What is more important to you than medication for Sz?

Medication is at the top of my list now as the most important thing for my Sz

I give it the most credit right now for keeping unbearable feelings away from me.

coming in second is having disability

third family poeple

fourth hobbies

What is at the top of your list for most important thing that helps you deal with Sz?

family that can understand and help

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My parents help me by not baybing me because of my illness.

My father expects nothing less from me becuase of Sz

My mother is more compassionate but still will tell me all the things around the house I am not keeping up with. And be very upset because they are not bieng done.

My sister seems to understand more and expect a little less from me and has a friend with Sz who saw the same psychiatrist I did.

Medication, family, luck, and hard work. Yeah, SSDI helps too.

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Medication is top of my list then my psychiatrist then family. The first two are up to me to comply with and put the hard work in toward my recovery.

Oh and my job. That’s a very important part of my recovery.

All the things I have control over are the most important things to me in my recovery.

The support of family is a bonus.

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Because medication does not work of schizophrenia it really isn’t important to me. All that really matters are friends.

family support definitely. And of course meds. And activities that lower stress.

Meds. Doing what I need to to get my meds. Family. Relaxation at home. Exercise. Food. Work. Hobbies.

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Job, husband’s support, down-time, painting. My lifestyle is such that I can retreat and “crash” and not really lose anything but that time…

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Hope is my number one on that list. :sunny:

  1. Luck
    2… oh, no plan b.

Experience. I rely on my experience of this disease to get me through the difficult patches during my waking hours. Family financial support. Diet and exercise. There’s nothing like a long bike ride to free me from depressed feelings. Buddhism is in there somewhere.

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I can relate martin it took me a looooooong time before I figured out how to deal with my illness :smiley:

Medication
Disability
Family
Friends
Exercise
Therapy
Pdoc
Hope

Having the help of my family has been immensely helpful. Don’t know where I would be without their aid.

I like that you included exercise. I would say that it improves everything, mood, and even psychosis.

meds
my partner
my pdoc (the reason my partner is number two then my pdoc is because my partner has to get along with the doctor she didn’t like this one doctor that just kept adding meds and raising the dosages by a bunch)