I’ve given up after 10 years of a struggle. I’m just going to accept that this is as good as it gets. And it ain’t all that great.
Have you given up trying to improve things ?
- Yes
- No
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In a way yes but I’m overall optimistic so no. I think happiness comes and goes. I may have already had the happiest moments of my life. Doesn’t mean I can’t have many more happy moments. I may have already had the most miserable moments of my life. Doesn’t mean I won’t have more miserable experiences.
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I lost hope for a long while, alone with the darkness, wandering blindly. I found a sliver of hope that I’m trying to cultivate, it’s a constant struggle and I sometimes fail, but I have to keep atleast hoping for something to hope for.
The antithesis of hope scares me
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I lose some hope when winter comes around. I know the deal, I’ve been struggling through them for 20 years now. Sometimes it’s hard to forget it’s just temporary.
I will never give up on getting better though, anything else is a waste of time.
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I haven’t completely given up but I’m starting to. The men are still after me, even after all the meds I’ve tried
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I’ve given up for now but i think it’s a depressive episode and I’ll get back to a better outlook when the time is right. Im just waiting it out
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I never really thought that I can’t get better. Maybe I will, maybe I won’t. I’m very thankful for the improvements I’ve made just in these last few years after having schizophrenia for about 38 years. Just in these last several years I have achieved peace of mind and my mind quiets down. It happens often enough but I can’t force it or predict when it will happen but it is something I craved since I first got ill and now I’ve got it. I think I can get better.
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I’m only 22. If I give up now I’m in for a long and depressing ride. I’m not ready to retire yet. Maybe a couple more relapses will do me in but I’m not giving in yet.
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If you had asked me this question back in February, I would have said I’d given up hope. My pdoc was pretty insistent about changing my AP in March. I started Zyprexa. It’s my miracle med and has returned me to high functioning. So I have lots of hope of what I can do now, and what I can overcome.
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If I’d had the disease for a long time I’d probably have less hope for recovery, but it’s been just under five years since it started, and I’ve been improving gradually since onset. The biggest number I read for years taken to recover by those who do recover is 5-10 years. So I’m not gonna let go of hope that the disease will gradually become less severe until 10 years have passed. After that, there’s still the hope of new medications or medications I haven’t tried yet.
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Call me naive but I’m still waiting for a new miracle med to come out.
I might be waiting forever.
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I can’t answer this. I am hoping I can start taking my meds every day religiously, but that doesn’t seem realistic because I always screw myself
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Im at the limit of my recovery now i think. Its taken a while to get on a combo of meds that suit me - but i dont think i can progress further.
im more or less insightful now and can tell when im hearing voices and learnt coping skills to deal with them, as well as avoiding situations that make me worse, but
The CMHT comes up with ideas for me to attend groups such as a hearing voices clinic and therapy - but im simply not interested. I have my way of dealing with things that probably wouldnt suit most people anyway.
Being schizophrenic is just a small part of who i am - and i deal with it. Im trying to live a life thats not all about mental health all the time and im in the pursuit of being normal.
I dont need reminding in a group or 121 session that im prone to being crazy.
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MD: doesn’t improve.
Schizophrenia: It has improved significantly. However, I don’t really bother doing anything with it anymore.
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I’ve given up on getting better. I’ve been the same for like years now. I don’t see my life getting any better. I had this disease for 18 years.
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Almost. I don’t think I can be better than this. I’m doing my best.
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In general I’ve given up. I am still currently dieting and if I were to be wildly successful and become light enough on my feet and back I may look into a job again. But if the best I do is lose a few pounds a month regain parts of it during holidays and am near 300 in 10 years forget it.
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I just try to maintain the level I’m at . It’s not so called ‘normie’ level but it’s also not ‘in a group home’ level . I think if I’d had the support I needed and deserved from MH services much earlier , including the recognition there was more going on than just mental illness, it might have been different. Instead the ‘We can’t be bothered’/‘Aren’t intelligent enough to see there’s more going on than mental illness’ mindset resulted in more character assassination than constructive help and support for the vast majority of the time.
Things are better here, thanks a lot to my stepdaughter, but at 62 I’m never going to become an overnight success story. The main thing is I’m settled here. I pootle along in my low key way from one day to the next.
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It happens I quit and let the natural cycles take over and rest. But I never gave up hope and i still have hope but I don’t think I will be totally better. Things will change and improve but not a lot.
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Don’t give up. I know it’s tough. If I gave up, I’d probably be lying dead in the woods somewhere.