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Great advice! All of this is so true. Thanks for sharing!

This might be a basic answer, but I find the notes app helpful for preparing for counseling and psychiatry appointments. My cognitive symptoms can make it hard to think, remember, and communicate, and coming prepared with notes on what I want to discuss makes the appointments more productive...

Gosh, that sounds miserable. I hope you're doing better now. You're also very strong for pushing through with it as long as you did.

Pets have definitely been a source of comfort for me through hard times. Cuddling with my dog when I'm back home keeps me from spending long stretches alone at night.

Agreed. Getting out of bed is so hard.

I think early support absolutely makes a difference. I developed schizophrenia in elementary school, but didn't receive mental healthcare until my twenties when I could seek it out on my own. A lot of trauma, heartache, and damage to my physical health could have been avoided had I been helped...

Definitely all of the above. I think all of those increase my positive symptoms.

Hi everyone! I know with disorders on the schizophrenia spectrum, medications are the primary method of treatment, but how do you guys feel about therapies? For me, as someone with both childhood-onset schizophrenia and PTSD I've found trauma informed talk therapy with a counselor knowledgeable...