Help I don’t whant to relapse
Takes your medicines. Every time I have come off for different reasons I end up relapsing. Also just try not to stress over things you cannot control (I am still working on that one)
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How long have you been in remission Scottb?
Have not been recently, however about a year ago I went 18 months before the side effects of Lurisadone caught up with me and everything went to ■■■■
Scottb you should try invega, latuda makes me feel bad, I have bipolar and start feeling bad with latuda is a side effect
Not sure if you can get that in the UK. I tried Haldol for about 8 months but didn’t get on with it. Now I am on Aripiprazole and it seems ok. Just get mild restlessness from it.
Or you should try respirdal injection
Stress. It’s simple for me. It really is. Put me in a stressful environment and I get paranoid real quick.
I tend to avoid stress like it’s the plague!
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Stress unravels me too. Arguments with hubby. Violence on TV. News channels. Social anxiety. Phobias. Sometimes even PMS. Sometimes nothing at all.
I’ve been doing well on my meds though. Few problems for the past year. Occasional voices and intrusive thoughts. Some dark days. But relatively ok.
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I’m in remission now. Going off my meds makes me relapse every time. Severe stress can make me relapse too. I try to stay stress free.
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Stress definitely makes my symptoms worse and I would argue it’s caused a relapse for me after starting grad school when I was going through a relative well period during undergrad.
do not play the game if you can not win. Life has risks you can also get cancer. You can take medication and follow psychotherapy. But that’s it. If you still get a relapse you have a lot of bad luck.
I am also always afraid of relapse. Because I feel that I am revealing something of myself that I do not want. But it does not matter to me anymore.
Life is a game. Make sure you make the right choices. Make a probability calculation with your psychiatrist to see how great the chance is that in certain circumstances you will become psychotic again. and play the game
Yep! me too. Any perceived slight against me or someone raises there voice. Bam! Paranoia! I avoid stress like the plague too. Trouble is its usually some drunken mate down the pub i frequent when this happens having a go. I never seem to realize there being arseholes cos they drank too much - i always take it personally haha. The only social life i have is down the bar anyway so i suck it up.
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Maybe cigarettes makes me relapse?
Me to one of my stressors I have to manage.
Drugs and stress and having nothing to occupy my time except drugs and stress.
I relapse for no apparent reason. Alcohol has done it to.
Since taking Meds at a high enough dose everyday I haven’t relapsed even once and it’s been five years
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intense isolation…without meds.
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getting my sleep schedule messed up
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messing with my meds
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