If you can look at it as taking vitamins that help your brain, that might be a good idea. I know that you will recover from this episode, but it will probably take some time. So, if you find a med that works well for you, stay with it because the next one might not be as good. Although hallucinations, both visual and auditory, are symptoms of Schizophrenia, you don't have to have them to have this illness. I didn't have either auditory or visual hallucinations but was still diagnosed as having Schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia has a lot of potential different symptoms.
As long as you have some of the symptoms, you can be diagnosed with have Schizophrenia. For more information on the symptoms, please see the diagnostic criteria in our Schizophrenia American Description page. Dear Cindy, I have a son who has acute episodes of schizophrenia. This past year he became so ill that he could no longer maintain living on his own. It is so sad.