So, I need hope now… My doc said to stop switching my ap, but I am on it since three years…
I saw a friend today at my house, but I was feeling lower than her a bit tbh… She is on meds too, but she goes out all the time etc and has some life…
Me, I feel weak and shaky now, but maybe its true, that the meds can help me after years (my doc says something like this)? Does my doc lie to me? Is it possible that i’ll need something like two more years for example in addition to my efforts? For the moment, I experience badly the side effects of the Zyprexa, but before, I even wasn’t feeling it… It looks that you don’t feel the meds when you are in very bad mental state… But for the moment, I see no results on my mental, but maybe i’ll really need more time? Some others here who were like this?
I tried all the other possible aps here, they were 11 and this was too much too…
I guess my thinking is just screwed up by dark and desperate thoughts, introverted thoughts too… I know some respond very well on the meds very fast, but maybe I have my chance too in the future?
After my initial period of sza I recovered well after four years on meds. I stayed relatively well for five years. I did relapse into sza but with the right meds there is hope!
I went to the outpatient program and It looks like they do recover after a long period of time but it takes time and alot of convincing from the psychiatrist and patient side.
It always take me years from after an episode to recover. It does come but take a LOT of work
But to all my friends the meds act on months, not on years… But I guess there are people like me, no? 
… But I am ill since kid too… While I am 37 years old now…
So should I believe that the meds can relieve my fears after years? I don’t know, it feels here like my doc is lying…
@Anna, I didn’t get better until after 33 years of suffering.
Are you psychotic? Do you hallucinate? Do you have delusions?
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Anna, I think that it’s best not to compare your condition with others.
Everyone is different.
Seems like Zyprexa has been an effective med for you overall.
I agree, Wave. It pulled me out of my bed, but my mental is still in bad state … I wish I could see my anxiety decrease… Maybe it will come with the time on the meds? I wouldn’t hurry so much, but I have bad somatics, related to my anxiety, so I cant even move properly in peace…
@anon9798425, I never hallucinated… My illness is not like this… But I live myself as a bad person when I talk to the others… They also always seem happier than me… I probably have some paranoia, but I am not aware of it… And the worst are my somatics from the social fears… My brain thinks a lot, but just bad stuff…
The meds probably won’t work for most of what you’re describing. And I think if they do work for some of it, you would have noticed it by now. APs can take a while to work for positive symptoms, but they don’t work very well for anxiety and it doesn’t take long for whatever effect they have on anxiety to kick in. They also generally don’t work for depression.
For me - its taken about 6-7 years after initial diagnosis to get on the right meds. Its a very slow learning process. With you working with your Psych Team - to find out which drug works PERSONALLY for you.
You gotta accept that your gonna have some form of symptoms for the rest of your life. Its not all about the drugs. Its about you learning the proper coping skills to learn how to deal with them - and you accepting that.THEN you will be happier x
Going on two years with meds and therapy. I think I’ve recovered partially. My voices happen less often, aren’t as loud or as powerful.
Its great to hear it took others a while too. Gives me some hope. And I agree therapy and CBT/DBT has helped immensely.
But @Anna1 you said you were taking benzo’s for anxiety.
Did extra 25mg seroquel help you with the voice?
It took me like two to three years of treatment to get insight back. I don’t really experience depression most days, just hallucinations and sometimes I get sad about my disease but I don’t dwell on it.
If I didn’t have hallucinations my days would be a lot more peaceful. I get no privacy and some days I am constantly narrated or interrogated by the voices.
Three years is early days
It can be gradual over a long time it’s probably a good idea not to change your meds and let your mind heal
My sz came on very slowly (over 1.5 years), and had some insight before I started taking meds. It took me five to six years to get to feel better, and 10 years and several med changes to get to feel like my old self. I still can’t handle a lot of stress, but apart from that I’m much better.
I noticed that would feel better than I did six months previous, every six months. I guess for some people, myself included, it can take quite some time to feel better.
I wouldn’t discount your doctor’s advise on this one, play the long game.
I think recovery is possible at any stage how unlikely it May seem. I have been on meds for 7 years. Had some ups and downs but never fully recovered. I just had a set back and had to up my medication.
Yeah “touch wood” it has so far. Stopped the whispers. Already on 300mg at night - but the extra 25mg twice a day has knocked it on the head. 