For me stress can mean a descent into irrationality and lowered cognition that possibly indicates a mild psychotic process coming into play.
It is hard to tell whether medication is the cause of my not descending into irrationality so often or whether the degree of stress in my life is the greatest factor.
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i said both equally because even with low stress i’ve not been able to successfully go off antipsychotics, but if i’m stressed, no amount of them will stop the breakthrough symptoms. i think for me they both are likely of equal value in reduction of the problems.
I think you need to lower stress level,that would be good but ain’t your life low in stress??i always think so…
antipsychotics keep me feeling chilled out but not too much, keeps me on a level so that i can cope with my stressful situations better but there is still the point where i have done too much and i need to de-stress and the meds help me with that as well, they do a lot of things but that is one of them that is a really good one, calming my mind.
Sorry, got it, No idea where my mind goes sometimes.
Good poll @firemonkey - as usual. I checked off not sure - only because I think Risperdal was a game changer for me. I dont know how much of a factor Risperdal is in keeping me in check and grounded.
I do know that stress - even mildly stressful situations can cause me to become very anxious very quickly.
I do think that stress/ anxiety can rapidly destabilize me - making me think irrationally and setting off paranoid episodes.
My anxiety and paranoia are intertwined - my last psychiatrist took notice of this as well
I’ve gone off meds and stayed rational. But stress gets me every time. The environmental factors (stress-related) seem more important to me.
Antipsychotics the most, but lowering stressful activities has made a big dent in the problem.
I voted for ‘not sure’ too. On one hand there isn’t the level of stress there was a decade ago when I was looking after my wife but there is some stress. Whether that stress would be great enough to tip me into acute irrationality minus the antipsychotic is difficult to answer.
What I do know is ,although I get anxious, I haven’t gone over the top since being on the meds regularly
It’s a close call. Stress can make my ziprasidone feel like sugar pills, but while not being stressed, the medicine works fine. Also smoking plays a big role, I should not have quit three months ago, ■■■■ has not been okay ever since then.
I did lose it around this time last year too, it’s probably a school and seasonal thing to go nuts around halloween time.
Oh well, at least I can say I am the pumpkin king.
I am the master of all things scary, my own brain is scary.
Senpai of psychotic episodes. I put the psycho in psychotic. I put the funk in highly-functioning schizophrenic. I put the abs in abnormal. I am good at being crazy.
I think antipsychotics saved my life. Having a low-stress life has helped me too though.
Both equally I think, stress is a huge trigger for my problems so I have to be careful with how much stress I have, but I also need medications as well to cope with things. Sometimes the stress is all in my head,and that’s when the medication help kicks in…sometimes the stress is real and medication isn’t enough so I have to moderate between the two.
Really when I lack significant stressors in my life I am almost completely normal, brain-wise. The psychosis is still there, but in the background, I can choose to engage it or not.
It’s when I’m faced with the stressors that makes things unbearable. Those times were the only ones I agreed to go on medication for.
If I lived life with about the same amount of stressors as I have now forever(not too much, not to little, when I get too bored my crazy flares up too) than honestly my psychosis would be a near complete non-issue, aside from when I accidentally trigger it.
When I don’t have much stress in my life I can perhaps cope off my meds, but if I am stressed a lot then I need the meds. Stress is what triggered the episodes in the first place, so I think stress is worse than meds. meds are like a crutch I need when stressed.