I never felt as good before I had SZ as I do now. Even today’s problems aren’t so bad.
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No idea. I live a rich and realized life with it though!
Most of us here are lifers. We have schizophrenia till cure or bust so it’s not something I have an opinion on. Still. You can live a decent life these days. It’s been a long time since lobotamies and institutions.
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do you feel like you get back to the reality when it cure?
thanks for all the comments, they really encouraging to me, but i hv found learning and enjoying the things almost impossible for me , meds would be my last resort most likely.
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If u don’t go on meds then I have a feeling there’s a tendancy for it to get worse with time if u are already hearing them or experiencing delusions. Plus the longer u don’t go on antipsychotics the harder it gets to treat apparently.
Me personally I stopped all drugs including alcohol and I’m on antipsychotic for 3 months now. It feels so good to have no voices that only I heard on my own :(.
The side effects are awful BUT it is still worth it going on the antipsychotic overall.
Welcome to the forum 
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do u hv any side effect yet? and how long did u stop taking the drug : )
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My main side effect is fatigue. I started on 10 mg of Zyprexa, then 5, and then most recently 2.5 mg, which is the lowest dose they make. I don’t get psychosis anymore, so the pill is more insurance (preventing breakthrough symptoms) than anything else. I’ve been on the drug 8 years.
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I have not taken drugs or alcohol since 2016.
From the antipsychotic I get lowered motivation lowered concentration lowered physical strength anxiety and restlessness.
But it could be what is stopping the horrible voices and delusions so I am still taking it.
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sounds really great!
so after three years u decided to take the antipsychotics? i would say i am also prepared to take the meds inevitably for myself !
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I took it in 2016 for 1 year then slowly reduced the dosage for half year, then came off for a bit too see how it goes but the voices came back at some point 
So I went back on the antipsychotic three months ago.
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Good luck taking the antipsychotic I think you are making a good decision 
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tbh , i feel so difficult to sense others’ emotion or feeling when i make eye contact with them, in my barely vivid memory i think i can talk with people while we making eye contacts and have a sense of thought that i feel his/her feeling / emotion, i hardly connect with others now, i think i amdead inside and struck into my own thoughts too much i hardly have a vivid , lively reaction and mutual understanding to people i talk with.
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The hardest part of recovery for me is trying to be my self again. I think it is just about living the best you can and being able to be ok with the things you might of lost. 
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i lost my brain and cognition, feeling, too much too much…hope they will be back one day
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Meds are what brought on my recovery, there is no other way to make your symptoms stop. You can learn how to cope with them but you can’t make them stop and hope to have a fairly normal life without meds. Being recovered is so weird, it’s like you’re living in a different world than the one you were in before and all your psychotic experiences feel like a distant memory of some far off place. It’s nice to just be normal and have a normal life.
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thanks for sharing ur story with me!
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I’ve had points where I was in the clear. Cause of meds not working anymore and my tendencies to go off them for times has caused relapses. Currently in a relapse stage.
I look at success stories on here and in books include Surviving Schizophrenia (which by March 26, 2019 will be out for the 7th edition), and a book that is for those with schizophrenia instead of just the caregiver aspect is called Diagnosis Schizophrenia and is in its second edition.
Look for success stories might be able to help you cope with the illness.
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I think emotions matter the most when recovering. Meds can make person feel even lower then not being on meds but it’s all about finding the right med even if it’s a combo of different meds. The whole process of recovery is just time mainly. Got to give the med a shot to work in your system. For me the days got better once I switched to a generic version of what I’m taking. Once it’s been long enough though u feel like a new person at least I did. Good luck
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Then you face the problems of a normie
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Welcome to the forum! While taking antipsychotics I feel my thinking is clearer. But I’m not recovered because I’m still being told I’m hallucinating and delusional so I can’t tell you how it feels to be recovered. Have you seen a psychiatrist?
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