Does schizophrenia ever go away?
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No.  It can be controlled well for some people better than others, but never goes away.  Some schizophrenics THINK it has gone away and don't take their meds anymore but it really never does.
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It sounds like it would be helpful for you to learn more about schizophrenia to understand better what you could be getting yourself into by staying in the relationship.  Trying to maintain a relationship with someone who is suffering from the symptoms of a serious mental illness is difficult, and you don't want to go into it with your eyes closed.  There are a lot of great websites out there that talk about the symptoms of the illness.  http://www.schizophrenia.com/  also has support forums for family members and friends of individuals with schizophrenia....those might be helpful for you.  Another helpful thing may be to see a counselor on a short term basis yourself.  A psychologist or LCSW should be able to talk with you about the illness and help you think about the pros and cons of getting deeper into the relationship.  They can also help you explore your own reasons for starting this relationship and help you start thinking about whether or not it's a good choice for you.  Best of luck to you!
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My shrink thought I have it but still deciding..... Sigh (I really would like to know or at least be able to be aware! There are A WHOLE WHOLE WHOLE lot of different types and options so you really cannot just say Schizophrenia.
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i don't think you will ever 'get over' the disorder.  the meds will help mask or suppress the symptoms like cough syrup does but there is no cure.  i have bipolar and have wondered the same thing before.  once the meds are started it might take 2-3 wks to see results and get back to a normal balance or mood.  don't get too down.  millions are affected my mental illness.  we're a special group of people with talent and dreams like the rest of the 'normal' population.
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Oh sweetie, I feel you.  My sister committed suicide and shortly after I also started to see and hear things.  Yes, it is stress related (or so a therapist has told me - he said they're called delusions actually).  They can be so frightening but they do go away, and a Dr. never did me any good.  But maybe you could try a school counselor?  If what you see scares you my best suggestion is pray hard!! That helped me, and tell yourself over and over: this is NOT real, I AM safe!
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There is no complete treatment. Medication helps but doesnt take the scizophrenia away, just makes it more easier to cope with day to day. Therapy, talking bout the issues with a proffesional who is experienced in that subject.
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About 10,000 people will be diagnosed with Schizophrenia in the US this year.  There are currently 2.2 million people suffering from Schizophrenia in the US today.  Worldwide, the disease affects about 1% of the population.
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yeah...ummm...you should check with a doctor.  Some people seem fine on 100-200mgs for schizophrenia; other people ramp it up to 600-900+mgs/day.  It varies wildly.
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Schizophrenia is a profound disturbance in human activities; thought (delusions, loosening of associations), perception (hallucination), language (word salad, disconnected ideas) and affect (emotions often flat or absent). It is not clear in definition so psychologists divide schizophrenia in 5 subs, as follows:\nParanoid schizophrenia\nCatatonic        ''\nDisorganized     ''\nUndifferentiated ''\nResidual         ''\n\nSince there is a biological basis of schizophrenia the sufferer must see a doctor immediately. There are many approaches to the psycological disorders within which you have to pick the most proper one. Cognitive-Behavioral therapies, humanistic therapies, psychodynamic therapies and biological therapies(medication) are some of them... To guarantee a positive progress, I think iti is best to get a diagnosis first, because as I mentioned schizophrenia is not one simple ilness but a complex one, and then get the treatment. Emotional support is important as in all disorders but since the sufferer is emotinally floating it is hard to cope with that. All these therapies may help to some extent but an integrated one, a little bit of this a little bit of that, is more effective, I guess.
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Schizophrenia is a severe brain disease that interferes with normal brain and mental function—it can trigger hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and significant lack of motivation. Without treatment, schizophrenia affects the ability to think clearly, manage emotions, and interact appropriately with other people. It is often disabling and can profoundly affect all areas of your life (for example, becoming unable to work or go to school). Being told that you or someone you love has schizophrenia can be frightening or even devastating. The best way to improve your quality of life with schizophrenia is to learn as much as you can about this condition and then adhere to the recommended treatment.\n\nThere are several types of schizophrenia, and the specific types are diagnosed based upon symptoms. The most common type is paranoid schizophrenia, which causes fearful thoughts and hearing threatening voices.\n\nSchizophrenia does not involve multiple personalities and is not the same condition as dissociative identity disorder (also called multiple personality disorder or split personality).\n\nWhat causes schizophrenia?\n\nThere are many theories about the cause of schizophrenia, but none have yet been proven. Schizophrenia may be a genetic disorder, since your chances of developing schizophrenia increase if you have a parent or sibling with the condition. However, most people with relatives who have schizophrenia will not develop it. It may also be related to problems experienced during pregnancy (such as malnutrition, or being exposed to a viral infection) that damages the unborn child's developing nervous system. \n\nWhat are the symptoms?\n\nSchizophrenia causes two groups of symptoms: negative symptoms and positive symptoms. Positive (psychotic) symptoms refer to characteristics that are "added" to your personality. Negative symptoms are capabilities or aspects of your personality that are "lost" with schizophrenia.\n\nNegative symptoms generally include apathy or lack of motivation, self-neglect (such as not bathing), and reduced or inappropriate emotion (such as becoming angry with strangers). Negative symptoms usually appear first and may be confused with depression, and later with other conditions such as substance abuse or bipolar disorder. 1 \n\nPositive symptoms, which generally appear later, include symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, and disorganized or confusing thoughts and speech.\n\nSymptoms of schizophrenia usually emerge in adolescence or early adulthood. Symptoms can appear suddenly or may develop gradually, often causing the illness to go unrecognized until it is in an advanced stage when it is more difficult to treat.\n\nHow is schizophrenia diagnosed?\n\nSchizophrenia is diagnosed primarily with a medical history and a mental health assessment. Other tests, such as blood tests or imaging tests, may be done to rule out other conditions that can mimic symptoms of schizophrenia.\n\nHow is schizophrenia treated?\n\nThere is no cure for schizophrenia. However, many people can effectively manage their symptoms with medications and professional counseling.\n\nConsistent, long-term treatment is critical to the successful management of schizophrenia. Unfortunately, people with schizophrenia often do not seek treatment or they stop treatment due to unpleasant side effects of medications or lack of support.\n\nHave a Great Day
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A paranoid delusion is most often a sympton of a disorder that is chronic rather than acute. There really is no such thing as a cure....maintanence of symptoms, treatment yes...This varies for everyone...I have known some people that never leave behind their delusions (it is how they frame...make sense of the world) others experience delusions on and off while recieving treatment. Some people find the wonder drug and, if they are lucky, therapy combo and leave their delusions behind. It is such an unknown that brain of ours that it really is true  that we are guinea pigs. And for me that is an okay trade-off. My illness has been very responsive to treatment. So what is a little cottonmouth or possible threat of shaving a decade off my life if I don't live in perpetual fear. Whatever... I am getting off track.
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It doesn't sound like schizophrenia to me.  Sounds like a personality trait that might have been helped by her stress of growing up with an unreliable and unsupportive father (because of his illness).
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Well they try to get them to socialize (go on outings and do activities) but mainly in the us and canada we just dope them (antipsychotics) and put them on the street these days. There is not enough funding for real rehabilitation.  For people who are threats to themselves and others we use things like token economies in institutions teaching them how to work for things that they want and behave for things that they want.  Outside of the instutition people try to arrange jobs that they can do.  Lost of places sponsor PHD and post docs to research schizophrenia....do a pubmed search for whatever therapeutic techniques you are interested in and write to a few professors about doing graduate school with them...assuming you have an undergraduate degree....if you do not have an undergraduate...you will want to do that first.
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you spelled "schizofrenia" wrong...it's schizophernia. And yes it can be treated. The sooner the better, the longer they wait, the harder it'll be for the doctors to cure the disease.
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It depends on the type of mental illness, and the severity of that illness. Some people are blissfully unaware that they are "crazy" and some people who have a mental illness are painfully aware of their illness. \n\nSome types of mental illness, such as schizophrenia, lend themselves to a higher level of "non-awareness," and certainly that changes within those diagnosed with schizophrenia, based on a number of individual factors. \n\nSometimes, when people with mental illnesses are not on prescription medication, or have a prescription, but are not taking it properly, or at all, they have a higher rate of psychosis, or hallucinations, or other symptoms may be exacerbated. \n\nSome folks with mental illnesses such as depression, or bi-polar illness know very well that there is something wrong. And other times, other mental illness, like character disorders, ingrain themselves so deeply in the very root of who people are, that they don't have any way of looking at the world except through those lenses of experience.  So in some cases, they have no frame of reference for thinking that they are "mentally ill." \n\nFinally, there are times when people may have become so ill from their mental illness and lack of resources like therapy and medication, that they spiral deeper into their illness. People have done awful things in those desperate times, and when they are then back on medication, the weight of coming out of that "fog" but knowing that something was terribly wrong is so heavy on their hearts and minds that they just want to disappear into their mental illness again. \n\nMental illness is terribly sad and it wreaks havoc on people and their families. And contrary to popular belief, the bulk of the mentally ill are not homeless people downtown. They're mothers, fathers, sisters, and brothers. They're regular people, trying to live regular lives.
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Not as long as you are taking your meds. My hubby has it and so does my best friend. It takes a while to get on the right medication but once you get it figured out you can live a normal life. I can tell you it can be just as hard on your loved ones as it is on you (more so in some cases). The problem is, most people stop taking their pills. That's when the problems start. Ultimately you are still in control and that thought should be comforting. There are also some great support groups that are very helpful.\nGood luck! You are in my prayers.
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As a schizophrenic I can only nod my head as I read your post and that of the others. There is a forum you might find very helpful...\n\nTo answer your question...yes. Right now. During an incident of violence. I am learning to deal with it, yes. Miles to go before i sleep. On some days the best I can do is simply zone and zone and zone...waking up briefly to places I know I am supposed to be...taking care of buisness with only a vague sense of being present. Trying to awaken from sleep sometimes is a horror show. It is at those times I can feel how little connected I am to me...and sometimes i cannot get through the grey suffocating cotton to get from sleep to awareness and I get trapped there and all I can do is struggle in terror and panic and then finally awaken to this dull grey world.\nBut every day is not like that...and every day does not suck. Medication slays me...Ihave schizophrenia and bi-polar mixed into one disease...believe me I have tried medication From Halidol and Cogentin to Risperidal and Zyprexa. I am medication free as of the last five years. I don;t take vitamins anymore. I take Chlorella and Spirulina...in capsule form (never tablets) and any kind of sea weed and/ or chlorophyl saturated capsules .\nI drink lots of water...I don't watch the news. I don't read newspapers. No caffeine, sugar, processed foods(sausages, cheese, candies) no soft drinks(the carbon dioxide wreaks havoc with your ability to digest foods.) and I drink everything at room temperature...nothing too hot or too cold. System goes into shock as soon as those extremes are introduced into it.\nThese things help me deal and as time goes on I feel badly less and less and the frequency with which I feel disconnected and out of my body whilst stuck in my body, lessen.\n\nThe therapy I use that has saved my life is Dialectic Behavioral Therapy. Originally created just for borderline personality disorder. It was later found to help people across all lines of disorders and Axis 1's. Rather than explain I will send you links.\n\nThe Chlorella and Spirulina are for energy during the day, and help me sleep at night. The DBT therapy is for my sanity...keeps me from going mad...and helps me begin the process of reintegration so I can meet myself one day and get to know me.\n\nFirst link is to the Depersonalization / Derealization Community Forums. Peace and blessings.