Recovery?

[SendYourFire]

First I'd like to express how much this forum has helped me and I thank all of you for giving of yourselves in words of encouragement and your own experiences. So I do have a burning question about recovery. I wonder if any of you have been able to lead a normal life again (living for God in full capacity, getting married and having kids, holding down a job, and being able to enjoy life again with true emotions). I have been on medications for three years now and the only thing that has brought me out of much of the darkness has been changing my diet and taking supplements and herbal teas. I have seen a little progress from this stuff but I do long to hear of others that are living normal lives again. How long did it take,? How did it come about?

Jake

 

[lvbeads]

I don't know how to answer. I am schizoaffective, and I have been able to lead a fairly "normal" life with meds. I have a great husband and a good job. I don't know that I am living fully for God yet - I was doing some very bad things and am still recovering. I am also having a hard time with some of my meds, so I'm going through a switch right now, so I'm waiting for some rocky roads until I get my meds ironed out. But yes, my life is good, and productive. I am serving God where I can, though I am not currently involved in a church ministry (I kinda got kicked out of the ministry I was in during a manic episode in which I did some awful things). But I have daily prayer and reading time and am trying to be Gods hands and feet in my daily relationships. I guess in general, what I'm trying to say is hang in there, SendYourFire. You too can have as normal a life as anyone else has. You'll always have difficulties, and you'll have some added ones due to your illness. But with the right meds and support, you can be a useful member of society
God bless...

 

[DoubtingThomas29]

I feel that I have recovered smoothly but you have to watch out for a relapse it can happen to anybody, for me really the biggest thing I have to do is to not over work myself, like work like forty or forty three hours a week and that is it, and make enough money from that to pay my bills and do not use credit cards, like ever.

 

[Jeshu]

Recovery will always be incomplete I think as some things break which can only be mended/repaired not made whole again.
Having said this life is much better than life without medications. No constant voices screaming in my head all the time - my moods down the dump, racing thoughts, psychotic episodes etc. etc.
So many things have improved since I been on meds - sure I have negative results as well - but healing is better than sick without medications

Keep good hope it may still turn out okay.