Can a person in remission and not on an AP stay in remission? Have you heard of this? or does it always come back?
It always comes back.
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edit: deleted the chatgpt answer cause you can’t trust it enough, I don’t want to risk posting false information. I hope you stay in remission OP, maybe you are lucky. Some do, but I don’t know the numbers.
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Thank you thank you
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Is that necessarily the case? Psychosis has different causes and I’m of the opinion that once the origin point of psychosis is dealt with, one can go about without having to endure psychosis in the longterm. Thats what I’m hoping for anyway.
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I’ve yet to see something like that work out for someone, unfortunately.
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Maybe they haven’t reported it? They’re just living their lives etc.
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I’ve been off AP while other major health issues are being ironed out (self choice) and found I’m in remission. I’m extra concerned the grizzly bear of psychosis may come and club me unsuspectingly
Part of me wants to believe I’m all better now.
I’m sure I’ll get back on my AP..
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Did the doctor say you are in remission?
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They didnt use the word remission and seemed skeptical, but was okay with continuing no meds for a little longer since I’m feeling better.
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I’m in durable remission thanks to staying on my treatment plan. Schizophrenia doesn’t go away. Life could be much worse without my pills.
At the end of a day it’s a choice. Either play the lottery and be at the mercy of hallucinations (I sometimes refer to voices as “the unseen enemy”), or keep taking meds and deal with side effects such as sedation, weight gain…
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So true so true, Andrey. The psychosis really was far worse than the med effects. I remember doing anything I could do get away from it.
The last AP I was on was fairly agreeable.
Thanks for helping me think this through @everhopeful @Mountain @Andrey @magz
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From personal experience and I’m not even sure I have sz I didn’t do well without the AP. But I went a decade without symptoms on it. Right now I’m over 4 years into remission.
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Yeah this is the first time I’ve been medicated for sz but I hold hope that I can be without the meds one day.
From what I gathered, when I changed from the depot to the pills without any issues the psych nurse remarked that the severity wasn’t as bad as when I first got medicated.
So I’m hoping that in a years time I can be off the pills too. I feel a little better moodwise which is weird bc I took out my ad.
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You can find the percentages of different outcomes online
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I just asked chatgp and the internet - they both set me with a proper verbal lickin’ lol
I was doing so well that my doctor suggested I should try going without meds. Lasted eight months, nearly relapsed, and the symptoms are more pronounced after going back on. It was a mistake to go off the meds because I can tell I made things worse.
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Same, except I went off meds without a doc’s approval.
Lasted around 7-8 months quitting cold turkey until the symptoms got so pronounced and I knew I was headed for the hospital soon— everybody from my parents to my therapist noticed a drastic change also.
Back on meds and I hate to say it but they don’t work as well as they used to before my stint without them. Also, I defos set myself back pretty far progress-wise by stopping meds.
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I may have undersold my enthusiasm for this, so I can’t lay all the blame on the doc. You’ve got company here.
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I’ll add my story to the mix:
I was on 10mg Abilify and doing very well indeed.
I came off it for 2 years and ended up psychotic in hospital.
I’m now on 15mg Abilify to get somewhat the same effect.
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