@walterchang welcome friend … i am from Nepal nebouring country to china… U have splendid english pronunciation u write quite nicely … i think if one has severe cognitive symptoms he or she cannot drive … i have cognitive symptoms so bad that i sold my motercycle …
i quit driving studies and job due to schizophrenia … I am in complete home rest whether you call it house arrrest or Resting whole life … have a great day chang…
Sure. And well.
I drive but I try not to at night bcz I have strabismus and no visual depth perception.
can u still make eye contact if u have starbismus? i feel like i am having it too when being psychotic and can’t make any eye contact easily
I drive every day.
I drive a lot.
I do have a lot of intrusive thoughts while driving and fear. But I get through it.
What do you mean? You can still see but with one eye at a time at the focus point. I can’t see in 3D.
I drive, and it’s not difficult. If I’m being followed I change my route until I lose them but I don’t speed or drive crazy to get rid of them. So I think it can be done
i dont know about others but i cant drive.
in my case it has been horrible.
before my illness i could ride a bicycle but
after the illness i couldn’t even ride a bicycle, imagine that.
it was so bcoz i couldnt balance myself on the bicycle.
its so painful.
i’d love to ride a scooter or a motorbike but i cant bcoz i cant balance.
i cant learn swimming either, i tried but my head and arms and legs cant synchronise to swim
it sucks so much.
i used to take car driving lessons but bcoz of this illness i couldnt even start/ignition a car properly let alone drive it.
its bcoz of this impediment i left the US, bcoz the US is designed to get around in a car, and returned back to india only to be jobless since.
man it sucks so much.
no fun in life.
in short i cant drive a car although i would love to.
Dear walterchang, congratulations on being a studious person and managing to graduate from what is considered to be higher education in the United States. With that being said, I as a person diagnosed with schizophrenia, am able to drive a car once again after a litigious process involving a revaluation of my cognitive impairment as well as physical ability to conduce a vehicle safely. It was a bearable and time consuming process, yet it is possible in the United State.
Welcome to the forums. Considering you mentioned your current nation of residence, when I read your about your relatable qualm, my logic has come to a couple of presumptive (which I apologize for as I should not presume to know) conclusions,
One is that you live in a very populous province in the world with all due respect to the Republic of China, and thus, those who are afforded the privilege to drive a vehicle are closely monitored after any erratic behavior which some of our symptoms as people with such conditions like schizophrenia might experience. Thus, as there are others who would drive a vehicle if given the chance, despite your ability the worry that a college educated person could suddenly have a suicidal thought whilst driving may be a major factor in your allowance to drive. Do not think of it too negatively, instead I would recommend that you realize, this must mean that you are well respected and cared about among your peers and community.
The second conclusion would indicate that due to tradition and permediated ideals of parents when it comes to being viewed as successful in the raising of a son, your parents might be worried you could find yourself in a difference scenario such as a traffic fine, or a violation of law enforcement and thus the authorities. Whilst being in such a province, the term, “Saving face.” comes to mind. As parents, they surely want to save face while feeling the normal necessity of not feeling futile in the raising of their child or age. This also is an indicative of their love and respect for you.
There may be other factors, and perhaps the two coincide, however, all that being said, I believe if you, personally feel ready for the responsibility of having a driving license, then you should be able to seek out a way to travel safely in with accountability not just for yourself, but also for others on the road. Nonetheless, I do not know if you are afforded that liberty, or if you would find that you are allowed to do so. It is only personal input from one fellow sufferer to another, may all be well with you parents and yourself, please, do find a good moment in your day every day.
Hi. I see you are on amisulpride. How are your prolactin levels? Do you take anything for prolactin levels reduction?
It took me a few years to be able to drive again or even be in a moving car without totally melting down. Now I can drive a few times a week to get to labs or Dr appointments or store. I like night drive or morning drives when there’s not many people out, listening to good music.
I’m on amisulpride and a low dose of olanzapine and I drive. When my husband and I married in made commitment to drive as he has epilepsy. I dislike it a lot though.
Been driving for seven years on a learners permit as I failed test six times because of some stupid fussy rules and never made effort afterwards as my avolition and procrastination and fear stopped me
I just take Wenlafaxine and Amisulpride. the side effect is neglectable.
I do have a driving license and have a truck but it is true that mess and so can effect my driving. Cognitive makes me doubt myself and I look both ways more than once and since mess make me sleepy I can’t drive as long without meds. Other factors come into play. On road trips I can drive maybe 8 hours a day, but I’d have to be the first one to drive and someone take over after. My dad got pissed at me cause he’d ask if I was going to drive and if I was going to take my meds. I’d say yes but then he’d want to drive first and I don’t sleep well in cars then by time he wanted to switch id be to tired to drive.
I can drive, but I really don’t like to. My medications make me feel unsafe to drive, I worry about my reaction times.
When I’m sick I can often see dead bodies on the sides of the road. Gore and viscera. Or shadows running out infront of me.
I find it safer that I don’t drive often.
Thank you for your reply and your compliments. It is in the year 2000 that I was fired as an Engineer in the JV of GM. Then I stayed at home and went to see psychiatrists and sold soft drinks and cigars in a kiosk to make a living.
Thank you for your reply.
My parents worry about my safety, if i drove a car here. they could be afraid of that I will commit come traffic iccidents.
Yes I can still drive a car even on the highway.
I Drive a few times a week to pick up groceries or run errands for my mom- she don’t drive much anymore, people don’t exactly like she was taught in the good old days.
As long as I am able to use good judgment and NOT get behind the wheel if I feel I can’t drive safely, the DMV lets me drive.
If I cause an accident because I didn’t use good judgement, they can (justifiably) take my license for good.