I love it when Dad and my brother go to sleep, cause since I’m off of work tonight, I can listen to some soothing music, and not have to be bothered with a lot. Who here likes quiet time?
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I love it but get voices. Usually turn on something in the background on my TV to drown it out.
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I’m so sorry you have to go through that. That must be horrifying…
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I kinda got used to it after all these years. It’s more annoying than horrifying. Closest to peace and quiet I can get.
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Awwww…I mean I’ve had episodes like that before, but with the medicine I’m on, I don’t hear those voices. I’m so sorry you have to hear them. What do they talk about?
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I love it, but my quiet isn’t as quiet as it used to be what with 24/7 voices and bad tinnitus. I cherish alone time on a lake or river, however.
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Oh wow…I’m so glad I hopped onto this website. As you can tell, I don’t get out much, but hearing you guys speak about your condition, it really puts things into perspective for me. I wish I could join a support group, because, I don’t really know a whole lot about Schizophrenia. I was diagnosed as Schizo-Affective. And the thing is, my Dad knows some things about it and so does his girlfriend, but no one around here tells me anything. So, I’m really glad you guys are talking to me about these things, cause, I know literally nothing about Schizophrenia other than having audio and visual hallucinations. That’s all I know…
Sorry if I sound stupid. I came on this website cause, I just wanna know what other people go through. So, are you guys basically telling me that even being on medication doesn’t really help with the voices?
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I’m considered treatment resistant so while the meds knock down my voices some, it takes such a high dose of APs to get rid of them that I am left incapacitated by side-effects, notably sedation. It renders me unemployable. I use a combination of tricks, primarily leaning on a few different types of therapy, to bump along on a minimum dose of APs, mainly enough to maintain insight so that I know the crap in my head is just crap from the illness. Not anything to take or treat seriously.
I’m a bit of a unicorn around here and it took me several decades of throwing spaghetti against the wall to find something that stuck for me. Sz and SzA are both illnesses on a spectrum, so that is why different people here get wildly varying results in terms of how they function. It doesn’t help that some meds that work great for some are a nightmare for others.
Anyhow, the important things to know are that everyone can attain at least some recovery and improve on where they are now, and that you’ll make better progress if you’re able to play the long game. We generally don’t get miraculous changes. It’s a slow and steady wins the race thing, so it’s best to try a med and a treatment for a while rather than hop-skipping from one to the next without giving any of them a chance to level you out.
Hope this helps and welcome to the site.
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Oh wow…oh my gosh…I feel so stupid right now. Here I am complaining about my life, when others have it so much worse than I do with the same kind of condition. Cause I’m not gonna lie, I thought I was gonna meet a lot of people who are on meds but can’t hear or see things that aren’t there.
I sincerely apologize to anyone if I made anyone feel small or stupid. Like I said, I don’t get out much. But I can’t really afford a whole lot to begin with, not even a therapist. So I kind of have to be my own therapist for now. But thank you for sharing this with me. I needed to hear this, cause no one tells me anything around here. I’m being kept out of the loop for some reason. I had no idea others were having to deal with this stuff. Please forgive my naivety…
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It’s kinda strange because I can’t tell what they are saying exactly. But my brain tries to fill it in. Usually obscenities or insults. But I think I can tell what they are saying, really close, even though it’s gibberish. Bizarre.
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Wow. And you have to hear this all the time?
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I don’t have it bad at all. I’m living a life I enjoy, so no offense taken. I just manage my illness a bit differently than others because of how I prioritize things.
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Yeah 24/7. The meds do help somewhat keep me a lot calmer.
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There’s other people here who don’t hear and see stuff all the time. Meds work for some others they don’t. But we’re all here together.
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I wish I would’ve met all of you sooner. I guess I really am naive, cause I’m like hearing all of this, and I’m thinking “Ok…well clearly you’re not as bad off as you thought.” This is why I wish I could join a support group, cause I feel like, at least around here, that I can’t talk about any of this stuff.
I’m so sorry though that you have to go through that. I’m glad the meds are keeping you a lot calmer though. I’m so sorry!
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It’s bad for any of us who have it big or small or whatever. You’re welcome here regardless.
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I like my peace
Live on the outskirts of the suburbs
No way I could live in the town or city
Here I can switch off and take or leave the crowds
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