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Hi Carolyn,

Your point is well taken. The important "miracle" is a transformed life (for the better). He no longer does those things. He no longer has any of those symptoms. He never took any medication. Even "miracles" get boring after a while anyway and the real miracle is to be able to do all of the right things all of the time. That is what grace is.

At the time, they wanted to put him on medication and now, they don't believe that he was having those very symptoms of sz. That is about as predictable as anything. Just discount everything that he had to go through alone without him even knowing what was happening to him until years later when he saw that documentary in England about people affected by sz. His sz symptoms were severe and since he beat them on his own without any medication, just discount the whole thing or we can learn from what he did to help others affected with the same symptoms. A "normal" person is not able to go without sleep or food for three days straight. A normal person does not see and hear words at the same time or almost pass out from flames that gave him tunnel vision which only he could see and feel and does not have the person in the mirror scold him. A normal person does not hear loud explosions or continue to have hallucinations and symptoms for years to come. A normal person does not have preliminary hallucinations years earlier. Just discount all the progress and success that he has had as if nothing ever happened. I am sure that he would just love that. No wonder you never hear of any successes.

Hi i am new 2 this site but certainly not new 2 the experience of mental illness!!But there is something puzzling me....Bob my very close relative is Bi Polar & 4 the past 18months he has been TORTURED by wot Drs are saying r "audio hallucinations" can any1 tell me or help me understand the difference between SZ & AHs????

That would be a good question for the doctor. It sounds the same to me except that with sz, it is often both audio and visual but I suppose it could be just audio too.

Hi,

Audio hallucinations is another word for hearing voices.

Regards,

Christina