Is it a possibility that I am capable of learning it effectively, because I’m so tense and my instructor always tells me to calm down when I can’t, it’s physically not possible. Not sure if everyone’s like that or just schizophrenics and others but I hope to pass but I can’t help not being calm, I don’t mind it it’s just the instructor always says it
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I had to quit driving. I just don’t have the concentration and would probably cause an accident.
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I don’t drive myself. I gave up my license. no one wants a hesitant driver like me on the road.
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I stated learning, but also had concentration issues mostly because of the sedation. As soon as I stopped using modafinil, I gave up trying to drive.
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I got my driver’s license in my teens about 2 years after my diagnosis. It was so stressful for me to learn to drive that I ended up in the psych ward and had to retry again 6 months later, after they adjusted my meds.
I still drive today but I am an extremely nervous and slow driver so I only drive locally - like to the food store or bank or my daughter’s school.
I can’t drive on highways or on a long trip anywhere. My husband does all the driving for our vacations.
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I dont drive either. Couldnt pass the test last time because of nerves. Dont really want to drive anyway.
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I have been driving since I was fifteen (learner’s permit) and as a fully licensed driver since age sixteen. Was DXed with SZ around age 23-24 (that’s a bit fuzzy, it was a bad time). I drive today. I am also licensed to drive everything up to a large bus, but not an 18-wheeler. This means I can drive gravel trucks, fuel trucks, and other large commercial vehicles including school buses, which I have done.
I think some degree of being nervous is fine if it helps you pay attention to what is happening around you.
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I learned
Have to get my drivers license renewed every 1-3 years depending on what happens
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I got my license before I was DxD.
Have been driving for about 15 years.
I’m a very careful driver, I don’t weave through traffic and I follow all the rules.
U can definitely learn how to drive.
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I’ve been driving since i was 16. I sometimes experience driving anxiety and am a very cautious driver, and i don’t go on long trips, just local driving. That’s cuz i don’t trust my car, tho, not cuz of the anxiety. I’m much more anxious driving in the winter than in the summer, but i think that’s normal with ice on the road. I use studded tires but it’s still slippery.
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Yep I learnt to drive when I was living in supported housing. 1 hour driving lesson a week. The council took my free bus pass off me when I passed the test.
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I learned to drive after being diagnosed.
Never thought I would be a licensed driver
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I plan on it eventually, but right now my parents don’t trust me to drive. It’s complicated but has mostly to do with me running away on a number of occasions. I got sick before I was 16, so I don’t have the luxury of having been able to drive already. I did get my permit like two years ago, though.
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I passed in Dec 23rd 2016, was easy. now i cant drive bc my concentration took a dip, never drive if you think its risky.
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Same here, i dumped the test for a driving license four times before i gave up.
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I can drive but haven’t for years. I’d like to go back to it though. I have good memories of cruising with my music playing
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I drive mostly just to dr appointments gas station or grocery store or fast food
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Garsh supermanslice. .
I might get my license in jan
Its been 9 years
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I can drive just fine but I get anxiety from being out.
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