I always think how can i live my whole life like this . can you live whole life like it is right now with schizophrenia?
I don’t think I can make the most of life with this illness. I’m hoping I can get off the medication one day.
yeah absolutely… maybe you’re still in the first stages… if you find the right med that works for you, you can have a great life. It’s not easy… we all suffered a lot and still have tough days but it makes you stronger. You need to make the decision that you can overcome this… takes guts and willpower… Hope you can!
After I recovered, I went university, I worked full time, I started my own business… Now I might get a new job and a lot 
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Just my opinion: As long as you don’t aspire to be “normal”, you can have a very full life! Staying with what works to keep you well, and understanding that perfection is not the goal, allows you to enjoy life. Sz has set me back, no doubt about that, but it has set me back from one way I might have gone and set me on another way instead. I may not always recognize it, but I have a good life.
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Yeah I have a different opinion, although I understand yours… I think we are normal. With a brain disorder that puts some more obstacles for us to overcome. But I think we’re sometimes more normal than the “normies” … We tend to be more self aware for one, and that brings a lot of insight into ourselves.
In my experience, the more I let myself believe that I’m not normal the worse it is for my studies, for my friendships, and life in general. Gives me a sense that I don’t belong when in fact I do. For me personally that kind of thinking is not helpful at all.
But to each their own I suppose 
we have to… there iz no way out…
but my hope iz with effective medicine which are coming in the future…see news section of this forum where it shows new meds which are all set to come out…
try to stay positive i know its hard… we got to learn it…
and read lots of books related to sz and motivation…
gud luck and take care…piss…
The whole key is to find the right meds.
Sometimes this happens right away, sometimes it takes years, like it did for me.
As an example when I was on Abilify, I was actively hallucinating on a regular basis, I was so anxious and paranoid, I could barely walk outside of my house.
I finally found a good med for me - Risperdal and although I am not cured ( there is no cure)
I am now able to do things I could not do before.
Hang in there - there is hope.
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How about motivation. Do you hit gym?
I love life but think I’m never gonna climb Mount Everest which is okay especially if I follow the Tao
@waterway. There was time when i used to get goosebumps after listening to my favorite songs. Was motivated n used to hit gym.i crave for those days
I still experience that even with meds!
Lucky you. Give me your brain
I have a good med combo, some people on my side when the head circus acts up, and I have a simple life that I’m fairly content with.
I accept that I’m not like other people. I finally understand it takes a bit extra to get through my day…
some days are better then others…
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I do see your point of view, and I would agree with: But I think we’re sometimes more normal than the “normies” … We tend to be more self aware for one, and that brings a lot of insight into ourselves. But I’ve lived a lot of years like this, and have experienced the rejection and separation over and over. I wouldn’t want you to feel the same as me in that regard. It just works for me to find that place where I’m not striving for something that isn’t going to happen. I’m more at peace that way.
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i have…now 48 
take care 
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I can. But I have to follow Drs orders and I don’t do anything without their go ahead. I’m reducing meds and coming off them but I’m doing it under their help.
I’ve got a good job, lovely wife, beautiful kids. I enjoy my life right now…
I’m on 15 mg of Abilify. But I’m lucky in a way that I got tagged Sz later in life…at age 38. All of my family and friends were already set and everyone has stood behind me.
I’m feeling great these days and looking forward to Christmas and the New Year. So yeah, you can live a full life with this affliction. I just need the meds to help put me in this good zone.
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I have days where I want to hide from everything and live alone in the woods and then have days where I can see myself attending school and driving a car and being with friends. I don’t like living like this, but I can. I want my mom to be there always, but I’m moving away from her soon.
Hello friends, good day to you all!
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I’ve lived with paranoid schizophrenia since 1980. I was diagnosed at age 19.
“I’ve loved, I’ve lost, I’ve conquered mountains and tamed the sea,
I’ve fought men and bulls and triumphed over both”.
Oh, wait a minute! I’ve confused myself with Earnest Hemingway!!’
Seriously though. I’ve done some things in my life with schizophrenia. I’ve worked almost steadily for most of the last 33 years. I’ve gone to school, I’ve dated a little, had a girlfriend, had other friends. I’ve traveled, lived independently. And a lot more. Just lately though the death of my mom and other stressors caused a relapse but with some help. I should be able to recover. I do what I can and a lot of times it’s worked out.
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Yeah I’m pretty much reclined to this lifestyle. Chaotic nights and psychotic mornings. But the rest of it is good–challenging at times, but good.
I’m on meds. You should be on meds.
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