Question for those who have schizophrenia

not_so_insig · 08-09-2013, 02:03 PM

My CPN says that my schizophrenia is only partially treated because I still hear voices and they are very clear, and sometimes loud and strong. I sometimes struggle with the voices being very controlling, though atm my schizophrenia is considered stable.

My CPN says that if I were fully treated then I would be hearing no voices.

So the question is your schizophrenia fully treated, partially treated or are you treatment resistive?

tamobhuuta · 08-09-2013, 02:24 PM

i think i'm fully treated. i have been on my meds over two years and have had no problems since Easter this year.

not_so_insig · 08-09-2013, 03:22 PM

Thanks for your reply!

Bear · 08-09-2013, 04:04 PM

I'm not sure. I still struggle a lot, my voices are very strong at times but I'm not ill to the point that I need to be in hospital like I have been in the past.

Out and Proud · 08-09-2013, 11:32 PM

I am not treated as i still hear very strong and convincing voices every day.

so over it.

Cacoethes · 09-09-2013, 12:03 AM

I was diagnosed with treatment resistant schizophrenia when I was 15 years old. I had been on pretty much every anti psychotic available, including clozapine, started on them when I was 12 until I was 20 I think.

I am not diagnosed schizophrenic anymore and I always thought that it was because they just got it wrong, although I found out recently that I actually 'recovered'. I think it had something to do with my brain developing or changing or something.

Anyway, even though I was treatment resistant when I had the diagnosis, I found that the voices were manageable with a combination of therapy and medication and I felt that I could learn to live with them. Having the diagnosis of schizophrenia helped in a way, because it gave me that knowledge that it was an illness and the voices weren't real because I had an illness.

Morpheus · 09-09-2013, 05:24 PM

I am not sure either. I am better than i have been for years but i still hear voices almost constantly and i still have paranoia so i reckon i am only partially treated.

not_so_insig · 09-09-2013, 08:14 PM

Thanks everyone for their responses.

Morpheus: like you I have been the best I have ever been.

nowhereman · 10-09-2013, 06:53 AM

Mine is mild and "very treatable" since my initial episode which lead to diagnosis, I basically have only had one small incident which could have turned into something bigger but I got treatment in time. Other than that I've been fine. But I still suffer from other stuff, though not nearly as bad I used to.

Steel Maiden · 12-09-2013, 09:24 AM

I have treatment-resistant schizophrenia to some degree - said my psychiatrist.

I am on two antipsychotics but I still hear voices on an hourly basis, I find it hard to leave the house because I am scared (my dad calls it paranoia), I have mood swings related to the voices, I see Spies outside my house and on the street, and I get really scared about things other people don't even think about.

The only way I survive from day to day is by locking myself in my bedroom a lot and reading textbooks, as they keep me focussed. Although even that is hard at times because of the voices.

I need to go to the gym but I'm too scared about the Spies.

My psychiatrist says that medication is unlikely to help me 100% (even clozapine didn't help me enough and I had horrendous side-effects), and that I need to use my CBT techniques to keep myself safe.