Is anyone else doing a uni or college course with schizophrenia

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I want to progress in to something but im not sure it is wise any more with my disorder does anyone elese study.

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I did a second degree post-sz. BSc in Health Sciences. Not doing anything with it.

I think it’s a good idea as a hobby or therapeutic but not professionally.

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I’ve been taking one class at a time for years. I need one more class for my AA degree which I’m enrolled in for the Fall.

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I’m thinking of taking a DUNE class.

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I did my massage therapy community college certificate hearing voices constantly. I was unmedicated because it was before I as diagnosed.

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I am, I study a music bachelor years after I was diagonsed. It has its ups and downs, definetely you understand how the illness affects you. I would do it if you feel like it´s your passion.

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I managed some masters level work.
Only got my BA though. Unmedicated as it were.
Hard but doable.

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I’m in my junior year at a pretty good college. I’m majoring in urban planning.

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I took a master in religion and literature at my local university, but i was way less sick then.

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I got an associates degree in Aviation Maintenance Technology while stable on meds. I already had an MBA before I got sick though.

I passed the oral, written and practical exams with the FAA afterwards and have an airframes and power plant mechanics licenses. Those were the hardest exams I had ever taken.

Used to be a pilot and the FAA pilot exams weren’t as hard as the mechanics exams. It was a lot of studying and cramming but I passed.

It’s doable.

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Age 40 I went back to college I did BTech level 2&3 business and admin
After that I completed first year of two year management degree
Unfortunately I had to skip the second year because of schizophrenia

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I have schizoaffective. But I was doing an online course for Medical Billing & Coding, for a year, 2018 to 2019. I was doing well, I think, but I was very slow at learning. Thankfully, I could go at my own pace.

But I had a break in July, 2019. After that, I had to drop out. My memory got worse, I couldn’t get new information to stick, I couldn’t focus, I couldn’t understand what I was reading…

But maybe I can try again, someday. I don’t know when.

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Maybe you can start with an easier subject, for you? Are you good at certain subjects already? Maybe start with those? Worth a shot. :slight_smile:

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You can do anything that you put your mind to. I have two different Bachelors degrees and an incomplete Masters and another incomplete Bachelors. So if you want inspiration here you go, I did it without meds, imagine what you can with the control of hallucinations! Go For It!!!

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I got a bachelors degree while being on Abilify. Did 1 semester off meds and the rest, 5 semester, while on 20mg Abilify.

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Ive got an undergraduate whilst medicated on abilify

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It’s very much possible. I finished my bachelors during first psychosis, now in my PhD.

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I had to leave a doctorate program because of sza onset. I’d like to go back, if I can afford it one day, and absolutely believe I could accomplish that goal.

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In what domain is your phd? I have a bachelors in health science but didn’t have the grades to do a master or a phd.

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My supervisor told me I can redo the courses I got bad grades in to up my gpa and do masters but I was tired of studying at 29y.o. and the courses are hard in my program physiotherapy, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, biomechanics, etc I don’t think I would have gotten the grades for a master even if I redid the courses. Anyways I finished my bach degree at 29y.o. but found out I can’t even work simple jobs so whats the point in studying. My goal is to work and make money.