovery.
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I think the most important thing my pdoc said to me was “APs arent magic pills”.
It makes the voices and whatever stop, it become less frequent… but you won’t magically be a motivated super human.
Also as much as I hate to say it, it’s true you may not be able to do all that you were able to before the illness.
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Routines help me.
I make schedules and try my best to stick to them. Same things same days every week.
Checklist for tasks in the order things are done in.
I take my meds at roughly the same time every day too.
It helps me feel like I’m in control.
I have also accepted that I can’t be cured from this, so I might as well learn to live with it and manage the symptoms, even if that means therapy.
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I think don’t do drugs applies to a lot of us and also don’t drink to the point you black out. Yes drink is a drug I keep forgetting that.
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Same here, that’s why they want to get me on an injection. I messed about with my meds recently and it did me a wrongun. I’m back on them now and functioning a lot better.
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Do your part in challenging stigma. Show yourself and others around you that you are more than the disease. Volunteering/ working is a great starting point.
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Dont worry. You are much more than your illness. You are a person. You can contribute a lot to the world. You must feel comfortable with you and your environment… and to live (with meds, but it isnt as bad)
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i usually have great advice with this!
but i feel like i have too less of thumbs to type!
hahaha
guess i could share my wisdom for now!
but i promise i have more wisdom to come!
calm!
anyways
…
the Lord…i guess. not forcing anyone into religion. but having a higher faith really helped me.
except now
like what the heck.
where is this Person?
He’s here.
just not here.
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A couple of things have helped me out. I learned the hard way about taking the meds every day even if you are doing well. I also kept every appointment with the doctors. The last thing I would tell is to find something to occupy your time, like a hobby, playing guitar, or piano, even playing video games. Those can take your mind off things.
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Maybe talk to your doctor about having a PRN for the odd occasion things really get too much.
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With me, any time they are changing my med’s the situation is pretty contentious. I’m usually saying provocative things when they spring this on me. That leads me to think that the med’s are retaliation. It’s amazing how much better I function on med’s, though.
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Find a good psychiatrist and take the meds regularly.
Also, stay away from drugs and booze.
Make sure you are occupied doing something productive, even if it’s fixing yourself a small meal.
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Hang in there. A new day comes. Hang in there. Had a bad day. Hang in there. Everything goes wrong. Hang in there. You’re not alone in your struggle.
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