SCHIZOPHRENIA

[Canicula]

Hi DH, thanks for your reply

I too was doing well with my meds, but i always felt like i was hiding behind the medication. My doctor would always say that medication is only temporary and that i should always strive to get off the medication, when i and confident and ready to do so. Now that i have been off them i feel alot better, I'm not as sleepy and i have more ambition. I still have a very long ways to go, and by no means am i "cured".

  I feel that the most important things for me is family support and scheduled visits with my doctor. When i first went off of them i had alot of anxiety, but i used deep breathing to calm me down. Fear is the worst it almost feeds the illness. So that is one thing i am constantly working on. I found the more fear i had, the more intense the paranoia and delusions would become.

  i dunno tho everyone is different. Going off the meds is very risky, but at the same time antipsychotic medication has some nasty side effects especially after long term use. Its kinda a coin flip in a way, there is pros and cons in both ways of coping with the illness. For me tho this seems like my best option for now, and its working out just fine