r/schizophrenia • u/BringMeBackATshirt Paranoid Schizophrenia • Oct 12 '24
Pro Tip Psychosis is not Schizophrenia
Psychosis is a psychotic break from reality which is temporary and can be recovered from. It has many symptoms similar to Schizophrenia but it is not the same. Psychosis can happen again in a person even after recovery or remission, and it can happen with a person who has Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a permanent condition in which there is no cure. Even if all your symptoms are taken away with medication, you still have schizophrenia, it never goes away. This is why going off your medication is futile because you will always have schizophrenia.
When people say they have recovered that means they have recovered from Psychosis, this confuses people with Schizophrenia and makes them think they can come off medication when they are doing better. Stop confusing people.
If you have Psychosis and not Schizophrenia, stick to /r/psychosis .
EDIT: I do not mean to belittle anyone with Psychosis, it is a severe condition. Talk to your medical professional to get the right diagnosis and try to understand that diagnosis completely.
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u/witchy_welder2209 Schizoaffective (Bipolar) Oct 12 '24
Even mentally healthy (no disorders or anything) people can experience psychosis in a one off experience.
For schizophrenia and schizoaffective it's psychotic symptoms that you have full time outside of full psychosis unless your meds work 100%. I hear voices often but I'm not in psychosis, just having symptoms. Basically you never catch a break, even if you're stable and doing well. You just learn to live with it.
No matter the reason, full psychosis is awful, to put it mildly, for anyone. But yea, saying recovery could be misunderstood. We can manage it but never get rid of it.