God Save my sanity

I am praying for your sound mind to be returned.
2Ti 1:7  for God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind;

Nate,

I am here and I am praying for you friend!! Everything will be all right Nate. God knows your needs and he is with you. Focus on him and feel his power. I  will contact other Christians to pray for you too. Be calm Nate. :o)

I am here for you and will add you to my pray list. Everything will be OK...there are wonderful people here to help you through this... keep in touch


in my prayers always...
Karen

   Thank you my friends I love you all, very much I mean that "I Love You Guys"....  I often question why I am going through this, but I can't do that anymore the past is the past... It's just I am young and I want to have a life.... I have god given talents and attributes and I just want to be well... Thank you once again guys...... Love ya

God Bless

     Nate(+)      " By Jesus's stripes I am healed"......

   Wow I am so blessed to have found this site...  You guys are awesome!!!!

    I appreciate the prayers God Bless


     Take Care

        Nate(+)

We are blessed to know you Nate!! We love you too!!


((((HUGS))))

Amen Nate it was by no accident that you came here! Same 4 me there are really some.loving people here! And as   for ur mind God says to meditate on his word day& night! So I plead the blood of Jesus over ur mind right! & to all that are going through this mind battle field God bless you & ur fam bro. Nate!!

According to my shrink, Schizophrenia is easier to treat than depression or anxiety because it is a "definite" disorder that can be "seen" by tests, like EEGs or CAT scans.  Finding the appropriate meds is the difficult part.  There are Schizophrenic support groups and there are varying degrees of Schizophrenia.  I'd trade being depressed and anxious for being Schizophrenic.

Among some Native American/Canadian tribes, Schizophrenia is seen as a "gift" from the Creator.

Just my two cents.  How YOU feel is what's important.

wolf

Hi nate the great,
Janis hear,
thank the lord your of your ativan, as you know I take 4mgs daily and I feel ****. I have never felt so bad so good on you for getting of that dreadful drug, well done, my heart goes out to you has you must have been through hell. I tried it once by replacing ativan with valium, I know that is the correct way to do it but I just couldent stand the withdrawels, hope your feeling ok my prayers are with you.
Janis

I would hope you mean you are going off a specific medication and not all medication as that will bring back all the symptoms of schizophrenia, including psychosis and can be highly dangerous. I have schizoaffective disorder myself and in 1993 when I went off medication the end result was that I was hospitalized so I cannot advise strongly enough not to do it. If you can't tolerate the medications you are on and that's the reason why you can send me an onsite e-mail as I myself went through that and am now on an experimental treatment in FDA study glycine where I have made a full recovery and for many people who either cannot tolerate or respond to current anti-psychotics, taking this under the guidance of a psychiatrist may be an option and this class of medications (glutamate antagonists) will replace the current ones as they go through the studies and are realized as actual medications. As for going off a benzodiazipene I did that myself with Klonopin too fast in 1998 and had psychosis and hallucinations and full physical withdrawal symptoms and it is highly dangerous to do that as even if you and psychiatrist have agreed you don't need it and you are stable on an antipsychotic, benzodiazipenes are medications that a person builds up a physical tolerance to and withdrawing too quickly can be highly dangerous and potentially lethal. You should only reduce them under the guidance of your psychiatrist and if unhappy with their care seek a referral to a trained psychopharmocologist such as I go to. You are not "stricken" with schizophrenia. OCD and schizophrenia are both psychiatric disabilities. It is a part of your life to learn to cope with and regardless going off medication won't change it. Like any other disease or disability it requires life long treatment. And as in myself what can seem like obsessive symptoms are part of the complex of the symptoms of schizophrenia. In fact there is a criteria in study 'schizo obsessive disorder' so this is not surprising. Either way, whatever you are doing, stop lowering it as symptoms are returning and speak to your psychiatrist about what to do from there. If after that you are concerned about how the medication is affecting you or long term side effects which can be a reality (I myself have to face tardive dyskinesia, however, the antipsychotic I am on glycine and the glutamate antagaonists do not cause it).. Unfortunately, people think of a psychiatric disability as "stigma" and that going off medication will stop it. But in reality, its a psychiatric disability that's part of your life and treatment will help you recover. Speak to your psychiatrist before lowering anything further and if you want to know more about experimental treatments in FDA study such as I am on, feel free to e-mail me and I'll send you some information as well as I am part of a non profit that volunteers to do advocacy. I know people have said they were there for you but perhaps I could provide some concrete assistance.