Many are denied the privilege.
That is a quote I received from a friend.
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Great
Schizophrenia symptoms will be lessen when you grow older
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And treatments will continue to get better.
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Yeah I hope for this. It does seem unbelievable , that 3 of the most popular atypicals: risperidone , seroquel and zyprexa , date around mid 90s , that’s , 20 years.
That’s crazy. Isn’t Latuda the newest? At least those have all gone generic at this point. The premium prices would be killer.
Reminds me I need to get some insurance.
I’m 56. Sometimes I feel like I need more time on this earth, but other times I almost feel relieved when I see my end approaching. My body isn’t as strong as it used to be. That bugs me a little. I don’t mind seeing the end approaching, but the decline before I reach it bugs me a little.
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I’m 40, feel like I want to live forever still
when I was ill I thought I was trapped in a 2 year continuum that would repeat itself over and over. Now that I am graying and getting older (52) I think I am relieved that I am growing older. It enforces me to believe that my delusions were not real.
I lived in a building with a lot of old people many of them mentally and physically almost out of commission. I don’t want to end up like them - I would rather die younger than to be taken care of in such a situation.
I’ve lived almost enough. I haven’t been attached to life for a long time. I’m only 63, but I don’t think I’d mind if I found out I had cancer. My one regret would be to not live long enough for a right drug to come along.
I can’t wait to get old. I’ve learned so much these last couple years and grown so much as a person, can’t imagine where I’ll be when I got a big old white beard.
But it’s the journey not the destination.
Holly jeez louise,
Time flies when your having uh, fun…?
I was Rx’d (prescribed) Zyprexa back in 1996 when it was brand new.
Hated it for the weight gain, and refused it after 2weeks.
I don’t resent getting old,
I just resent my body getting old.
Take good care of your body when your young,
because that’s what you’re going to live in when your old.
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I see old age as a sign of accomplishment. The elderly should be greatly respected. Life is literally the most challenging thing there is and they’ve managed to see it through to the very end, it’s amazing to me and I can’t wait until I’ve reached that point myself and can say I’ve made it through it all.
Ever since I was a little kid, I dreaded being a teenager because they always seemed really dumb to me. Honestly people my age still seem a little silly to me, so I’ll be glad not to be one anymore after this next birthday! I’m also dreading middle age, because that’s when I’m going to get all self-conscious over my body changing, like secondary puberty (I’m slightly vain I’ll admit it). But old age? No way, that’s going to be a milestone.
i’m looking forward to going back into nappies…!?! 
and wearing my tousers under my arm pits…
and slip on shoes… with velcro…
and farting in queues… 
take care 
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I must accept that it has been hard to me to accept that I am growing old. 
Tolteca.
I think Latuda is the newest.
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I’m 73. Old age is silly esp. with the SZ. It’s getting so I can’t take anything seriously anymore.
Someone wrote about old age as a welcome time to sink into yourself - retreat from the world.
I’m 32 I must say. I received my diagnosis at 20. Growing old those last 12 years seemed like many life times with this illness. But I’ve reached a good homeostasis of eating right getting exercise. And one old man told me as I jogged past his house, ‘keep doing that until you can’t no more’. I take the things old people say to heart. SZA made me wise at a younger age. I won’t do stuff that might degrade my mind. It’s a tremendous responsibility. And I respect you all because we are in it together.
I can’t imagine what it will be like as I get old. I’ll know a lot about recovery. I chose that as my life long effort and goal. There are you know 80 year people who have the body of 20 year olds ripped to shreds, and I congratulate that. Their life long quest they had made to their body.
Ever since i was diagnosed I figured the rest of my life would be an uphill battle. As I grow older the grade of that hill decreases.
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At your age how could you bro?
At 39 and a half I don’t resent my progressive/regressive state of mind as much as I should.
But then then I will eventually.
Such is life.