I’m making decisions for my vocation that I want to go into in the next year or so. First, I’m going on a 1 year service mission for my church, which will essentially be a full-time job more than likely. After that, I have the rest of my life to plan out. I either want to go into an apprenticeship into electrical or HVAC technician. I’m leaning towards electrician, however, due to it being higher pay and more mentally demanding.
This brings me to my next point; that I do better at jobs where I am being more required to use my brain. I hate mindless jobs, everytime I do them I always get symptoms. I think this is because of my comorbid illnesses of schizophrenia, OCD, and ADHD. Essentially, I lose focus and my mind and thoughts start to race at a high rate. I also am more prone to voices and other hallucinations in this state.
I really, really want to work for the rest of my life. I don’t want my schizophrenia to be a hindrance to my vocational life. I understand that this may be hard to do, but nevertheless, I plan on doing it. Therapy and caplyta has been useful to me to combat negatives, and haldol, at 30mg, has helped a lot recently with my delusional thinking and voices. Its going to be a bumpy ride, but one where my happiness depends on it.