Schizophrenia Support Group

My experience is that cognitive-behavioral therapy in schizophrenics works best when combined with proper medication. Without the medication to fix the chemical aspects it may be very difficult to get the most that you can out of the therapy.

Thanks Sophia85, I understand this but as no medication has ever taken away my voices it has only made me less sentitive to them. So you have has cbt? how was it?

I have been through a lot of cognitive behavioral therapy. I think the thing about it that has helped me the most has been learning to be aware of my thought processes and how easy it is to let negative thinking cause negative behavior.

my doc says that the meds arent designed to take away tyhe voices. They just help me to deal with them better.

I guess I have come to terms with having them, I think I will always have them. But I do CBT as well as having meds and I find it quite helpful most of the time.

Lastephopen Thats the first time I have been told by anyone that the meds are not going to take my voices away. No doctor has every said you will never lose the voices.
So how do they help you deal with them? By making you less stressed?
At present I take sleeping tablets and if I get too stressed I just shut the world out and try to sleep. I have really good health and stay away from hard relationships. I suppose I am learning to live with my 2 realities, but it can be so painful sometimes, thinking I have all this power to know what people are thinking and I also have lots of premonishions which doesn't help.