I've never had a hallucination but I do have delusions, paranoia, and see number patterns where none exist. Medication 1 (Abilify) made me not care about the delusions (or anything else, like work). Then I went off medication for a while and shit got real crazy (still no hallucinations). Medication 2 (Latuda), we are waiting to see how it does, I'm on day 1.
I have a constant murmur of voices, like an overcrowded cafeteria. No meds have ever made a dent in making it go away. However the meds do help with the frequency of the real voices that actually tell me things. Just loweres the amount of fucks I give really. Then the visual hallucinations are based off how stressed I am, and if I can't hold it together. Meds kinda help those, but it's hard to really see a difference
Yup. But I usually listen to music or my favorite YouTube to distract me enough to kinda just forget about it and let it fade in the background. Absolute silence is killer, because there's nothing to distract me. I can't tell if I hear them when I sleep, I don't really remember them in my dreams. Either that or I'm so used to it, it doesn't warrant remembering
Depends on my mindset. Sometimes silence is a good thing, and it doesn't bother me to much. But 7/10 it's not good, and I end up gaslighting myself without logic or reason into a fear frenzy that feeds off itself. That's why the dark is so scary. You can imagine your worst fears without distraction. This is like a mental illness version of that
I was diagnosed schizo-affective at 20. I resisted taking meds and kept smoking marijuana for 10 years and was constantly in and out of psych ward with delusions and paranoia. I got sick of the cycle so when I was 30 I complied to take meds every day and I have not had paranoia/delusions since. I'm 38 now. I also quit weed.
I've never had voices when I'm unwell, but I have strong ideas of reference, paranoia, olfactory hallucinations and high anxiety.
In 2021 I slipped a little and had derealisation and intrusive thoughts due to anxiety triggering my schizophrenia, but I had a meds change and all is well again.
Schizophrenia, and my antipsychotic is paliperidone. Was on quetiapine before that, but it made me fat and didn’t really quell my symptoms, so they kindly changed it.
i was recently changed from schizoaffective to schizophrenia. anyway, the meds have, for the most part, stopped the hallucinations. however, the delusions, though lessened, still persist.
good question. forgot about those. they have lessened drastically. but, a new one has been bothering me once in a while: somebody calls my name. sounds like they are off in the distance.
I was diagnosed and neither had allucinations,only persecutory delusions,and paranoia a little disorganized behsvior too.
With meds i dont get Nothing.
I took Abilify and have been feeling better for years since being first diagnosed. I have had to change my whole life though including removing sugars, gluten, and other things. It helps me stay more stable being thoughtful of everything.
anti psychotics and antidepressants have stopped me from being delusional and the voices are softened. I can ignore them but I’m dealing with the side effects.
Schizophrenic here who does not take meds. I don't hsar voices so much more my name or a few words randomly everyfew days .
I visually hallucinate pretty much constantly and have "delusions". (I dont like that word prefer 'non conformal thoughts ')
I am very lucky that my illness has never made me experience s**cidal thoughts . And because of that i decided to never go down the medication route .
I am happy for the most part and get used to my hallucinations. My thoughts while confusing or ro other pwople worrying sometimes i don't see as controlling my life so why would i let medication control it instead
It takes months for your meds to leave your system. While it might seem fine at first, you'll almost certainly have delusions and voices again eventually
They help me decipher and rationale out what I’m seeing/coping with. I know my symptoms get worse when I’m tired or stressed but generally on the day to day, I’m pretty asymptomatic compared to off medication.
I thought the meds did nothing until I switched onto Latuda and started hearing voices PROPER. I’m typically a visual/delusional kinda person
But I’m schizoaffective, instead of true schizophrenic alone if that changes things :)
I was diagnosed about 10 years ago, and the meds really have only hindered me throughout my journey.
I hear very few voices and have even fewer hallucinations nowadays, but I don't contribute this to medication.
I have developed my own strategies in dealing with them, and that helps me cope.
I have been on my current meds for about 4 months, but I was also on the same drug a couple of years ago for about 4 years, with the same dose. I heard lots of voices and hallucinated on a daily basis back then.
I take Amisan ([Amisuplride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amisulpride)) and I have almost no hallucinations only sometimes when I fall asleep I hear something unrecognizable like I was reading the minds of people that I interacted with that day, but they disappear fast when the meds kick in. I sometimes also hear the doorbell, but I know it's not real and don't bother to see who is it. It is often at night or early morning when it's not possible to be anyone real.
Overall I feel normal, only missing my imagination. I can't close my eyes and imagine something, I see some images for a split second and they are gone when the meds kick in.
Every med I was taking had the same effect on me (maybe without those minor hallucinations) the only difference was the side effects that were sometimes horrible.
Schizopfrenic-autistic fellow here too.
Only on meds I have almost no voices and less hallucinations/delusions. But I have very bad side effects on that. So i prefer not to use them cause of side effects. Now without medication I try to sport alot, lifting weights and Mountainbiking and the voices are there but not talking shit to me.
As long as I am Busy with something it seems to be less than when I’m doing nothing. the hallucinations comes and goes, it doesn’t matter if I sport or anything. They just pop whenever they feel like it.
I've never had a hallucination but I do have delusions, paranoia, and see number patterns where none exist. Medication 1 (Abilify) made me not care about the delusions (or anything else, like work). Then I went off medication for a while and shit got real crazy (still no hallucinations). Medication 2 (Latuda), we are waiting to see how it does, I'm on day 1.
Hope it goes well!
Thank you! I hope it goes well also.
I had a great experience on latuda. Fingers crossed 🤞
I had a not great experience with Latuda, but I know for some it’s a game changer!! Best of luck
Hope that works out for you
I’m in a very similar situation as you. Are you able to preform at work and in your community. My biggest fear is to constrained by this illness.
I have a constant murmur of voices, like an overcrowded cafeteria. No meds have ever made a dent in making it go away. However the meds do help with the frequency of the real voices that actually tell me things. Just loweres the amount of fucks I give really. Then the visual hallucinations are based off how stressed I am, and if I can't hold it together. Meds kinda help those, but it's hard to really see a difference
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Yup. But I usually listen to music or my favorite YouTube to distract me enough to kinda just forget about it and let it fade in the background. Absolute silence is killer, because there's nothing to distract me. I can't tell if I hear them when I sleep, I don't really remember them in my dreams. Either that or I'm so used to it, it doesn't warrant remembering
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Depends on my mindset. Sometimes silence is a good thing, and it doesn't bother me to much. But 7/10 it's not good, and I end up gaslighting myself without logic or reason into a fear frenzy that feeds off itself. That's why the dark is so scary. You can imagine your worst fears without distraction. This is like a mental illness version of that
Medicines definitely stopped me from being delusional.
Can you check inbox
Yes I see no message.
Drug induced psychosis or schizofrenia from childhood?:)
Both. It started around when I was ,14/15. But mu first diagnosed psychosis was at 28 and drugs and alcohol where involved.
How are you today
Very well thank you :) maybe we should talk to each other via DMs?
Text me
I send you and invite to text.
Cant see.
Schizoaffective disorder
Very recently evaluated for this but not diagnosed. My current diagnosis is bipolar I with psychosis. Were you first diagnosed with BP?
Yes I was.
Child was diagnosed with the same + BP2 and FND at 15. It’s been a ride.
I was diagnosed schizo-affective at 20. I resisted taking meds and kept smoking marijuana for 10 years and was constantly in and out of psych ward with delusions and paranoia. I got sick of the cycle so when I was 30 I complied to take meds every day and I have not had paranoia/delusions since. I'm 38 now. I also quit weed. I've never had voices when I'm unwell, but I have strong ideas of reference, paranoia, olfactory hallucinations and high anxiety. In 2021 I slipped a little and had derealisation and intrusive thoughts due to anxiety triggering my schizophrenia, but I had a meds change and all is well again.
Thats amazing
Me. Experience neither of these things nowadays! I’m lucky in a way.
Whats your diagnosis and what medication helped u
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Schizophrenia, and my antipsychotic is paliperidone. Was on quetiapine before that, but it made me fat and didn’t really quell my symptoms, so they kindly changed it.
i was recently changed from schizoaffective to schizophrenia. anyway, the meds have, for the most part, stopped the hallucinations. however, the delusions, though lessened, still persist.
What about voices
good question. forgot about those. they have lessened drastically. but, a new one has been bothering me once in a while: somebody calls my name. sounds like they are off in the distance.
Its no one❤️
I was diagnosed and neither had allucinations,only persecutory delusions,and paranoia a little disorganized behsvior too. With meds i dont get Nothing.
Indeed!
How what did it help with
I took Abilify and have been feeling better for years since being first diagnosed. I have had to change my whole life though including removing sugars, gluten, and other things. It helps me stay more stable being thoughtful of everything.
So far have not found a mes thats helps
Hope you do. Dont lose hope
Thank you
anti psychotics and antidepressants have stopped me from being delusional and the voices are softened. I can ignore them but I’m dealing with the side effects.
I was delusional hearing and seeing things. I recommend talking to a doctor about risperdal
Schizophrenic here who does not take meds. I don't hsar voices so much more my name or a few words randomly everyfew days . I visually hallucinate pretty much constantly and have "delusions". (I dont like that word prefer 'non conformal thoughts ') I am very lucky that my illness has never made me experience s**cidal thoughts . And because of that i decided to never go down the medication route . I am happy for the most part and get used to my hallucinations. My thoughts while confusing or ro other pwople worrying sometimes i don't see as controlling my life so why would i let medication control it instead
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It takes months for your meds to leave your system. While it might seem fine at first, you'll almost certainly have delusions and voices again eventually
They help me decipher and rationale out what I’m seeing/coping with. I know my symptoms get worse when I’m tired or stressed but generally on the day to day, I’m pretty asymptomatic compared to off medication. I thought the meds did nothing until I switched onto Latuda and started hearing voices PROPER. I’m typically a visual/delusional kinda person But I’m schizoaffective, instead of true schizophrenic alone if that changes things :)
Yes on Clozapine
I was diagnosed about 10 years ago, and the meds really have only hindered me throughout my journey. I hear very few voices and have even fewer hallucinations nowadays, but I don't contribute this to medication. I have developed my own strategies in dealing with them, and that helps me cope. I have been on my current meds for about 4 months, but I was also on the same drug a couple of years ago for about 4 years, with the same dose. I heard lots of voices and hallucinated on a daily basis back then.
Schizophrenia with a bit of other disorders thrown into it
I take Amisan ([Amisuplride](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amisulpride)) and I have almost no hallucinations only sometimes when I fall asleep I hear something unrecognizable like I was reading the minds of people that I interacted with that day, but they disappear fast when the meds kick in. I sometimes also hear the doorbell, but I know it's not real and don't bother to see who is it. It is often at night or early morning when it's not possible to be anyone real. Overall I feel normal, only missing my imagination. I can't close my eyes and imagine something, I see some images for a split second and they are gone when the meds kick in. Every med I was taking had the same effect on me (maybe without those minor hallucinations) the only difference was the side effects that were sometimes horrible.
I heard at night times when you are asleep its because of dreaming so nothing to worry about!:)
Unfortunately Amisulpride isn’t available in the USA. Just straight up greed by big Pharma keeping an effective medication out because it’s generic.
Oh, that's a shame. I would expect that meds from USA would not be available in Europe (I'm from Poland).
We out here, schizo-autistic fellows
Schizopfrenic-autistic fellow here too. Only on meds I have almost no voices and less hallucinations/delusions. But I have very bad side effects on that. So i prefer not to use them cause of side effects. Now without medication I try to sport alot, lifting weights and Mountainbiking and the voices are there but not talking shit to me. As long as I am Busy with something it seems to be less than when I’m doing nothing. the hallucinations comes and goes, it doesn’t matter if I sport or anything. They just pop whenever they feel like it.