Here we are among the high functioning szics

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I mean higher functioning than the schizophrenics doing worse than us, many are in jail, homeless, dead by suicide, refuse meds or are treatment resistant.

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I guess I don’t have it that bad @anon67051439

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There is truth to this to a degree but

“High functioning” is very subjective.

Does it mean a job, being social, be in public, able to feel fulfilled. Etc

Any of us can easily be psychotic and med resistant.

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When I was 21 I was told I was high functioning because I could take a bus.
That was 1981. Later, in 1990 , I used to take two buses for an hour and half ride to work, work 7 hours unloading trucks and catch two buses for an hour and half ride home. And go to an AA meeting later that night.

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You’re REALLY high-functioning if you don’t tell the idiot who rambles for 45 min at the meeting where he can stick it.

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I once saw a different pdoc and he told my parents they spoiled me too much and they should push me to get a job. It was during my worst years with sz, negative symptoms were crippling. Needless to add, we never contacted that doctor again.

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I always tell my mom about cases I’ve heard about where sz family members consistently yell at or hit their caretakers. She used to have me hospitalized just for strange behavior… I never got to the point of yelling and hitting to begin with. I just like to remind her how well I am doing compared to some other schizophrenics.

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@anon67051439 I posted the same question 2 years ago. On the parent site of here people with SZ/SZA are having it much worse. Thats true.

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@77nick77 I’m starting the AA journey. Thnak you for your input on my threads.

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I should say ‘MY’ AA journey. Not the AA journey.

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Good luck @bobbilly. The program isn’t all doom and gloom, meetings can be fun and there’s lots of friendly people in them. And once you have a sponsor you can work the steps and you’ll be surprised how helpful the steps are to your life. They say, “It’s a simple program, but not an easy one”. You may not like it at first but don’t give up, give it a chance. Good luck.

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@77nick77 I need to do this. I hate drinking.I really hate drinking. But am punishing myself with drink.

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AA really worked for me. You’ll here this a lot: “Take it one day at a time.” You’ll hear them talking a lot about a “higher power” . Don’t freak out about that or let it turn you off. I’m the last person who I ever thought would believe in a higher power but after being in the program awhile I eventually came to believe.

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My first meeting is next Tuesday.

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Don’t worry, in your first meeting you don’t have to talk. You can just sit there sipping on a cup of coffee and listen. But if you want to talk you can.

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If you hear people referring to “The Big Book” - that’s actually Alcoholics Anonymous. It’s a book originally written by Bill Wilson - one of AA’s co-founders and it has been tweaked and updated over the years. It is the basic text of AA’s recovery program and contains many stories of recovery people can relate to. Nobody told me what it was the first week I attended AA meetings and I thought they were referring to the bible. They weren’t.

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