Then talk to your PDOC, explain the situation, and ask for help to taper off them properly.
Whether you were misdiagnosed or not, your system has gotten used to the meds, and without them you WILL have effects once they’re out of your system.
We’re talking withdrawal effects.
Please be careful and do this properly.
I dont care about withdrawals I can handle them my body is strong it means nothing to me…
I dont want to talk to my pdoc cause she’s not going to believe anything I say
What about your brain? What if you’re wrong about being misdiagnosed?
I dont believe I’m schizoaffective…
My brain will be fine berru it will be happy getting rid of meds.
Meds are indirectly ruining my life.
It’s impossible to work let alone run a business.
I dont want to change meds either. I’m sick and tired of them
Your brain won’t be fine.
Like I said, you’ll be feeling fine for a month or so, and then you’ll crash and start to lose touch.
Withdrawal is a real thing, and you can’t just will yourself out of it, not when it affects your brain.
Well then I’ll taper off them within a week.
I will be fine I can handle a few withdrawal symptoms if I even get them.
I understand what u saying though…
My brain will be happy and I won’t lose touch anyways
I dont think I ever did maybe once when I had morphine and now they think I had psychosis.
Lots of sz people are fine off meds.
I believe I’ve outgrown my so called symptoms now at the ripe old age of 30.
I feel like I dont belong on this site.
I feel like they mis labeled me ffs.
I’ll leave as soon as I’m off meds
Probably after a week or so
You’ll come back as last time ^with your tail between you legs^ as yourself said
I dont know what u talking about
What’s the point of being a goddamn zombie on meds
There’s no life in that…
I agree with Walla and fully support him, I wish you good luck! 
Edit: I just don’t agree with the fast tapering, it should be a very gradual process…
Once on medication, I feel it’s hard to communicate my wants and needs. I mean the doctors give you 5-15 minutes and you’re all drugged up. It’s really asymmetrical. Unfair. The doctor is in a position of power. I always feel rushed when talking to my doctor. And I don’t want to upset him.
Mainly, that’s how I felt in the hospital. But that’s the hospital setting. I had no control over which medication I wanted and how much. It’s sort of like magic. Still, I guess it’s best to write down your thoughts and desires on paper and give it to your doctor. Maybe have a close family member come in with you.
My parents advocate for me and have documents to intervene when necessary. Doctors aren’t gods.
Some doctors are quacks.
If I had to bet money, I would bet you have schizophrenia. I know for me, once I started medication initially, I started getting more schizophrenia symptoms; mainly negative symptoms. I’m pretty sure I now have schizophrenia, whether it was induced or not. Now, I’m doing better on medication. Maybe I somehow developed a more serious illness over the years. They say schizotypal PD can lead to schizophrenia. Initially, I was diagnosed with drug-induced psychosis. That was 7 years ago.
In my situation, I don’t have visual or auditory hallucinations. I believe I’ve been psychotic, but do I really have full-blown schizophrenia? Most of the time, I can act normal even while psychotic. I mind my p’s and q’s. I believe this means I have insight and self-control.
I believe I live in a computer simulation most days. I believe we’re not real sometimes. I believe in aliens. I have severe anxiety, fear, and mild paranoia about this. One time, I did get really agitated about this and other concepts while off medications and I was forced into the hospital. To me, it’s worth taking the right medication. It took me 6 years to figure this out. Like me, you question or maybe lack insight about the disease. I do have severe, bizarre, and disabling delusions, but I believe my case is special because my delusions were real in parallel universes or in different computer programs. I actually was there living those lives.
Sometimes, I feel like I can outsmart my psychosis. But it’s still there, constantly. My parents are there to remind me I need medications daily. I don’t want to upset them. You must be really high functioning if you can work or run a business. Your negative symptoms must be minimal. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I do remember you suffer from positive symptoms, right?
I really can’t say whether you have schizophrenia or not, whether you need medications or not, or whatever.
But you may want to talk to your family and doctor before getting of medications. Maybe get a second opinion?
What a nice post. Thank you.
I do believe I’ve had a few positive symptoms in the past but of a very light nature. I dont believe the aps have actually helped except make my life harder and heres why.
I have a business building boats I have 5 people under me who I tell what to do. Since I’ve gone on meds I have become weak minded. I feel they pick up on this and use it against me.
I absolutely battle waking up in the mornings and only arrive at the factory at 10 am. My guys start at 7. This is 100 % due to the Aps. I have tried a few and they all melt me into a porcupine with no quills.
The meds make me sedated during the day and I end up doing nothing except staring at the roof and getting manipulated by my workers. It’s really pissing me off.
I feel like my pdoc triggers me and the last thing I want to do is get a second opinion and give me more aps.
Anti psychotics make me feel useless like I just want to stay at home and do nothing. I want to live a life where I can function. I believe I am not sick and if I had to draw the line I would say being off meds will give me a greater advantage in being successful and growing my business.
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