Disclaimer: This post is not meant to imply advice; everyone's needs, triggers, and experiences are different.
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Well, it's been 2 or 3 months since I was last in full psychosis. I have ideas as to why, but they are unusual in that they are non-antipsychotic medication reasons:

1. Anxiety medication (benzo broadened from just for panic to for anxiety in general)

• I believe this move, which happened in the hospital when I was last psychotic, helped because I became more capable of lessening the intense stress/distress that usually triggers my psychotic symptoms.
  

• When I was put back on these during that same stay (which particular med has varied since), I came to feel more capable again. You know what that means? I have the feeling of having (more) agency over things in my life; more agency (for me at least) = less delusion fuel. 
  

• I was put on lithium the most recent time in the hospital, which was not for psychosis but for suicidality. The relation: the hospital time before that was for both psychosis and suicidality intertwined. I think that when my delusions (and intermittent internal conversations or arguments with the entities) are intensified by depression and distress, that it tends to spiral quickly into dangerous territory. My entities generally want me to kill myself, so when I agree with them, that's a big problem, especially as the main one has presented itself as an evil double that can take over my agency over my actions. So the upshot here? Less agreement with suicidal-flavored delusions and internal auditory hallucinations (achieved via reduced depression) seems to be helping me not get as immersed in the symptoms with these themes, themes which tend to be central to most of my episodes.
  

Does anyone else experience strongly religious/spiritual-focused delusions or become way more religious/spiritual when experiencing delusions? I'm not a very religious person or anything like that but during some of my episodes I experience religious delusions and often describe myself as very religious. Since going off my meds earlier in the year I've been told by multiple professionals that I'm experiencing psychotic symptoms since I started hearing gods telling me things (and also realized I'm an angel/demi-god from the things they've told me) and have since been way more in-tune with spirituality than usual

I've heard of cases similar to this when reading up on schizophrenia on the internet with very similar themes (hearing gods, being an angel/god, being chosen, etc), but I feel I don't often see delusions of this nature in actual schizo communities. I feel other people seem to have more persecutory/paranoia focused delusions (which is usually the case for me but not always, lately my persecutory/paranoid delusions have been very secondary and have always been directly related to things the gods tell me instead of stemming on their own)

When my anxiety is extremely high, I feel as though I'm being trapped and suffocated even though I have every reason to believe that I can move. It doesn't go away until I start moving and this will sometimes result in me pacing around throughout the entire day and into the night.

Does any other schizophrenic experience this?

What symptoms did you experience during the onset of your schizophrenia? I primarily dissociated.

I don't feel like this issue gets nearly enough attention. They plague psychotic people so much that many fear going to sleep like a child that has watched a scary movie. The only difference is that the movie was played by your mind. Maybe at least awareness that this is a common problem will provide patients some relief. Not being alone is one of the most comforting feelings there is.

Who else has had psychotic nightmares?

i tend to get a lot of delusions around hypnosis or mind control by spirits. i can get sent into a sort of trance that will follow commands. one time it was god telling me to do random things around town like stealing a hoodie and making a cross out of sticks and hang it behind a fast food place. another time there was a certain book i didnt want to read because it would be too triggering, but my body kept seeking it out. i found it in barnes and noble and couldnt put it down because of the trance even though my head was screaming not to.

It's true that some people abuse them. There is nothing to be done about that. Xanax has a legitimate use. 

Panic can remove your sense of thirst. Panic can lower your Niacin levels increasing risk of a cardiac episode.

It's unknown if panic can kill you. It can sustain a HR approaching 200 for over 20 minutes. 

It all gets resolved by a little blue pill. Shame on doctors who dogmatically refuse to give it under any condition.

anyone else have friends that are objects? mine are mainly plushies and old tech like my 2000s digital cameras

I wonder if my restlessness and akathisia are Haldol-induced

I'm DD, from the Discord. I have Schizophrenia. I also have a lot of stuff going on in my life that I'm open to discuss anytime anybody may be interested, like possibly finding a job? What? Yeah. I like to help others, however I can. Anytime someone needs to talk, you can send me a message, and I'll respond ASAP