Are you closer to recovery this year over last year.

Sep 01, 2015 at 04:12 PM

I believe , I am , what do you think , are you.

Sep 01, 2015 at 04:15 PM

I'm doing much better than I was a year from now... I think. Now I have to deal with bipolar on top of everything else but the meds take care of it, with a price, oh dear with a price that makes me sigh so badly. Still, I'm not in the fetal position, or ready to kill myself, or ruminating on bad thoughts as often.

The price I pay is partial anhedonia.

Sometimes psychotic · Sep 01, 2015 at 04:52 PM

Yes I was relapsing this time last year.....

Atypical_Disaster · Sep 01, 2015 at 04:53 PM

Yes. It's why I haven't been nearly as active here as I used to be, I've been out living my life.

Sep 01, 2015 at 06:48 PM

Cool.

I wonder how far I can go. its both nice and slightly tinged with sadness. If I keep improving there will come a time when i m effectively cured. However I don't believe I'm going to be cured. So what's more likely is that things will even out , and I'll probably realise , dang I can't improve any furher...

And this is as good as it gets , that day will suck ***.

junkDNA · Sep 01, 2015 at 10:08 PM

yes..definitely

junkDNA · Sep 01, 2015 at 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by junkDNA

yes..definitely

but there are some times when i think im not

insilence · Sep 01, 2015 at 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sometimes psychotic

Yes I was relapsing this time last year.....

mine hit in mid winter, but im doing better since then..thank clozapine!

misslabarinth · Sep 01, 2015 at 11:56 PM

It all really depends, for me this summer has had its ups and downs.
As of right now; I believe I'm fine.
~
MissLabarinth

Loial · Sep 02, 2015 at 06:14 AM

It's been just over a year since my psychosis returned & with medication my symptoms have reduced to only quiet sporadic voices. Currently doing well off medication so yes I have come a long way towards recovery in the past year.

Atypical_Disaster · Sep 02, 2015 at 11:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Materly

Cool.

I wonder how far I can go. its both nice and slightly tinged with sadness. If I keep improving there will come a time when i m effectively cured. However I don't believe I'm going to be cured. So what's more likely is that things will even out , and I'll probably realise , dang I can't improve any furher...

And this is as good as it gets , that day will suck ***.

For me personally I have had to accept that there are some limitations that I will always have to live with. But I've learned that focusing on what I can do rather than what I cannot do has helped a ton.

junkDNA · Sep 02, 2015 at 04:05 PM

i think my recovery is very slow... but i have seen improvements and so have others in my life. but... i still have a long way to go and sometimes i relapse but not near as bad as before

Shmooey · Sep 02, 2015 at 05:41 PM

I'm better than I was at this time last year, but far from recovered.

Last year I was doing a two-week inpatient program and barely able to leave the house. These days, I can drive myself places and I have not been inpatient since that time last year. I am still suffering a lot from delusions and paranoia, not to mention tactile hallucinations. The Haldol helps with my auditory and visuals but not the tactile ones for some reason.

Sep 03, 2015 at 07:03 PM

Yes, definitely doing much better. I was a mess this time last year.

RisuNeko · Sep 04, 2015 at 06:33 AM

I would say yes. Last year was a very bleak year, but this year I've been either fully functional but usually a little depressed and sometimes hallucinating, but nothing major, or just fine. I've been "just fine" aside from anxiety which is always there and I actually have learned to embrace because it's what motivates me, for the past 4 months or so.

ickydog2006 · Sep 04, 2015 at 04:09 PM

I'm doing better, mainly because I'm finally on some meds that work (at least for the time being). I've been struggling lately though with feelings like I'm a monster caged by meds. I know that I'll probably need to be on meds the rest of my life and it's hard knowing that people around me don't understand, and that they don't understand the feeling of being two different people. I'm so different when off meds and I know I need them to function in society and reality, because my thoughts and desires and reality are so skewed when I'm off them. I don't want to be that person (or be hospitalized again) and I like who I am on meds, but sometimes I feel like it isn't really me. I feel like such a fake/fraud taking meds, but I'm a monster without them. I know it's an obvious choice as one leaves me locked up or possibly hurting people, but that doesn't make it easier, and I wish I had someone IRL who understood.

newtus · Sep 04, 2015 at 07:29 PM

yes i think i am.
i was in hospital this time last year i believe. i cant remember. or before. over a year ago.
but i am doing better.

this time last year i was on haldol injection and zombified out. i was numbed.

now im going to school. i have classes under my belt. ive been a maid of honor in wedding. ive been traveling. ive been to events and festivals. basically doing stuff i normally wouldnt do. all while taking my meds. AND not being in hospital.

now that i think about it i havent been in hospital for over a year!

ickydog2006 · Sep 05, 2015 at 12:13 PM

I was really excited to see this. I haven't checked in in a long time, and you used to be pretty out there. No offense.

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Originally Posted by newtus

yes i think i am.
i was in hospital this time last year i believe. i cant remember. or before. over a year ago.
but i am doing better.

this time last year i was on haldol injection and zombified out. i was numbed.

now im going to school. i have classes under my belt. ive been a maid of honor in wedding. ive been traveling. ive been to events and festivals. basically doing stuff i normally wouldnt do. all while taking my meds. AND not being in hospital.

now that i think about it i havent been in hospital for over a year!

Sep 05, 2015 at 12:19 PM

I was better off last year.
Last year I was on a low dose of my antipsychotic and I still had the voices, but they weren't talking to me and I could ignore them most of the time.

This year, I had a horrible flare up and had to go back to the hospital and I am now on two antipsychotics but I am still experiencing really bad symptoms.

hexacoda · Sep 06, 2015 at 01:08 PM

Yes, I got a job! I wasn't doing badly a year ago (it's been 4 years since my last episode) but I wasn't doing as great as I am now either.

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Anonymous50123 Guest Posts: n/a	Sep 05, 2015 at 12:19 PM #19 I was better off last year. Last year I was on a low dose of my antipsychotic and I still had the voices, but they weren't talking to me and I could ignore them most of the time. This year, I had a horrible flare up and had to go back to the hospital and I am now on two antipsychotics but I am still experiencing really bad symptoms.
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hexacoda Member Member Since Sep 2012 Posts: 152 11 1 hugs given	Sep 06, 2015 at 01:08 PM #20 Yes, I got a job! I wasn't doing badly a year ago (it's been 4 years since my last episode) but I wasn't doing as great as I am now either.
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