Hello. It would be nice to hear from other LGBTQI people who are coping with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. Has being non-heterosexual made your symptoms worse? Do you feel more isolated than heterosexual people who are coping with mental illness?
I hope to hear from you soon.
Best wishes, Michael.
What do you consider yourself?
Hello Moonwalker.
I am gay and asexual. I have zero interest in being intimate with anyone, but I think it is a result of the medication I am taking. Apparently, the anti-psychotic I am taking (Amisulpride) lowers the libido. But, I donāt feel like Iām missing anything. I am glad that I donāt feel driven to be intimate with anybody. Iām quite happy being asexual. Although, I have never been happy about being gay. It has definitely made my life a lot more difficult. What do you consider yourself, Moonwalker?
Iām a straight male. My libido came back recently so Iām happy about that
Was your libido affected by the medication you were taking? Apparently, the prolactin levels are affected by some anti-psychotics. My prolactin level is high, although there are medications to lower it. I donāt want to lower it, as I consider my low sex drive an advantage.
Iām sure itās related to meds because Iāve been changing some
What does the I in LGBTQI stand for?
Yes, being bisexual has always played somewhat of a role in my sza illness throughout my life. Not at all times, but some times. Especially in the early years.
And yes, the gay and lesbian community in my home town has always ostracized me terribly for my mental illness. It made me feel like a total pariah even to the point where I had to cut myself off from them entirely.
Hey! Iām a bi asexual and nonbinary. I do feel like it contributed to my mental illness, because I spent so much of my life hating myself and trying desperately to stop being different. Now that Iām open, and I live in an accepting community, things are much easier.
Hi. The āIā stands for Intersex.
Itās sad that you were ostracized because of your mental illness. It seems they have very little empathy and, frankly, you are better off without them. I have known a lot of horrible LGBTQI people who formed their own cliques and liked to say nasty things about everybody.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of horrible non-heterosexual people. Maybe because they are unhappy and they feel their own lives are pathetic. Of course, there are some genuinely decent LGBTQI (or LGBT+) people, but they are in the minority. I have steered clear of the nasty ones since I was a teenager. Itās better to be with positive-minded, happy people who are compassionate and genuine. I hope you find them.
letās be careful not to post sweeping generalizations about entire groups of people, okay?
There can be some judgmental people in the community. Just like in any community.
Thank you for your kind words, @parallelmind. I have chosen to steer clear of the LGBTQ community entirely. But, thanks.
Youāre welcome, @SkinnyMe I steer clear of them too.
Many LGBT+ feel hopelessly inadequate, freakish and are very unhappyā¦and that may explain their general nastiness. Totally self-absorbed and self-indulgent.
I am saying - IN MY EXPERIENCE - most of them were horrible. I have met very few who were genuinely good people. But, my best friend is gay and heās one of the nicest people you could ever meet. But, for the majority, just donāt expect any compassion. And I say that as a gay man myself.
I find it hard to get my head around the multitude of categories there are that stretch far beyond non-binary and genderqueer etc. It seems to be a case of āThe fact you want to describe yourself a certain way makes it legitimateā .
I think it all depends on who you meet. The queer community where I live is fantastic. But I do live in a super gay city. We call it Trans Mecca.
I think you have been, and are, very lucky. Especially to be in an accepting gay community. Most of the queer people I know are still in the closet. But, I live in a rather backward part of the country.
There are many, many mental illnesses, especially personality disorders (of which there are ten). Itās not because they WANT be. They just ARE. Similarly, with sexuality, there are many categories. Just because you canāt get your head around it doesnāt make it invalid. Why not learn about it instead?
I see my dumb brother is back.
Neither does it make it valid merely because someone chooses to describe themselves a
certain way. There has to be some factual basis on which to validate things beyond that of self describing yourself a certain way.
