How functioning are you

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How functioning are you, and why are you functioning at the level that you are now?

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Iā€™m considered high functioning over here because I can present and talk a good game. Trouble is I canā€™t work for a living because Iā€™m on meds and I get paranoid so I volunteer and try to do the best I can.

Iā€™m not a fan of high/low functioning for schizophrenia. Your stuffed either way and yes. Thereā€™s some here and there who do wonderful things but for most of us itā€™s a struggle just to compete with the normals.

I do well. I volunteer and do a good job but itā€™s not many hours and I have some outlets. Still. I contribute here and other places on the web and have a great benefit of family and friendsā€¦

So not the worst. Not the greatest and I am on a disability pension.

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Iā€™m at the top end.

I am a stubborn muthaf#$%&r.

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i donā€™t like the idea that sZ and sZa people are ā€œhigh/low functioningā€. what we experience is episodic. some people may be perfectly functioning, holding a good conversation, working, staying out of trouble, keeping healthy habits, but then go into an episode, and all of that comes crashing down. i know, ultimately, it differs from person to person, but at the end of the day, like rogueone says, weā€™re all still struggling

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I am struggling. Social isolation. Some delusions persist and voices affect me from wanting to leave the house and see people living normal lives. Not sure on the level. I know things are bad cause of my bloodwork - voices/delusions are back - havenā€™t slept since the bloodwork. This is nite 2. Fear is keeping me up. I donā€™t know what is functioning / non functioning is. Like what does progress look like for me. I feel lockdown no stressors and I do much better.

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Iā€™d say Iā€™m defiantly high functioning. Years ago I had very bad negative symptoms and wasnā€™t doing anything.

What got me here was a good medication combination. Also willpower. I made myself get up and do things and over time it became easier.

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I was not like this before the condition struck,
I was a lost soul.
I had no direction or idea what I am suppose to do.
But, when I decided I got to do something about my life,
when all my known friends reached good positions,
the condition struck, and I still struggle.

I feel I am currently better than before, other than social skills and some drawbacks(such as being unemployed).

Some time I feel I am in a delusion of doing my studies alone to avoid work.
I tried applying for jobs,
I am happy at least one company came back to me saying I am not selected.

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Iā€™m sliding downhill fast. Can no longer make conversation as there are no thoughts in my head anymore. Hopefully I will eventually have thoughts in my head again.

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I hope you get better soon.

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Currently low, but I swing between bouts of high and low depending on my medication cycle.

Conventional APā€™s have worked on me for a while, but I always have to quit them due to efficacy issues or side effects

I hope to get back to high functioning after my break from working - in what ever form that may take, I am unsure right now

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I love sitting at home alone and dwell in my delusions how intelligent and high functioning I am. Itā€™s just a little of a let down checking my bankaccount, but I am grateful for things I have.

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My care team think Iā€™m low but I know Iā€™m high functioning. I live in a staffed group home but am able to travel aboard on my own. Go figure?

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I think Iā€™m high functioning because of zoloftā€¦ like my moods are leveled and not all over the place

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Iā€™m having a hard time even replying to this post, but Iā€™m trying hard sometimes, but most of the time I canā€™t

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@Joker , Did you working as a landscaper. Very good job.

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Thanks. I enjoyed it but the quoting and working till 11pm each night took it out of me. Became too stressful

The actual landscaping itself was relatively straight forwardā€¦

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Hard to just say high or low functioning. I have definite strengths and weaknesses. Iā€™ve never had a proper job, donā€™t drive,struggle socially, have poor practical skills. I get quite a lot of support because of the poor practical skills.
On the other hand Iā€™m listed on the World genius directory in about 98= place.

Although Iā€™ve never worked Iā€™ve spent over 2 decades posting articles that I hope will help people,or theyā€™ll find interesting. I do that mainly via my RSS feeds.

Am I functioning as well as an age and intelligence matched person from the general population? The answer is ā€˜NOā€™. I have though stayed out of psych hospital for nearly 39 yearsā€¦ At my worst I was a candidate for a group home at best, and a long stay ward at worst.

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I would consider myself medium functioning. I live with my dad half of the week and alone the other half. I volunteer. I study languages. Iā€™m applying for jobs. But the proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Whether or not Iā€™ll be able to work part-time and live fully independently remains to be seen.

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By society standards 90 % over the rest of the population. (dont want to get a job)

Solely by psysical and psychological standard 99 %

From my mother point of view probably 60 % (dont want to get a job)

Partly due to meds, genetics and my own character

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My psychiatrist feels that I am high functioning.
But honestly I feel that I am somewhere in the middle because of my high anxiety levels.

Anxiety and chronic fear keeps me from fully functioning in society.

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