Aging with Schizophrenia - Opinion Column

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60 feels really low, I plan on living the standard 77 or whatever it is, or ideally into my eighties.

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I hope you all have quit smoking if you plan to live longer.

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LS! My age is 61! I quit smoking, alcohol and streetdrugs before I was thirty. At least twenty people I knew died young. I researched mortality and schizophrenia. I do all sort of things to live longer: exercise, diet at least ten fruit and veg a day, dietary supplements about thirty daily, senolytic treatment twice so far, intermittent fasting. At my age I get lots of care, which helps a lot.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)31694-5/fulltext

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as far as i am concerned it is something i cannot control so i will just leave it in Gods Capable hands and hope for the best, i will never become complacent, wont take life for granted

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I’m just hopin’ and going by my parents ages. I’ve had a slightly hard life. I’m entering the szs end of lifespan time but I feel pretty good. Quit smoking, take a few vitamins, walk a little, see a doctor. Taking retirement easy. A lot to stay alive for.

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You don’t have td …stay positive…also btw what dose r u on a high or low dose and what med

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I am 71 and take a small dose of meds. I belonged to a clubhouse where many smokers and or sugar addicts died around age 50.
Am trying for vegan diet many days. Walk and take supplements.

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Cardiovascular disease is the main thing to watch out for.

Quit the smoking peeps.

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A strict vegan diet to prevent heart disease. Research papers references are given throughout the talk.

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I watched that video or another one of his many years ago. Interesting stuff.

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I tried sticking to that diet and lasted about 6 months. Got my cholesterol level down to 4, which is the heart attack proof zone. A bit strict of a diet though that requires a lot of motivation and constant vigilance.

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I didn’t know that. My cholesterol is around that too but I don’t have any diet to thank for it. Although I don’t eat a lot of meat I guess.

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I have high cholesterol levels, high triglycerides, high blood glucose levels, I have high blood pressure.
I’m overweight and have a severe mental illness.
I don’t have much time left.

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I know I read vegetarians live longer.

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Wave I know people that have everything wrong with them health wise and their still living.

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Yeah hopefully I’ll get lucky.
Thanks @anon12381882

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What treatment are you getting / taking for all those things wave ?

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I take Lipitor and 2 other blood pressure meds and Metformin @everhopeful.

I also take prescription fish oil for my high triglycerides.

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I’ve had a belief, for a very long time, that I’ll live until age 54. Not age 53. Not age 55. Just age 54. I’m convinced. IDK if it’s a delusion or not. But I’ve believed it for years… Long before being diagnosed as SzA.

I have:
diabetes, type 1
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, hypermobility type
schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type
asthma

I’m just… convinced… that 54 will be my end. :confused:

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I had that for the age of 27, I believed that I’d join the 27 club. When I turned 28 I just kind of changed, wanted to get sober, went back to school. The delusion faded, luckily.

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