Meds dont work that well for Schizophrenia for me why use them?

I believe that stress causes most of the voices, and the voices are only used to cope with the stress. Whenever i try fighting and blocking the voices, they cause me to stress and therefore leave me prone to hear more voices. So if I fight against the voices I always lose. But whenever i allow the voices to stay in my head and let them be almost a part of me, they go away. The voices dont actually become a part of who i am because i know im not the person the voices tell me i am.Trying to block the voices basically makes it worse for me. What i have found is that my voices come from stress and malnutrition. Also eating healthy, eating vitamins, and focusing on the environment around me keeps me calm and almost voice free. Medication has only left me sleepy and dull during the day. Shouldnt psychiatrists and researchers be looking for coping techniques and real cures instead of medication that relieves the voices for a little while.

It's important to get a proper diagnosis first, and while there isn't nearly enough information here to make a diagnosis, some things you said and the way you said them make me wonder if the voices you are hearing may not be reflective of DID rather than Schizophrenia, although Schizophrenia is usually exacerbated by stress too. In DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) the voices generally come from inside your head rather than outside it and they tend to be experienced much like you're describing, more like parts of yourself rather than foreign. There is a tendency to hear multiple voices, often in conversation or argument with each other or commenting on your actions-the last piece is also common in Schizophrenia. Medication is largely ineffective with DID and tends to only temporarily subdue the voices, regardless of dosage. The hallmark symptoms of DID include amnesia-generally experienced as episodes of time loss or missing time-and a history of trauma. Symptoms of time loss tend to wax and wane, but often are triggered by exposure to things or events that resemble elements or features of particular past traumas. Since the symptoms of DID tend to overlap with multiple other disorders, it is especially important to get a thorough evaluation by someone familiar with all mental disorders including dissociative disorders. Psychiatrists rarely recognize DID as they don't really treat it as it is not responsive to medications and DID is treated through long-term psychotherapy. The good news is that DID can be cured once multiple traumas have been resolved and the separate parts of the self that held these traumas are integrated and there is no longer amnesia caused by dissociation.
I am not suggesting that you do have DID as there is not enough info available here, but that it may be a possibility which necessitate totally different treatment than what you are likely receiving. If you are interested in more info regarding this, post another question about DID and I'll answer it or you can refer to many of my previous answers regarding it.
If this doesn't fit, and you are certain that Schizophrenia is the issue, I would encourage you to try different meds in a search for what works for you. There are many other symptoms associated with the disorder besides auditory hallucinations and the meds can be crucial with helping the disordered thinking that accompanies it. There are many meds to choose from nowadays and if you have been tried on multiple ones like Risperdal, Abilify, Zyprexa, Seroquel, Geodon and older ones like Haldol, Prolixin or navane with no response, talk to your psychiatrist about Clozaril. Clozaril can be absolutely amazing for some, but it carries a serious risk of agranulocytosis which needs to be monitored closely. But when all else fails, Clozaril often works miracles, literally. Source(s): 20 years as a psychotherapist with specialization in dissociative and trauma related disorders

I think I may be schizophrenic.I get stressed and start seeing and hearing things like James (my 'imaginary' friend) and the monsters I'm not sure.I'm scared to get it checked out though.Like When my emotions crash I start thinking and seeing monsters and I hear james and..feel him.I'm not sure though.
While you seem to be doing okay with your illness, some schizophrenics hear voices that tell them to kill or injure other people or themselves, so for them, the meds are the only thing that work. Lots and lots of people have stress and don't eat right, but they don't hear voices, so blaming it on that may not be the right thing to do, but the positive feedback that you are using seems to be working for you. Don't rule out the meds completely because they can help when you cannot cope and they can be adjusted so they don't make you so sleepy during the day...Good luck.
'Voices' that are stress induced are not the result of schizophrenia. Sorry. Schizophrenia is like the adult version of autism... Very different thing. You have some kind of disorder with psychotic features and whatever disorder that is needs to be treated before they consider treating the audio hallucinations. You should really consider changing your psychiatric physician. If treating the primary disorder works best without anti-psychotics then I think that would be the best choice for you, not senselessly sedating yourself just for the hell of it.