Maybe I do but I just don’t know it. I didn’t even know what cognition meant until several months ago; it’s one of the most asked about things one this forum though. I think I can learn and think, I’m able to work and I just graduated college. I guess I forget stuff about life though. I learn cool stuff and think, “Wow, I’ll have to use that” but then I forget about it. Sometimes I think I live entirely in the moment but not in a good way, it’s like every day is a new day, but again not in a good way.
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I don’t really have cognitive issues as well. I got a BSc with voices. I might have lost some IQ points but it won’t be that many.
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I know that I’m not as intelligent as I used to be. I also have some memory issues on occasion. But I’m grateful for what I still have. Some of it could be chalked up to age anyway.
The possibility of getting Dementia or Alzheimer’s later in life scares me a bit, though, so I wish I didn’t notice these things.
Oh well. Live while you can.
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I have severe cognitive problems. My sense of self is greatly diminished.
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I think my isolation and lack of work/education is to blame for my mental problems. I have trouble fixing those things.
EDIT: I have tried to keep myself busy but the lack of other people is a big one I think.
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Schizophrenia is different for everyone. My cognition and motor skills seem fine. I wish I had chosen a different career, though, because when I did badly at it, my SZ got worse, and when my SZ got worse, I did even worse at the job. SZ turns my concentration to dust.
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I didn’t ha e good cognition when I was on Clozapine, I couldn’t even read a tape measure. It was awful
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Did it improve when you got off clozapine?
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My cognition is ok but it’s not the greatest
I’m especially having trouble with memory and focus
For me it’s definitely the meds and maybe age
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I have memory issues, but I don’t know if it’s the clozapine, the sza, or all the shock treatments they used to give me. I was still able to get a master’s degree, tho…
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We all have comparative cognitive ‘strengths’ and ’ weaknesses’. The ‘weaknesses’ aren’t always at a level that they have a bad impact on our functioning.
Even within here, I’m very much second rate when it comes to academic qualifications. I’ve never found the psychological strength to get past the effects of ‘bullying related trauma’ . Thus I’ve batted away several suggestions to do a college course. Yes there’s online courses, but personality wise I’m not a good fit for those.
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It’s a win. Congratulations! And it’s great you don’t struggle with cognition problems.
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It’s like every day is a new same day.
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usually cognitive decline cannot be realised by the patient.you have to ask this someone close to you
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I had cognition issues when first diagnosed and had to fight like heck to get back most of what I lost. I know that I didn’t get all of it back, but I’m better off than I was and I’ll take the win.
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Oh yeah, as soon as I got off it my mental sharpness came back
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I dropped out of high school. They forced me to stay until age of 16.
I worked jobs as dishwasher and stocking jobs and fast food. I decided to return to High school and dropped out again. I wasn’t using drugs or alcohol.
I had serious cognitive issues I think.
Then when I was 22 and working as dishwasher I started drinking a bit. Then I had my first episode and eventually got on some meds.
I had a local community college and they had music classes where I could play drumset with other musicians and the instructor. I found out I could pay attention for the hour classes. So I enrolled and got a associates degree.
Then down the street there was a university and I got my bachelors degree with almost enough credits for a master’s.
I think cognition is the brains ability to compute and learn and store regardless of my emotions and feelings. With SZ it is like just thoughts and feelings voices. With cognition I can envision what is required or desired and my mind starts working for me focusing and thinking and showing me how to achieve the goal.
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I don’t have cognitive issues rn but if I go back to studying biology or math I won’t get super high grades like before sz. I got a bsc in physiotherapy while on Abilify. What bothers me rn are negative symptoms
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I have some sort of cognitive issues but i seem to be able to augment it with meds and some structure.
I pretty much have to remind myself everyday why im suppose to do stuff. The internal driver is not really there.
10 years ago my internal drive was definitely there. Maybe repeated episodes ground it down. Who knows.
So now i use external reminders for stuff.
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It is weird that everyone else has cognitive problems.