I am turning to schizophrenics.How long
did it take you to recover from your
psychotic episode.I mean the time point
when you fully understood that all was
just a fantasy.I am asking because my
doctor says that 20 days is a pretty short
time for complete recovery.Is that so?
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guest
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the Time Factor Posted: 07-13-04 14:48pm
I mean after taking medication for 20
days.
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purple333
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Posted: 07-14-04 08:06am
Problem I have with your question is I get
the feeling that what you're asking is can
I now stop meds?? The problem then is
that having stopped another or many more
episodes are almost certainly going to
happen - if it's real schizophrenia.
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guest
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Reply Posted: 07-14-04 08:13am
I do not want to stop my medication.I mean
the following:is the time of recovery
indicative whether it is schizophrenia.Can
a schizophrenic recover for 15-20 days
medication-taking or it usually takes 2-3
months to recover?.I just don't know.
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amijoy
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Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 21 Location: Georgia
Posted: 07-15-04 18:13pm
If you have been truelly diagnosed with
schizophrenia, then you will take meds for
the rest of your life. Your doctor may
decrease and change throughout your life.
But you will always take them. If you
think you are better and stop taking your
meds, more than likely you are 1 of 2
things....
1) you were not well educated by your
doctor. He should have advised you that
no matter what, you can never skip a
dose.
2) the disease it telling you that you're
better, which means you are the furthest
from it.
I do not have schizophrenia. My mother
does. She had her first episode when I
was 7. I am now 30. She is finally
doing well. But only because we made her
realize she was hurting not only herself,
but her entire family when she decided to
skip her meds or suddenly take herself off
because she thought she was better.
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guest
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Asking Posted: 07-18-04 05:00am
There is misunderstanding.In other words
my question is:does the shorter recovery
time after the psychotic episode (in my
case only one so far) reduce the chance to
be diagnosed as schizophrenic?
Short recovery--->another
diagnose???????????
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purple333
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Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 07-18-04 08:41am
Any diagnosis made by any dr at any time
on any person can be wrong for reaons as
wide ranging as incompetence to diagnosis
on basis of the "in" thing, to the dr not
hearing/seeing/understanding what you
describe, to you not accurately/clearly
describing to dr not taking other
variables into account etc etc etc.
That said if the diagnosis is accurate
then you need to stay on meds & you
may not have recovered as fully as you
think or your degree of illness may not be
as great sa that of some other people if
you have recovered so fast.
As to your question of "could the
diagnosis be incorrect" yes but the only
way you (& remember you are not
necessarily the right one to decide
this!!) can determine this is by research
on say google or yahoo, seeking other
opinions (including alternative
therapists) & also seeing if perhaps
other treatment options seem worth trying
given your symptoms & also perhaps any
family history.
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guest
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Reply Posted: 07-19-04 05:55am
Actually my diagnose is acute psychogenic
paranoid psychosis but I can't find
internet resources to differentiate it
from schizophrenia.
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purple333
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Joined: 01 Dec 2003 Posts: 1420 Location: Sydney
Posted: 07-19-04 12:00pm
There will be something somewhere on the
web. You may need to try a different
search engine (or a few different ones)
also you might try asking your dr if your
"condition" is known by any other name!!
Another thing (if you haven't already
tried it!) would be to search under
psychogenic, psychogenic psychosis,
paranoia, paranoid psychosis etc - in
other words break it up into sections.
Yet another query to put to a search
engine would be "causes of psychotic
episodes", or "medical conditions which
cause psychotic episodes" & so on.
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lollipop4u
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Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 79 Location: pottsboro
You Can ... Posted: 07-19-04 23:33pm
Never generalize when it comes to people .
They are too complex . Especially, when
it comes to medicine . Each case is so
different ! People who spew out " pat "
answers are showing symptoms of an idol
mind . Yes . Ask these harvard med
students if there haven 't been well
documented cases of schizophrenia where
only one episode occurred in an entire
lifetime ! It could happen to you !
Peace . Laura