what do your voices want you to do
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They want me to go insane again or die
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To obey
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Mumbling demons want me to be afraid. Seraton wants me to hurt myself mostly, and “he” tells me to leave my husband, quit my job and disappear. He thinks I’d be happier away from everyone. He makes me anxious and it’s tempting.
He also wants me to kill myself. He thinks he’s being kind and that I’d be happier if I follow what he says.
Hmmm well if you mean the bad ones, I’ve been directed to hurt myself, hurt other people, kill myself. Those are the main ones, though in the past I used to be commanded to do sexual things against my will.
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They want me to listen to them as they make no sense mumbling their as–s off. Right now they sound like a bad orchestra breaking out in a fight.
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It wants me to be patient and understand that my suffering is not for naught. It’s job is to make me feel crazy but I’m really not. it gives me mixed messages of hope and despair. It gives me a shred of hope and wants me to hang onto that even though it seems I am destined for a life of being a broke, dirty nutball. It wants me to be confused and I am.
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Various things from hurting myself or my loved ones, to climbing up the stairs and back down again, to straightening the bottles in the fridge. Depends.
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Who cares? I do what I want to do because I’m a real being and they aren’t. The less credit you give them, the better.
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If you are still hearing voices you need to up your meds.
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…or find strategies to manage and minimize them. (Therapy/CBT.) I have ongoing voices and delusions, but not to the point where I can’t handle them. Just background noise. The amount of meds required to completely remove my voices turn me into a useless, drooling lump. I need to be able to function at work and have a life.
Gotta do what works for you, though.
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Sometimes it is preferable to have residual positive symptoms than to be on a higher dose of medication, especially if you can deal well with the symptoms.
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Definitely agree
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Well I take the maximum recommended dose of Geodon plus 40mg of Latuda and am happy to be hallucination free and currently a functional schizophrenic.
To each his own. All of my hallucinations are centered around suicide so I am happy not to have them. Maybe if you have Casper the friendly ghost it’s alright.
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ILMAO.1515151515 Very funny.
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Hi @shutterbug are u still on med? Do u mind if i ask about the dose?
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