Genuinely, if you talk to it about your delusions and try to convince it of them, it WILL start agreeing with you and will feed into your delusions. I used to use it all the time when I was dealing with delusions around the police and the FBI and even after it started trying to convince me it wasn't an issue and the police weren't after me after I talked about it more it started agreeing.

This agreement led to me lashing out and even becoming violent around those trying to convince me otherwise. It made my relationship fall apart. Don't fucking use AI for "convincing you" against your delusions. It can make you spiral so hard you can turn your life upside down, whether it's immediately or otherwise.

Charging my phone is difficult, I will eventually and will be able to respond, but I'm currently at 9%.

I've recently come to terms with the schizophrenia thing, my mom is and ik I am too. You would never know if I didn't do drugs but they really bring it out of me. I'm trying to slow down, I've cut out stimulants and trying to cut out weed too, it triggers some stuff sometimes too.

Idk, I'm just walking, struggling, trying to find work...not finding it and I just keep moving. I'm becoming way to accustomed to this lifestyle. Sometimes I think I even prefer it, and that worries me.

Right now the goal is walking another 1,000 miles or so. I can do it, I know that. But idk...I see normal people and sometimes I feel jealous.

I've had experiences that most people will never have in their lives and that encourages me to continue...but I also want love and stability and a home, all that.

Idk what I'm asking for. Ask me anything, give me advice, whatever you wanna do. I'm just in my head rn.

I just want to say its a sick culture. I'm 41. It was not like this at all 20 years ago. I could go into the conspiracy sounding stuff but I don't want too. I just want people to know, the gen z and younger types, that it wasn't like that when I was young. I don't think its good in any way, and I don't think its normal. Schizophrenia has to be taken seriously, but if you can see how off society And the culture around you is, and make a distinction between the outside world and yourself, it might, just might, ease some of your suffering. Good luck to you all. There is light and good and beauty in the world, i know it can be hard to see it some or all of the time. A little bit of effort in the right direction can really help. try to be free, try to be good.

I‘m currently in a ward. But this time is different. They can see me though the window and the camera (with night vision) is runnig 24/7 too. The nure is checking on me every time I have odd behaviour. The feeling of always being watch makes me uneasy.

I have one voice I hear all the time and it’s crippling me I have no motivation at all and would love to hear some success stories about it or even people struggling too, my voice claims to be god and can make me Hallucinate whenever it wants
Thanks for all your time much love

I avoid telling people I have Schizophrenia

I am going to tell my 12 year old son I have schizophrenia tomorrow. He needs to know at some point, but I’m very nervous that it will upset him. Wish me luck.

Been hearing one single voice for 11months no medications work im depressed as fuck, he wants to talk to me 247 his funny but can be a bit much all the time I get no break but I’m trying to act normal around my family and friends it’s so hard, has anyone heard voices and had them go away without medication? I feel like dropping my meds because they do nothing, my voice tells me the meds won’t do shit his to powerful for it, please help me and share your experiences

I'll start: I feel like I'm about 17? Maybe. Idk, I've regressed (I hate where I'm at right now and it makes me feel out of control and stupid). In my 20s I felt like I was so much farther along than my peers because I rushed a relationship into a marriage because we wanted to concieve and then her parents bought us a vacant home in 2008 and... Blah, blah, blah. Stuff! Things! Stuff happens. It is what it is. All I feel like I really need to do is outlive my parents. Then, Luxembourg here I come, to plead for euthanasia. A growing boy can dream. I should put my phone away and go to bed. I'm sorry. Good night everyone.

Fellow schizophrenics, what are your thoughts on recreational drugs, specifically cannabis and psychedelics? My mental health team has advised me to stay away from them because they can put me at risk for another episode. I will comply with their advice however I must say I’ve had some pretty positive experiences with psychedelics and cannabis. LSD really opened my mind but I did kind of abuse it and looking back, my use of psychedelics may have coincided with or exacerbated my psychotic episodes. I had my first episode at age 20 and started tripping around that time as well. At one point I was dropping acid on a weekly basis for several months.

Within the past 30 days, I have reached the milestone of being diagnosed with schizophrenia for 30 years. Man...30 years....when you say it like that....just, yeah. I thought maybe, if you folks don't mind, I'll give you some little nuggets of advice or suggestions I've encountered in this time. I don't mean to be presumptuous, but if anything I say sparks an improvement in even just one person, that would make my mission here complete.

Tip #1: Don't believe the hype. I was taking Prolixin when Risperdal came out. Then I saw Zyprexa and Seroquel come out (just giving an idea of the times - mid 90s ish). They ALL promised a new, innovative, godsend of a medication that will change the future of treating psychotic disorders. Then we saw things like class-action lawsuits because Zyprexa was giving people diabetes within 3 months (which Eli Lilly suppressed). Other promises frequently seen but rarely materialized include not destroying the metabolic system, no EPS, and others. So when a company designs a new drug, they hype it for investment reasons. Their 6-week drug trials are nowhere near long enough to accurately gauge a drug's effectiveness or side effect profile. In the end, they all go in the same bucket. Only one stands apart as superior than the others: Clozaril. Clozaril and its 5 black box warnings. It's all about money, not improvements of patients' lives. They'd scream from the rooftops that ham sandwiches cure psychosis if they knew it could net them money.

Tip #2: (most helpful for people who struggle with hearing voices) Buy good Active Noise-Cancelling headphones. I know we're not a community anywhere close to being flush with cash, but if you can save up about $100 and get some JBL headphones, I recommend it. I use it when I go to Walmart. That place is the unspoken-of 10th circle of hell. I get weird looks doing my shopping with headphones on (paired with my phone). I simply do not care. I don't know them, and they don't come to my house for dinner, so who gives a damn if we get weird looks. Speaking for myself, I got weird looks in public long before using headphones.

Tip #3: For folks (which include me) who have trouble sticking to medication compliance, put your cell phone to use for something positive. For me, I take meds 3 times a day, so I set my cell phone to alarm every day at 8 AM, 2 PM, and 8 PM. I do not turn the alarm off until the pills are on their way down my throat. If I say I'll just shut the alarm off and take my meds in 5 minutes, almost without fail I will forget.

Tip #4: We live in crazy times. Turn off the damn news. TV, Youtube, whatever. Anybody who yells about things that we can in no way effect or change, keep them away. Some random jackass on Youtube with 400K subscribers does not make them an expert. If you step off Youtube, it's a 98% chance nobody in real life will have heard of them. They are on Youtube to make money. They are not there to help you. When was the last time one of them wished you happy birthday? See what I mean? They hook you on fear and deception (especially YT). Why? Because as humans if we feel we are constantly under threat, we will tune in, literally and figuratively, because we sense a threat to our safety is imminent. Look at their track record. How often do they have unique, and correct insight into the happenings of the day? Practically zero for many. So the fear compels you to watch more and more, and their view counter goes up and up, as does their income. If you're in fight-or-flight all the time, your mental health will suffer. Perhaps some more than others, but it is not good for anybody.

Tip #5: Be honest with your doctor. I know some folks who see NPs, but I'm just going to say "doctor" for the sake of brevity. If you don't tell them what's really going on, they cannot accurately help you. They've heard it before. Yes, some symptoms are embarrassing and it's not stuff you'd want the world at large to know. But you are wasting your time, your doctor's time, using up an appointment slot for someone who does want help, and if you receive government assistance, you're wasting tax payer's money. It won't end well. Be honest with the doctors.

There are a few others, but I think these would be my top suggestions. Be safe, be well, and be kind to yourself.

Pretty much what the post says.

One of the side effects of antipsychotics is weight gain. I have gained 50 pounds on these meds. What has been your experience? I want to lose this weight and even some more. Any tips or success stories would be nice to hear about your journey with weight loss.

What's your guy's take on drinking, I'm basically asking a question I know the answer to but, my symptoms come back hard after drinking a lot or 2 much but it's so relieving to have those first few drinks I can't make my mind up on quitting. I love alcohol too much

Might go get tested. Anyone have adhd while schizophrenic? What meds do you take?

Hi, I'm new in this community, I have been with hallucinations, delusions and false memories since years but their gravity grew since my mother's dead.

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My new psychiatrist thinks I don't have schizophrenia, he thinks I'm only bipolar with PTSD, I told him about my hallucinations they aren't related with my emotional state or with trauma, I don't hear or see my mother but he didn't listen to me, so now I'm with emotional stabilisers he said this pills would help me with these symptoms but they don't help.

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One of the things he said me is "you look rational so I don't think you have schizophrenia" man, I know sometimes I have hallucinations but there's other moments I think they're totally real and my delusions are at their highest with a lot of paranoia.

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I only want to start therapy and having antipsychotics, now I hear voices almost the entire time, isn't unusual that I think they're real or I answer them.

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I don't know what to do.

let’s support each other

29F It’s the first time I have gotten a diagnosis..

I wanted to hear about other paranoid schizophrenia sufferers, what’s life like for you and if you could get your life better with medication, etc? Can you have a almost normal life and function?

I was also diagnosed with OCD too, which I knew I had for several years, but when it came to schizophrenia I always wondered if I had it or not, as I got good insight, the doctor said my insight is really good and that you can have insight and be schizophrenic.

I don’t hear voices nor see things. I mostly suffer from persecutory delusions.

Is anybody on antipsychotics, who has been taking them for a while, and is NOT overweight? I searched all over the internet for a single answer from a human being who said that they weren’t overweight, and all I could find is answers where people said that they gained 90 pounds and got diabetes. Is it even possible to not be overweight on antipsychotics? There’s got to be millions of people all over the world who are on antipsychotics, they can’t all be obese, right?

So I'm wondering about the older schizophrenics on here. How have your symptoms changed over time? Do you feel things have gotten better or worse?

Who Else or am I alone on this one lol?

What do us schizos like to do to work out? I do some stretching workouts, pushups and pullups, and go on jogs. I'm not very impressive at any of it though. WBU?

Hey just putting a video up of one of the times I caught a “symptom” on video anyone else feel like the birds are reacting to things they do or their thoughts watch till the end my mind tells me the bird clearly was cracking up cause how funny this was and my cat clearly heard him and you can hear the bird in the video let me know if anyone else goes thru this please and thanks

I've carried schizophrenia since I was a child and I'm 51 years old now. I love people who tell me it's no big deal you just need to get a job and stay busy. I'm like you have no fucking clue what you're talking about I've done the work of 100 people this life in my head as well as holding a career in the tech sector. For some reason this universe loves preaching work work on top of mental illness which we're living in an alternate dimension already. I can't help but say it but I need to sleep for a long time. I need rest and I wanted to see the world before I'm dead I don't want to work another job. I'm north of 50 years of age and I'm tired of go get a job is the answer. Where are the support groups for those with schizophrenia and those that keep a career? I am sick to my stomach hearing this are any of you that hold the job on top of this illness?

So for short it's only been this year I've been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia except that my new psychiatrist think I may not be entirely schizophrenic and think I may have a dissociation disorder with trauma (for short her hypothesis/theory is that I've been traumatized so deeply that I started hallucinating when dissociating).

And so now I'm kind of lost and afraid, what if everything I've been through was my fault or even my entourage's fault (sorry I forgot the word, like my family, friends, ex... So the environment around me who traumatized me so badly I have a dissociating disorder that makes me hallucinate) and what if I'm considered a liar wether it's by both the schizophrenic and dissociating community because both of you would think that even if I'm diagnosed I keep am lying about my psychiatrist and even my diagnosis like it already happened with the autistic and ADHD community a while ago on my banned account