having to deal with it.

Jeshu · #11 22nd May 2009, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by green wolverine

I have a natural alternative treatment group on another forum and had a guy with schizophrenia post about using what's known as orthomolecular medicine to treat it. He had been locked up in a psych ward he was so bad off on the meds but his dad got him out and to a orthomolecular physician.

What orthomolecular medicine is is using nutrients like vitamins, minerals, amino acids and the like to treat the underlying chemical imbalances and/or deficiencies in the brain. Chemicals in foods are also a big problem with schizophrenia.

I wrote him asking what supplements he was on as I use amino acids to treat my bipolar 2 disorder. He gave me a great youtube link to a seminar on how nutritional imbalances impact schizophrenia. I'd give you the link but I'm not up to 50 posts yet. If you want it, message me and I'll copy it from my other forum for you.

Forgot to add that this guy said that once he started using the supplements, cleaned up his diet and got off his meds, he no longer heard voices and was back to normal.

I think that spiritual and physical care is of utmost importance to our health.

I found that seeking God's loving truth, reading the bible to oneself in love and forgiveness on self and judgement on evil, this checkmated Satan in no time and turned him into a blabbering old fool instead of the lethal enemy of he had always been. God's love conquered the Dragon spitting his accusation at my heart and mind and killed all desire for wrong within me.

I found that good drugs do help heaps, but that finding the right one can be very hard and needs to be done by self, for doctors don't know how you are feeling and quickly dump you when medicine don't work straight away or blame you for that. Or at least that is what I have found.

I found that supplements can work miracles for some things, but hardly ever do the whole job. For example a regime of vitamins got me out of my depression once, but could stop my mania or psychotic moments at all. In combination with other aids/medications though they can work wonders.

Take care people and remember God's love surpasses all, seek that for stability and ability - Only Jesus Truly Rocks!!!

EternalMoment · #12 21st October 2009, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by green wolverine

what an awful illness...........

that's not very encouraging.We are to walk through the valley, don't ask God to take you out. Instead of going out, ask Him to come in!

Atrium396 · #13 16th February 2010, 12:42 AM

I have been through the darkest valley of schizophrenia. Pure terror and hell. And the Lord never left me. He brought me back stronger. Keep fighting the good fight and God will bless you.

stelow · #14 25th February 2010, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by Jesus4Life777

some ideas for coping with schizophrenia:

Accept that you are having those paranoid thoughts. Notice it. I know you want to ignore those thoughts but instead you can work on making harmful thoughts less powerful just by noticing that these thoughts exist.

Tell yourself that these thoughts are unreasonable and are over exaggerations coming from a worried state of mind.

Think to yourself - "why are these paranoid thoughts/visions unreasonable?". Tell yourself that the reasons for your paranoia, although scary as paranoid thoughts may be, are all false.
For example, someone could tell himself that "invisible monsters don't exist" or "people are not using telepathy on me". All of this is true. The more you tell yourself the truth, the less you will believe your irrational worrisome thoughts.

Everyone has sinful thoughts.. bizarre thoughts.. just acknowledge that you are having these thoughts and tell yourself how silly or irrational they really are. That is the first step to making harmful thoughts less powerful.

Harmful thoughts may never go away, but you can certainly acknowledge them and tell yourself that "these are just stupid passing thoughts". The more you believe it, and realize "hey I'm thinking about scary stuff, must be my brain being random" the more you can accept that harmful thoughts which you may experience everyday, are not so harmful after all. They are what they are, irrational at that.

-I hope this helps, I had a mild case of schizophrenia once and I still suffer from some anxiety issues. Remember people mostly think about themself and not other people. Everyone has their own worries. The only person that can judge yourself is you.

I really enjoyed reading your post, it was very powerful.

EternalMoment · #15 21st March 2010, 12:31 AM

the Blood of Jesus always set me free from everything.

bluemoongirl · #16 24th April 2010, 11:14 AM

I am so sorry for all you've had to go through. My 18 year old daughter is going through it. We've all prayed and fasted and prayed again for years ... I believed and still believe that God can heal her, but he hasn't yet. I am heart broken at times and don't understand why God hasn't answered our prayers to heal her, but I do not doubt his abiding love and grace for us, even in the midst of this storm. I have resolved myself to neither doubt, nor fear, but to walk in faith, one day, one hour at a time. I don't have any answers, and sometimes our fellow Christians make it harder by making us feel we don't have enough faith or aren't doing something right. Job's friends told him that too! But I know my God, I know my FAITH, I know the TRUTH, and I stand on the ROCK of Jesus Christ. God is in control, even when we don't understand, and when it hurts. I will walk by faith, not by sight, and we will see what the Lord will do. Perhaps the miracle will be that God allows you and my daughter to be victorious, even with bouts of psychosis! God Bless. You are loved.

shamed · #17 24th April 2010, 11:32 AM

I have struggled with schizophrenia for about 30 years. It can be the most horrible condition imaginable, and most of it is simply unimaginable for non-sufferers..

I also have a manic aspect to it, which in some ways "helps", in that when I am in the manic phase, I am strangely able to do the most wonderful things and life is supremely good. This normally lasts for a short period of time and rapidly turns into the familiar hallucinatory paranoid hell.

I have tried many forms of medication and they all did more harm than good, but I have heard they "work" for some folk..

One thing has always worked for me though, and that is the words of a woman who visited me when I was first hospitalised aged 19.

"God loves you and has forgiven all your sins"..

Immediately, the world seemed a better place, because, this world is just a short trial of life that we must get through, there is nothing permanent about it, and god is waiting for us.

The hallucinations and all the rest are just tests for us, we come through them, with time and support and with gods help.

And if we think god cant help us, then we are accepting that noone or nothing can.

God has many ways, he will find you.