So I've been thinking about this a lot lately. I believe environment and traumas had a lot to do with some of my symptoms. For example, over the past year and a half I have slowly been confronting a lot of feelings I had bottled away since childhood and adolescence. Since doing this I noticed my bipolar symptoms have lessened dramatically. I haven't been clinically depressed in a month. I used to get depressed every week. I haven't been manic lately either. I will not taper my meds though out of fear of the psychotic symptoms returning, but if my bipolar symptoms disappear for the most part then I only have to deal with the schizophrenia part. Of course this could be wishful thinking, only time will tell whether or not this is true. And I have to see how triggers may affect me. But at least I have a glimmer of hope that it may not be as difficult as it has been for so long. Wish me luck