OK the latest studies are suggesting that you get the best outcomes the sooner you get into treatment and take the meds---so why go to the doctor if you didn't want to get meds? I mean if you were OK with hearing the voices forever and the possibility with them getting worse and more untreatable over time why even go to the doc? The name of what you have is not important and it won't change your diagnosis if you don't take the meds. Basically its like this...you can keep doing whatever you were doing or if you're not completely happy with that you can try something else---ie the meds. You don't have to take them forever, just try them and see if they help...if not then you know they aren't worth taking...if so stay on them the directed amount of time and then taper off with assistance...

If you had a headache and someone gave you a tylenol....you have the option of taking tylenol or not but at least for me once I found that tylenol was effective in treating headaches I was very happy to have that as an option. Same thing...its about having options...