Firstly, I have childhood onset schizophrenia. It is very severe, and treatment resistant, I was put on a locked ward for the first time when I was 13. I am now 30, I have only had my psychosis under control with medication for 10 months.
I appreciate that everyone has a different experience of mental illness, but stopping your medication because someone tells you there is no such thing as schizophrenia, or they managed to do it fine, is dangerous. If you want to stop your medication, that's your choice, but please do it under medical supervision.
It is a real illness. I find it insulting when people tell me I could just go off my medication and be free and happy, I just remember the 17 years of agonising symptoms and hospitalisations, and the symptoms I still have to deal with now. If you are doing well off medication, that's great! But please don't encourage other people to just stop.
Thanks, guys!
Mim
I appreciate that everyone has a different experience of mental illness, but stopping your medication because someone tells you there is no such thing as schizophrenia, or they managed to do it fine, is dangerous. If you want to stop your medication, that's your choice, but please do it under medical supervision.
It is a real illness. I find it insulting when people tell me I could just go off my medication and be free and happy, I just remember the 17 years of agonising symptoms and hospitalisations, and the symptoms I still have to deal with now. If you are doing well off medication, that's great! But please don't encourage other people to just stop.
Thanks, guys!
Mim