Anyone else doesn't take medication at all?

Is this really uncommon?

Spectre and entities talk to me, and inexplicable things happend to me too, but I keep functioning.

Recently I am having some problems with suicidal entities and those that insult me. And some thoughts are put in my head -by spirits- to make me believe I am being spied on. It's a bit annoying. I hope you believe me because I know it's weird, I am not lying to get attention.

I know psychiatrist would say it's some kind of psychosis. I don't agree, but I know it's a problem. I am posting this here becaue I am diagnosed with psychotic disorder NOS and I don't take any psychiatric medication.

I just want to know if anyone else knows how to deal with this.

I haven't really responded to any medication. After 11+ years, I just.. Idk. Learned to push it to the back of my mind, in a way. If I focus on it, everything gets worse.

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I still doesn't take meds for schizo....

I didn't take medication most of my life.
It was awful.
Olanzapine helps, Geodon helps, Lithium helps.
I would never stop taking medication because
all the symptoms come back.
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I don't. I don't need it. My symptoms help me because I adapted.
Also I'm afraid of the ******* thing, I can't function without my voices.

First Nocter you don't hold a diagnosis of Schizophrenia? Am I correct with that , not having a go, and don't be offended, but schizophrenia is a very serious diagnosis.

I don't have any accurated diagnosis, I doubt it exists.

Things I have been told in the past -from younger age to older-.

conduct disorder at 11.
asperger syndrome at 14.
high functioning autism at 15.
panic disorder at 15.
bipolar disorder at 15-16.
schizoaffective or schizophrenia at 16-17.
schizoid personality disorder or borderline personality disorder at 19.
PDDnos with psychosis at 19.
psychotic disorder at 20.
schizotypal disorder at 20.

I don't think any of them are right. But I don't have autism or a personality disorder -I was diagnosed with these mainly at psych wards-, and most of the other diagnosis are on the schizo spectrum, so I post here. If you don't want me to post here just tell me where else I should post.

I do not take medication either. Though I just recently sought professional treatment for the first time, and they offered it I rejected it. I can relate to the being spied on and inexplicable things, though for different reasons.

In terms of not wanting you to post here, I don't have that kind of power, I honestly think your ok. Please read my user signature.

I am just gently reminding you that when you post on matters regarding meds and non compliance, that the vast majority of folks who hold a Sz diagnosis , must take their meds in order to stay sane. Its an absolutely terrifying illness, and arguably one of the most serious of mental illnesses.

Btw the diagnosis is not just plucked from the air, there are specific indicators and symptoms that are observed for quite along time.

So you are telling me to do not post about not taking meds because there are people who have to take them?

What if I don't want to live taking meds so I want to find other people who have similar diagnosis to know how they deal with it without meds because I am having problems doing it?

I stopped taking meds at the same time I was told I could have schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder -they weren't sure-. My psychiatrist told me if I stopped them I would have a psychotic break. I didn't mind at what she said because I got too many side effects from meds to the point I became suicidal.

My actual psychiatrist wants me to take antipsychotics too, but I refused them. He finally accepted I won't it doesn't matter what he says. The psychiatrist I had before this one thought it was possible I could handle it without meds and didn't want me to take them.

I am not telling anyone to stop taking their meds, but I would like to meet other people with similar problems who learnt to live without them, a healthy way to deal with it without meds. I believe it's possible if John Nash could do it. If this is against the forum's rule I would ask a moderator to ban me.

I simply cannot bear to live medicated, I would rather die.

If this thread is annoying you that much I will ask a moderator to move to another sub forum, I don't want to cause any kind of problem.

I don't know any moderators, lolz.

I was somewhat disappointed to be suggested that I take and offered drugs within the first hour of setting foot inside a mental health center, having not been to one in thirty some years. I know there are people who benefit greatly in their quality of life from the medication, and that it is a useful treatment. I personally will try other kinds of therapy first. I must admit, having been coping with mental illness without help for most of my life, that my perspective may be flawed, and the world I know may not be the world at all.

Ahh cr"p , I would like to see folks who don't take meds, post their DX in their signature. Sounds fair.

I'm diagnosed with schizoaffective-bipolar type and there is no way I could function or even survive without my meds. I wish I didnt need them, but I do and will likely have to take them for the rest of my life, and I've come to accept that because they really do help me.

I have been dx'd with: schizophrenia, schizoaffective depressive type, DID (formally tested and dx'd, which is an ordeal) and depression with psychosis, at different times. I benefited from medications for a time, but was proactive in weaning myself off when the time was right for me. I have now been AP and AD free for several months. I am getting a promotion at work, am in a good marriage, and am planning a vacation trip at the end of the month.
I don't knock anyone for taking meds. When you need them you should take them. But i also think its okay to be accepting of people who do not take meds. Its a personal choice, and you accept the consequences. Bad or good.

Congratulation on your promotion I am glad of reading someone who is doing well without meds, it is inspiring.

If I took meds, for me it would mean leaving college, forget about working and having any kind of social relationship, probably I would end up homeless.

They worse my social and emotional problems -the ones are called negative symptoms- to the point I end up being more disable. This is why I am so reluctant, I am not anti meds, I tried them in the past, but my body reacts weird to almost all kind of meds -even non psychiatric meds-, I always get more side effects than anything with few exceptions -and it's one of the reason why I chose to study pharmacy at college-.

Thank you for understanding.

I will be taken a low dosis of. Amisulprida but it is not a life long treatment

i'm sz and i take meds, i know of others going on without meds, meds not for everyone

I guess I will be off of it in February, or maybe earlier in December.

I would like to try life without meds but I'm too afraid of what it would be like.

Uped it to 200mg for a while. I think I will be taking it until February.

I'm living unmedicated to but not by choice. I don't have any insurance so yesterday I spent hrs on the phone trying to find a sliding scale clinic I can get into. I was told I would need to fill out some forms and then it would be 3 wks before I would get meds. Lithium has its drawbacks but it keeps me from going into that black hole. Un till I can get on meds I'm trying everthing I know just to make it through this. I just wish that I could get on my meds and stay on them without having to go off them cold turkey because I can't afford it.

I'm so sorry. No one should be involuntarily unmedicated. I hope you find a clinic to help you.

My pdoc told me to stop it due to akathisia and, if I want, restart it on Sunday. Since I am feeling much better without it I won't take it again unless I am having severe problems with psychosis. It made me a bit emotionless and careless about things, harder to be interested on studying to the point I couldn't, and I haven't realized about it until now I stopped it yesterday (It has a 12h half life)