Did you know that schizophrenia is a disability?

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I didn’t even know as I thought it was a mental illness. Internet says 50% of schizos are treatment resistant which means it’s more disabling for those too.

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Yeah, it’s considered the most disabling illness. I think what makes it more disabling than other illnesses is the loss of social cognition/function.

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The WHO says schizophrenia is more disabling than blindness.

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Yes, schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are disabilities. I for one know this for sure but still, work odd jobs on occasion. I think I learned how to compensate somehow. My next goal is to work as a peer counselor and help those like myself get back on their feet again.

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one person in hospital said it was a mental illness because one you should get better, I wasn’t aware of being treatment resistant back then but at least they got on meds which I can get through most of my day on these days

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@Jayster Yeah, I thought I heard someone say that on this forum.

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Yeah, it sucks treatment resistance is a thing.

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I still haven’t tried clozapine as I’m on amisulpride and amitriptyline. They said I was too overweight to try that one but internet says clozapine can even fail too and other sites show they mixed it with amisulpride!

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Have you been considered treatment resistant?

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LOL. I have said that before!

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Yep they said I am.

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that sucks, but you said you haven’t tried clozapine yet. Which is good, because that’s usually the last line of defense, and is supposed to be pretty effective. I hope it works for you.

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I’ll bring it up when I see them next because I basically want to be on that one so I know I’ve taken medication as far as I can take it

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I hope it works for you, cause if it doesn’t you’re kinda screwed, unless you have decent coping mechanisms. You seem to be speaking coherently which is a good sign.

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Apparently, like schizophrenia, blindness comes in mild, moderate, and severe.

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Well I guess there are different types of blindness, like legally blind, macular degenerative, etc. So that makes sense.

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Yeah I have procedures which I can revert back too. I also have dissociative identity disorder too,

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Oh, huh. dissociative identity disorder I’ll never be able to wrap my brain around. I guess that’s like how schizophrenia is to non schizophrenics.

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It’s fun to dissociate because it’s a good coping mech.

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Interesting. Does your pdoc agree that it’s a healthy coping mechanism?