Can paranoia schitzophrenics be aware of thier condition and control it without medication?

noCan paranoia schitzophrenics be aware of thier condition and control it without medication?
Paranoid schizophrenics can be made aware of their condition, but it does take some work. Because what is an hallucination to us, is reality to them - a delusion to us, reality to them. It is the equivalent of telling you, that as an example your best mate, is actually an hallucination and not real. So it is quiet difficult to convince individuals of their illness at times.





The illness, at least its positive symptoms, are believed to have a physiological basis. And so, whilst psychotherapy is extremely effective when used inconjuction with neuroleptic medications; used by itself, it does not addess the physiological basis which induces the positive symptoms of the illness and so, has no great effect as a sole treatment.Can paranoia schitzophrenics be aware of thier condition and control it without medication?
They can become aware of their illness once on meds. Then as they gain more insight %26amp; work with their therapist, they can learn to distance themselves from their positive symptoms (like hallucinations), but they will probably need to be on some medication long term.
NOPE MED'S ARE NEED'D
No Medication is a must.that`s where they have the down fall they start thinking i can handle this, i don`t need meds then next thing they are off the planet and hurting themselves and others,get back on those meds that`s why they were invented.