Originally posted by Madman
Try differant meds, I assume your talking about anti psychotics but they all work differently for different people, I make friends with schizo homeless dudes and help them as much as I can. A different med may work great for you, from talking to people who use them I would stay away from the injections, a lot of people hate them and if you look up the math it doesn't add up and you are getting way to much medication. Everyone likes different stuff but seroquil and geodon are the most popular from what I can tell. Everyone hates these drugs that have to take them because they have terrible experiences especially on injections but they are a miracle to people that actually need them. They are super lucky to live in a time where meds can help because a century ago people would just be rocking back and forth muttering to themselves where with meds they can actually live a somewhat normal life. Also you could have drug induced psychosis even if a dr diagnoses you with schizo, drs are dumb about this shit. Even if you do have schizo, tons of people get way better after their initial psychotic episodes, 10% of people with schizo recover without any meds and 10% kill themselves. Stay away from drugs no matter what but if you were abusing drugs(especially speed or possibly psychadelics) you may very well have drug induced psychosis and if you do you are very lucky, even you don't these things tend to get better with some time. Some people get unlucky and and never get better but they are a small minority. Chances are it will get better whether is DIP or schizo, but either way meds can help, this is better advice than a dr will give you. Give seroquil or geodon a try and don't forget to take some DHA, krill oil is best, this is vital, like right now go get some krill oil or fish oil with as much DHA as you can, it can seriously help and effect your outcome longterm. I've had lots of schizo homeless friends and I've learned how to help them as much as a I can, drs can be full of shit and can judge the shit out of you. Get that DHA NOW!!!!!
Geodon was actually the one I was prescribed while looney bin'd
Seemed like a miracle drug at first, everything was perfect.
Then the hallucinations started back (although they were the pattern type rather than the usual psychotic type) and then I couldn't hold a single part of my body still, ever. I probably looked like I was having some sort of mini-seizure 24/7 and couldn't muster up the drive to do ANYTHING AT ALL. All I wanted to do, ever, was sleep. But I couldn't stop taking them either or I'd have a psychotic panic attack twice as bad as any stimulant psychosis episode I've ever had
Ended up having to go back to the psych ward just to get off the shit
The closest I've found to a treatment is low-dose opioids but that's obviously not sustainable.
Will try the DHA though, thanks
