Poll: Are you doing better now than a year ago?

DX'd - Sz/SzA
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I voted the same. Not much has really changed. Same stuff, different day.

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Worse. One year and a half ago I was first diagnosed. Now I am way worse

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23

@everhopeful how is the Taurine working out? Does it make you feel any different, if so how?

Thanks

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24

Iā€™ve only been taking it a few days. I havenā€™t noticed anything good or bad yet.

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25

I donā€™t know what to vote for. I think Iā€™m a bit better than last year, but Iā€™ve had many hospitalizations this year and even though I feel stronger and wiser now, I canā€™t help but feel like Iā€™ve weakened somehow as well.

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26

So it is not like l theanine or NAC where you actually feel the effects in a matter of hours or minutes then?

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27

Not on 1000mg. Iā€™m only taking 1000mg. I remember if I took more than that then Iā€™d get a sedative effect straight away.

Iā€™ll consider taking more in a few weeks.

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28

I do better every day.

For whatever reason the naltrexone continues to improve my thinking.

At first it was just feeling like my anxiety was less, then delusional thinking was less, now I donā€™t have any anxiety or delusional thinking I actually feel myself getting more and more smart from the naltrexone.

I wish someone can explain how the naltrexone works so well for me. But if I have a kid and he has issues, Iā€™ll give them naltrexone because it just works so well for me must be a genetic thing.

My pdoc said when I was 20 ā€œI have a med for you that raises your IQ by 5 pointsā€. I think he was just trying to see my reaction. It was like a tool a doctor uses to see if patient is sz. ā€œI can raise your IQā€ ā€œreally??ā€ ā€œYup, hes sz, he believes me about the IQ pillā€. When normies wouldnā€™t be gullible to think thereā€™s a thing.

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29

Itā€™s kind of up and down
Yes my breakthrough symptoms are less severe and further apart but sometimes it catches me by surprise

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30

Much better in every aspect of my life. I now believe functional recovery to be possible, something that seemed taken out of a scifi book before.

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31

I guess Iā€™m in the minority, as I am doing worse than a year ago. I just hope these Abilify shots arenā€™t crapping out on me.

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32

A year ago I was undiagnosed, not on any meds, having constant symptoms and thought I was an angel.

Today my symptoms are at a minimum, Iā€™m diagnosed, and found a med combo that helps

So yes, worlds better than a year ago

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33

The same. Thatā€™s what my pdoc wrote on my disability paperwork too.

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34

Same for me. I was in a completely different world a year ago.

35

I am surprised to say I am actually doing better than a year ago.

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36

Much better.

I think my symptoms are getting better as I age. Or Iā€™m better at controlling them. I still have my moments with positives daily but Iā€™d say all this physical exercise has done so much for my negatives. It really has helped so Iā€™m doing better than ever!

Touch wood.

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37

In some ways-yes,due to the extra support. I still have my social difficulties but am functioning a little better.

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38

I am doing better. Its like it comes and goesā€¦ I was love sick but I am kinda a lil Cray. But I can manage.

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39

Im going to stop allowing myself to believe im psycho and crazy and take back thougjts that form and go back to meā€¦

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Two years ago I was having very minimal symptoms. None that bothered me much anyway. Lately, Iā€™ve had a return of paranoia, telepathy and mindreading. I think they call this thought broadcasting and thought reception.

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