I’m glad you found a small solution. In my case, I don’t really know what triggers the symptoms. It usually happens to me after eating, but I can’t figure out what doesn’t agree with me. Right now, I’m taking psyllium husk, and it has somewhat improved my situation. However, it is still debilitating.

Without any particular order: Lemmy, Mastodon, Bookwyrm.

Thank you for the recommendations. The only book I have read on the subject, aside from scattered information on the internet, is “Schizophrenia” by Catherine Tobin, and I liked it a lot. However, I believe it is outdated regarding current information, as this book discusses the possibility of complete recovery (with the withdrawal of the corresponding medication) for psychotic patients.

Hey! Interesting forum. I’ll visit it from time to time. If I decide to sign up, I’ll leave my username here. Thanks for sharing.

According to the book “Anatomy of an Epidemic” SSRIs (antidepressants) improve patient symptoms slightly in the short term compared to those who are not medicated. However, in the long term:

1. They do not solve the problem of anxiety/depression at the symptomatic level.

2. They hinder the patient’s recovery and turn them into a chronic depressive or anxious individual.

In my experience, since I started taking SSRIs, I have been having more panic attacks, even though initially, about 5 years ago, they seemed to improve my symptoms of social anxiety and sadness.

Check this out: https://robertwhitakerbooks.com/anatomy-of-an-epidemic/antidepressantsdepression/

Hey! Cheer up, man, little by little you’ll get better. And I know it’s hard to do, but try not to worry so much about what others think. It’s a small piece of advice that, in some way, has worked for me.

I also think that I don’t have schizophrenia. When I was diagnosed, I was scared. I was afraid because I have always been an activist; with everything I’ve seen about police brutality, I thought it would happen to me. I thought I was being pursued by the police forces. I believe that paranoia is somewhat logical. On the other hand, I think my negative symptoms are more a consequence of my anxiety and depression. Since I was a child, around 13 or 14 years old, I have had social anxiety and a tendency towards sadness. I don’t believe that at 13 I was already sick with schizophrenia. I have never had hallucinations (neither auditory nor visual). Just “logical” paranoia and self-referential thoughts (which could be caused by social phobia). The issue is that since I started taking antipsychotics, I began to notice symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. What makes me doubt is that there are people who have “denial of illness” and have a worse prognosis; I hope I am not one of those people. Nevertheless, I follow my treatment to the letter. Now I am fine; the only thing that makes it difficult for me to lead a normal daily life is the irritable bowel syndrome. From here, I want to send encouragement to all of you who are in the same situation. We will get through this with struggle, I am sure. A hug.

PS: I apologize if my message contains any errors. My native language is Spanish. This message is written with the help of an AI for accurate translation.

Me too. I started smoking cannabis and drinking alcohol until I got sick with schizophrenia; it was then that I had to stop using cannabis. Now I occasionally drink beer; but above all, I consume a lot of caffeine, in my case in the form of energy drinks.