Schizophrenia recovery success stories11/24/2023 I think it more important to stay motivated towards recovery in however you find inspiration and if nothing else the idea is inspirational. I think it is rare but not impossible and it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy when you say it can’t be done. There are other things in life but I’m yet to hit the ceiling interms of the level of interest in my own recovery.Įnd point being if you never have hope and never actively pursue a full and holistic recovery approach then you will indeed never make a full recovery. There is a law of diminishing returns and an opportunity cost in terms of how much time and effort you spend on your recovery. Still individual response is huge and all you need to do is find a working solution. Equally I think the scientific community would probably believe it is unlikely to find a generalised cure in our life time that is the reality of what you are up against. It is wrong to encourage people to quit their medication cold turkey. I think it can be helpful to people experiencing mental health issues to hear a different message. This is commonly the dogma of the mental health system. I don’t think relegation to taking antipsychotics forever is necessarily the full and correct narrative. Equally I also wonder about their levels of inight, they might have made a full functional recovery and then just not longer be able to recognise the subtlety of the residual symptoms.Īt the same time I also think that a lot more gains can be made in terms of recovery then the current pejorative which is perpetuated by the mental health system. I think a lot of the claims made by people saying they have made a full recovery are fringe at the best of times. I agree with everything you said and likewise I agree that it is somewhat wishful thinking to believe so. Yeah this isn’t necessarily true and could entirely be a biased way of thinking about it as there is no way to reality test the idea. There are probably a under representation of people who make full recovery since after that point they cease to care about that experience. After a few years, I think the vast majority of those with true schizophrenia will see some symptoms return.Īnyway, those are my thoughts at the current time. I think a lot of the wish that full recovery is common is wishful thinking, unfortunately.Īlso, some of those that claim a “FUll recovery” have only been off antipsychotics for a short time. Upon reaching a certain level I had paranoia, anxiety and sleeplessness creep back in. I had the same hopes of a full recovery and tried reducing meds. I don’t want to dash anyones hopes here, but I have to be frank about this. There are others here I could mention as well, but I dont want to get into calling out a bunch of people. There ARE those that can get by without medication, but almost all of those that truly have schizophrenia still have symptoms but have learned to manage them. I believe this is a very rare occurrence. By full recovery I assume you are meaning no meds with no symptoms. I DO believe those that make a full recovery are very rare. Time will tell if they can remain stable long term however Personally I know of 2 people one on 12.5mg seroquel and using a holistic approach including the ketogenic diet and one that has recently come off antipsychotics. Still rare but I think there are more people out there who make full recoveries then it would appear on the surface. If you are fully functional you essentially have the choice to say whether or not the label applies to you or not. So if you are able to make a full recovery then you’re probably also less likely to come forward and say you have schizophrenia. I think that people who make a full recovery distance themselves from the label. Since they have moved beyond it because of the stigma associated they don’t necessarily want to talk about. The attachment and need to relate with others around it as a space and place of discussion is therefore reduced. I think self filtering is also relevant in the context of the forum community.Įrgo if schizophrenia does not define you as a person then simply you don’t feel defined by it. I sort of feel that there is this myth of a schizophrenic person who has fully recovered and there are different stories where some of these people make full recoveries.
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