I’m getting fatter and I’m losing my teeth. I think I am mellowing some. Life isn’t bad.
My mentall ilness is rare type, and for me it means it can possible be cured, the only symptom i shere with schizo… Is the delusion. And wirhin 8 years i have experienced delusion twice… Once before i started medication and the second time in 2012 for drinking heavely. Now i am on 1.25mg and as i am reducing the medication most of my symptoms are improving especially my concentration.
ive never actually taken antipsychotics or any pharma meds in the past few years ive had the illness, i do take niacin a lot consistently , treats all my positive symptoms, guess i just got lucky with it working. but it doesnt help the negatives, my negatives can be severe at times
good for you mind whisperer, i am making good progress as well, the early years were not good and when i was put on risperidone it was like i wasn’t going anywhere but now after a change of med i am improving and hoping like you to maybe one day be less reliant them. still got a lot of work to do tho, keep it up 
I might be the outlier in this thread, but I am fortunate to be responsive to medication. My hang-up is side effects. Even the medication I am on now causes side effects, but I am dealing with them. Nothing can be 100%.
It’s only been a little less than 2 years since my journey started. Hard to tell, but I think I’m recovering quite nicely. Gotta get off respiridone my boobs continue to grow.