I’m meeting and hearing of more and more schizophrenics who cope without meds, and it made me think about why we take meds? Positive symptoms or negatives? In my case i wouldn’t be able to live without meds, primarily because of negatives, they don’t do much for my positive symptoms?
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I have to take them, otherwise I’d slip into psychosis and think I could fly and jump off a building 
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Positives for me. I can manage negatives but not lack of insight.
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I have to be on meds or else I start falling down a deep and dark rabbit hole
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With meds I dont hear voices or have delusions. It is worth it for me to take them. When I go off of them I have to go to the hospital. I am going to need them my whole life. Maybe it is different for other people.
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Definitely for positive symptoms. I can’t sleep without the meds because the voices will otherwise keep me up all night and all day.
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Interesting @anon25873142 @Blizzard @Wave i @Sunlit - i thought it was mostly for the negatives, apparently not. There are just a lot here on this site who text about what to do about the negatives, but maybe it is because the negatives are what is left when the positives have been dealt with.
People are different, some can do without meds, some not, i guess it’s a matter of degree
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Meds have been the reason i have been stable for so many months. I used to wander around on this forum sounding like a broken chat bot. I finally got on the right meds and learned good coping skills and i have been feeling great! I think, whatever works for others won’t work for others! It’s very unique to everyone, some respond well to medicine and some respond poorly, same as people off medicine.
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I was extremely paranoid off meds. I’ll be on my olanzapine for the rest of my life.
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To keep me turning into the hulk
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I really can’t come off mine. I have issues when i accidentally skip a day or two of medication. I really suffer.
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Uh, my assumption that it was the negatives were interely wrong @Waffles @TheCanuk @Divergent @Sezbot241
In my case my meds don’t work for the positives (thought insertions) and only partly for my negatives. And yes every brain is different, what works for one might not work for the other
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Mostly to lessen fear and anxiety. From positives, but also from real life things. I can do without them for a while. But not when something stressful and scary happens. My fear system was broken by trauma and benzo’s. It’s too sensitive.
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To keep me from turning back to a puny human! Green is a nice color. 
ETA: The meds help with the delusions. I’m not as disconnected with life.
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Positives. Meds don’t do ■■■■ for my negative symptoms and maybe even make them worse.
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I take them to prevent the positives that are very dangerous to me and otther people and thats the reason why I was on meds for 30 years. I never were backer acted because my slogan was allways that no one should sufffer because of my illness. I think but I’m not sure that the meds works some what for the negatives.
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