I stopped taking Latuda 5 weeks ago. I had about 3 weeks of withdrawals. I’m now doing a “sacred womb intensive” with a facebook group of women. We are digging deep into our traumas. I had some very vivid subconscious lucid dreams and I began hearing voices, but they seemed to go away once I got my day started. As the day went on it seems I’ve been slightly hearing them all day. I’m dealing with thought broadcasting too. I was hoping this wouldn’t happen again. It’s been a difficult day for me, yet other people in the group have reported the same. I think the voices and brocasting coming on has a lot to my pursuit of a new, more open spiritual path and diet change. I’ve been holding off on meat and adding more fruits, veges, and herbs.
I just got the book Natural Healing for Schizophrenia by Eva Edelman. I’ve read so far that geranium (organic geranium sesquioxide) alleviated psychotic depression which the book references as another name for schizoaffective. I’m going to keep reading and look into that as well.
My question is, have I opened my mind up to voices due to the spiritual pursuit or is it just reaction to the time after the lack of antipsychotics?
It is the reaction to the time after lack of antipsychotics. You’d better take your medication. There is no natural healing for schizophrenia or else people with the disease would have been cured by now.
Thing is once u lose it u wont know, if a delusional person realized they were delusional then they wouldnt be delusional. Figure it out, its not safe to be psychotic it changes ur brain for the worse.
Some things are triggering on or off meds. But especially off. This FB group may not be helpful for you.
I doubt herbs will be either. There are some supplements which have been scientifically studied in placebo controlled trials - but they aren’t substitutes for meds.
Right now you are aware of where you’re at… but not everyone can keep that insight. I don’t know you, but there’s a hundred stories here.
Also it is good that you want to better yourself in your spiritual path but learn your limits. Spiritual journeys can make it more difficult to identify psychosis in need of immediate treatment.
Schizoaffective has elements of schizophrenia as well as elements of a mood disorder. The mood disorder can be either depression or bipolar. Sza - depressive type gets overlooked a lot because people focus on sza - bipolar.
As someone with psychotic depression, though, I agree with your assessment of it. My delusions are pretty much all in service of explaining why I feel the way I do.
I don’t think you’ll find much support for a natural approach on this forum. I doubt most natural approaches really work. You have to really take it to an extreme for any kind of effect I find, by mixing a lot of herbs that are known to be effective for SZ/lowering dopamine.
Last time i got off meds i started thinking i could communicate with animals, but didnt see it as a delusion, i with the help of pdoc luckily got back on meds in time before my mind slipped too much. My pdoc even warned my mom that i wouldnt know i lost it were it to happen.
