Mgran, 1/3 of those diagnosed with schizophrenia are chronic and refractory-- antipsychotics don't work for them. You obviously are not chronic or refractory. So your saying these people have no choice but to continue a failed treatment plan? For most of them, a very harsh treatment at that. Realize that many of these people are on or have been on depot medication-- it's not a compliance issue. The antipsychotics just don't work for them. These are the seriously mentally ill. I'm seriously mentally ill, I'm chronic and medication intolerant to the point that any med can cause anaphylaxis. I didn't except failure as an option and found all be it a temporary solution with antihistamines for my disorganized schizophrenia. Can't go a day without them or the disorganization comes right back and they are slowly failing too.

Still live in **** like you described the negative symptoms persist.

Many of my friends (who are chronic and refractory) are on medication and some of them want to quit their meds. I don't encourage them because I can't find enough evidence that it is possible to quit these antipsychotics after six month or more of use. I think the medication becomes as big a problem as the psychosis for those that are chronic and refractory.