My parents think marriage is success. Its false, many married people are miserable and commit suicide. I know very rich and successful people who refuse a partner as they have no time and hate kids. I feel like dating is a scam, divorce and the partner gets 50% of your money or if you get kids you have to pay her big money monthly until kids are older than 18y.o. For me success is personal success, getting a medical degree and having money, hanging out and travelling with many friends. The happiest moments in my life is when I was the best in college and university. I cried from happiness
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I had 99% in organic chemistry and 96% in calculus. 87% in physics, 84% in French. My math teacher wanted me to teach other students get paid and to participate in national math competitions where I could win 10 000$. Sz ruined everything. I still have good memories. If I didn’t have sz I would be a good Dr. My best friend is a Dr.
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Success is doing whatever you set out to do.
Even if someone wants to live on disability, they can still fail at that ie become homeless. If you set out to live on disability and you do then you are a success
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I was so successful before sz. I lost a lot.
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I was going to succeed too. I was in university.
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I read more schizophrenics who commit suicide are much smarter as they lost a lot in life due to sz. Sometimes I think about suicide as I lost who I was before sz.
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Psychosis NOS, my dx makes me feel so incredibly fragile.
I can be a success but it requires smart thinking.
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I don’t think I lost intelligence according to my pdoc but I lost the energy and drive. I can still go back to university but for what if I can’t work. On Abilify I got my university degree but failed at every job I tried over 10 jobs, I quit after 2 weeks. I can study hard science stuff but can’t even work a simple job.
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Yea it’s crappy.
These meds are mad.
What about working from home?
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My pdoc told me I know about sz more than him after I showed him studies. He told me I should become a pdoc but I know he was being nice
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Become scholar
Get degree and then do research at university
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I want to go back to my accounting job but they already replaced me. My boss texted me where I am and they miss me they want me to go back. I didn’t reply this is in 2020.
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I think success is the measurement of joy and love you get out of life. Even though my grandmother was talking about normals, not bipolar or sza. but she said, “people are only as happy as they want to be”…good advice. be happy.
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I was much happier and successful before sz, everything was easy. Now everything is impossible.
I measure my own level of success by how much I’m able to be me, freely. It’s a personal challenge but if overcome by 100 percent, it’s a 100 percent success
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My parents don’t want to pay for my studies anymore. I have no money. Also now I am too old to get scholarships and bursaries.
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I want to go off meds and go psychotic at least I felt happy and manic during psychosis
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Some universities dont charge you tuition if you are over certain gpa
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But didn’t it end up terrible?
And what about going back on meds at that point, you may need a higher dose, at least initially.
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Ya thats how i was too but i was homeless
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