I have had times with schiz where I thought I could not live with it
These days I’ve fought really hard and my life now is still restricted. But I have a quality of life and hope for better.
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im glad you feel you can live with it now that’s a huge step.
I can live with it but cannot accept it I keep hope
it also depends doesn’t it sometimes you just have a ■■■■ day I had one yesterday woke up fine today.
Hey it’s a roller coaster ride
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When I was on Haldol I was totally demoralized, and my quality of life was zilch. I was just existing. Now that I am on Geodon and Seroquel life is better. It’s strange, though. For some reason I’m feeling pressure. I’m not unhappy, but I look forward to the end of the day.
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My quality of life came with medications. Still I’m on the lookout for better ones down the line.
I really never had a problem not wanting to live or having low quality of life due to SZ type symptoms…however, traumatic events caused by circumstances or other people, that is a different story!
Voices and visions I always found very interesting, something worth study and digging deeper into. During the ‘quiet times’ when none of this is happening I often refer back to writings I did when entities gave me messages - they have been helpful even years later.
Even the few times I’ve had negative entities speak to me I have used countermeasures and even think back to those events and think up new countermeasures in case they ever come again…it keeps them at bay.
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There was a few years ago… I was in a negative symptom patch so deep I barely moved. I was in bed 18 hours a day… just sitting. I was completely numb. I’m told I barely spoke… interacted… reacted. I was shutting down in a big way.
I spent days in the same pajamas… I’d even wear them outside… I didn’t care… I had no will…
But then the huge med change happened and it was like resurfacing from deep water. All of a sudden… I was on the surface… I could feel again.
that was the second beginning of my life. The meds I’m on keep me up here in the now… on the surface.
Now I feel I have a quality to my life. It’s not easy… it’s not consistent… I still have some hard glitch days… but I’m stronger I think and can get past them better.
me too. after all these years I am so thrilled that my life has some quality to it now.
still trying to “up” the quality. I find guilt feelings get in the way; hope to overcome it just by trying to do more of enjoyable stuff.
judy
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My husband tries to motivate me to have some sort of a life. I don’t know what I would have done without him, maybe I would have stayed in bed all day. But he reminds me of my religious, domestic and other responsibilities, and I drag myself along. Some days it is easier, but mostly its a struggle. My quality moments are when people visit me or I have coffee and biscuits with my husband or walk on the beach. I live for the small moments.
Saadiqah
You are blessed to have that partnership