I used to not believe in luck but damn, now I think having sz is bad luck. Why me? Why is it that bad and went so severe? I would rather have non dangerous positive symptoms and be able to go outside my house than no positive symptoms and staying in the house 99% of the time. Idk how other members here are able to stay 99% of their time in the house while feeling normal. My friends keep calling me to hangout with them but I cant. Its annoying me.
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Are you going to talk to your psychiatrist about rexulti?
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Yes but what if it doesn’t work? My parents don’t want me on anything that’s like Abilify. My psychiatrist told me Rexulti is very similar to Abilify.
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Schizophrenia occurs in less than 1% of the general population. We are that 1% from the remaining 99% who do not have schizophrenia. Yes, why me? What are the statistical probable odds of you or I having schizophrenia? I don’t believe in good luck or bad luck but the numerical percentage of a certain event or outcome occurring.
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I’ve never been on abilify but my parents are basically keeping me from switching to abilify. invega is working great for me except for sexual side effects but that makes me feel old before my time.
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Did you ever try Abilify, Rexulti or Vraylar?
Why not you? What makes you exempt?
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I dont believe in luck either but when I am desperate I start to believe its bad luck.
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I guess my environment, friends keep asking me to hangout with them, is incompatible with me and my sz.
Yeah, I guess one has to study mathematical statistics & probability to really understand that there is no such thing as luck. When one is in desperate times, I would say it was just by chance that this happened or I became like this because of statistical odds.
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no i’ve only been on haloperidol, quetiapine, olanzapine, rispiridone, and invega
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Then why your parents don’t want you to try Abilify? Me its bcz it made me manic.
They think I’m doing well now on invega, working and saving money, going to bed early every night, everything is calm at home. They don’t want to take the risk that the old me could come back,
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I was on Invega and switched to Abilify. I personally am doing well on Abilify. I much prefer it to Invega.
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I need to block these friends, they’re stressing me everytime they ask me to hangout with them.
Think about it before you do. If you’re a social person who gets lonely, that could be a bad decision. You wont be stressed but you’ll be lonely. I’m not a social person, and don’t have any friends.
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You’re right, I was social before sz but not much after sz. Thing is that they know I have sz, everytime they tell me to hangout I tell them I am waiting on a supplement, a new med or reducing my dose. I guess I have to live with that stress. Thanks.
Sure, lots of people have bad luck.
I unfortunately saw some victims of ISIS on YouTube. Who has worse luck then someone being executed? I mean ISIS didn’t care about that guys feelings. They didn’t care if he had schizophrenia or a couple kids or if he was having a bad day. They didn’t care. Sh*t just happens in the world. I mean luck is just one aspect of life, there’s many others.
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I know that thers always someone in a worse situation than us but I want to look at where I was before sz, I was much better and more functional, working, going to college, hanging out with friends, going to the gym, dieting, etc
Well, you may never recapture that life before schizophrenia. But I read several places that the prognosis for schizophrenia is better if you were well adjusted before you developed it. They say that if you were social and had friends and school or a job that the prognosis is better. Your case is pretty severe and you may not get your old life back. So you should maybe aim for something more realistic.
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