I was diagnosed with schizophrenia a few years ago, specifically schizo-affective disorder. It began when I was 18 and I did not realize, though I had a few suspicions, till I was 24. It started in the form of parsitosis and morphed into something else. I then began to take opiates because it would reduce the stress which seemed to reduce the schizophrenia. Now I am 33 and the damn thing seems to be getting worse!!!!! My God, I can bearly take it any more!!! I never, at least to my knowledge, ever, heard things that were not there and now it is happening ALL the time. I can't take a shower or walk down the street without someone or something whispering, mumbling something that enrages me or drives me crazy.

I've been off the opiates for about 8-10 months now because I've been taking Suboxone. These whisperings, at least that I noticed began getting heavy probably around three months ago. Now that I look back at it I think perhaps it was happening way longer than I thought but not to the extent it seems to happen now.

So is it possible for the sickness to get worse? I do seem to eb and flow, usually it is just mild, sometimes really bad though not this bad, and a few times, though few and far between I'll have a week or two of very clear times.

Something to mention, the only change that has occured, I am now more healthy than I have ever been. Lost thirty pounds and work out daily. Does a healthy body make for a fun playground for the sickness to play in?

Thanks