>>12547519They take meds, go to DBT and slowly use the tools they learned from living with the condition to work on themselves over many years.
If you were so far gone you wouldn't be able to type complete sentences asking this question. This means you're on the functioning end of the spectrum.
Go to therapy. They'll help give you the tools to live in reality. It will be up to you to use those tools to recognize when you're having an episode.
I'm a schizophrenic. My last paranoid episode was almost 4 years ago.
There is a way to recover but you have to accept there's something wrong with you, seek help and then do work on yourself.