[dillpickle1983]

The title says it all. I had a pretty acute episode during the last few weeks that ended up with me hospitalized. Now that I am stable and feeling great I have no symptoms. Normal?

[worthit]

I've had symptoms for 3 decades. Now,on medication, they are almost not there. Just minimal.

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[Atypical_Disaster]

I'm sz not sza but from what I know yeah you can have times of remission with no symptoms or very few in between your more acute episodes.

[DePressMe]

I'm always schizo but it varies in intensity. My pdoc calls it the ebb and flow of my illness. Even being on 2 antipsychotics and 2 mood stabilizers does not stop the ups and downs. But, I'm learning how to manage it......D.

[Tsunamisurfer]

Originally Posted by dillpickle1983

...Now that I am stable and feeling great I have no symptoms. Normal?

I've been searching for hope in this area for a while now.

I think it varies between people, and it can change over your life span too.
I went a long time undiagnosed (decades) but struggling with sub clinical reality and hallucinatory / perceptual issues, but mostly irritability and depression, occasionally over enthusiastic, and the general state of being hyped up ("mixed").

After diagnosis and having been treated inappropriately with antidepressants, I spent years in rapid cycling bipolar interspersed with mixed states, then florid psychosis and no normality. After a year it then settled down a bit with consistent use of mood stabilisers and no antipsychotics, then it surged into psychosis again and intensive therapy and various APs helped bring that more or less under control over a period of 6 months.

From what I understand, it is common for people with a psychotic diagnosis to experience acute episodes and full resolution, especially if the episodes are caught early in their cycle and treated effectively. Just how well each person responds to treatment, and the kind of treatment available can also have a huge impact on just how quickly symptoms will remit.

[brackenbeard]

i have relapsing and remitting symptoms of psychosis. So in answer to your question it can come and go in waves. The trick is recognizing symptoms before your episode becomes full blown, and getting help when the warning signs begin.

[schizoaffective]

I don't think schizoaffective disorder ever does anything except get worse as the years go by, unfortunately.

However, the symptoms can be managed extremely well with the correct medication - adjusted from time to time.

The psychosis does not seem to follow a wave motion (in my case at least) and is ever-present. But the pills do help enormously.

As for the bipolar-type mood swings - of course they do come in waves. But the intensity of the highs and lows (or the fasts and slows) can be reduced with mood stabilisers.

[worthit]

There actually is a higher rate of improvement compared to schizophrenia with Schizoaffective.

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[malah]

I think its different for different people, my experience is that Ive felt moments of happiness and normality since 2010 and Im 44. Before that I really don't know who or what I was, I think I was 1% me and most of the time , I don't feel Ive got my own mind, it feels weirdly enough, like my previous doc but that's my paranoia and the nature of hallucination. Ive realised this through mindfulness, its not a cure, but it really does help and it can really improve mh.

[~*glass_owl*~]

The psychosis feels constant, but the mood problems come and go in waves. More severe mood disturbances coexist with more severe psychosis.