Yes, I do think that the brain is flexible. But it is true that the brain has had a big blow. it takes time to recover from that…
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Lost a job I really liked because of the sickness. But I probably wouldnt met my girlfriend if I havent lost that job, so thats positive.
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Psychosis made me do stupid embarrassing and just utterly shaking-my-head things. I almost have ptsd because I constantly think of what I did and I hate it. It’s not the psychosis itself that ruined me but my actions. I just wish there was a way to have erased the stuff I did. I lost friends over it and had everybody talking. I secretly hope they just thought I was messed up on drugs or something. I have a new life now that I’ve started but it’s sucks and I have no idea how to make new friends tho. Idk how it would really affect ur drivers license tho but I think that’s more of an issue in other countries outside the US, like Russia and stuff.
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Not the psychosis but the medication destroyed my life.
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medication can get in the way of your life. But the moment you have schizophrenia, for example. Then of course the choice is made quickly.
But the medication often causes depression, impotence and weight gain.
I hope for you that you may ever reduce and that you put away the obstacle that puts your luck in the way.
It was the years before psychosis that destroyed my life. It really was.
It was all that paranoia. It was all that depression. It was all those drugs that tried to make me feel normal.
It’s not a bad cop to get on meds. I feel like wow, that is what most normal folk think like! It’s not those racing thoughts. It’s not that paranoia.
It’s a tough cop on meds but most of us need them. That becomes your personal battle because if you need them your stuffed if you stop them!
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More than Sz its the side effects of my meds that has ruined my life.
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my husband left me because of it he took all the furniture and even took the fridge and cooker etc x my family disowned me x so now its only me n the cat x
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Sorry for asking…
There are ruls that people with sz cant Be nurses??
I am at the nursing school but did not reserch If i can practice after finishing
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I know how you feel, man.
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My life was far destroyed before psychosis ever showed it’s ugly face.
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Story of our ■■■■■■■ lives!!
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Gotta have faith that it gets better…maybe not this life then the next!
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Thats what my mother sais too, its very harsh to say something like that a person dying aint fun at all let stand suffering im not talking only about schizo, but other bad diseases like cancer, infections, all ■■■■ things!
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I class myself more than lucky because I could of died 6 different times…sza has left me 100% optimistic about my future dreams and goals…
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I have come from the lowest of the lows. At one point, summer of 2015, I though that literally everything was a message to me… Delusions of reference like crazy. I tried maybe 5 meds until 1 of them worked, and for me that was abilify. I’m back in school full time and I love life again! I have an amazing, beautiful girlfriend who loves me despite my flaws, including my history of psychosis. I’m in school, majoring in biology… I’m doing average but that’s because organic chemistry is a bitch 
. Last semester, I held a job but I had to quit because it was interfering with school. I also had an internship last summer. To anyone who smokes weed or does any drugs, put that stuff down!!! That triggered my psychosis and I’d probably still be psychotic if I was using it! If things aren’t working out for you, stay on your meds until you find something that works
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Due to psychosis, I learned more about my emotional issues. Before that I would neglect every emotional aspect that I had in order to be a “tough” man. Now I see it’s bull-■■■■ of my mind and I can also be vulnerable.
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@somebody, back in my day, in the stone ages, nurses were expected to be in perfect physical, mental and emotional health in order to practice nursing. Those were the requirements of the job. Those were also the requirements to attend nursing school. Then, along came the Americans with Disabilities Act that changed all of that. Now it is illegal to discriminate according to physical, mental or emotional disabilities. You only have to inform your employer of your particular disability so they can arrange accommodations for you. Unfortunately, this law came into effect too late for me.
I’ve recently learned that I can get an attorney and file a lawsuit against the State Board of Nursing for full reinstatement of my license. But, I have been out of the nursing profession for so many years now (25 years), that I would be afraid that I would be so out of date with my knowledge base and familiarity with procedures that I wouldn’t perform well on the job anymore. So, in this way, yes, I’d say sza has definitely destroyed my life.
I graduated from nursing college with a baccalaureate in nursing science in December of 1986 from UNMC.
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