I am newly diagnosed schizophrenic and feel discouraged. I am a student and want to finish my college degree but I worry that my diseases (I also have ocd and ptsd) mean that I will never use it.
did you study while having symptoms?
These diagnoses are marginal, only your symptoms set the real limits.
Welcome to the community.
I have had SZ for over 25 years. I’ve gone from being a hopeless case with a ‘poor prognosis’ to having an education (mainly self-education), interesting careers, a wonderful wife, and awesome daughter, and a good life. I’m med-compliant and still functional enough to pass as normal. My boss knows I have SZ but my co-workers don’t.
Medication as directed, therapy, and a recovery-oriented attitude can help you get back on track.
6 Likes
As my therapist says you can’t expect to function the way you used to before you were sick. Since I dropped out of medical school last year due to illness I’ve been trying to get back on my feet through work and school a whole year already. So far, unsuccessful. Keep trying but make sure you have something to fall back on as things do get harder once you’ve been diagnosed.
I did study with illness but it has taken a toll on my gpa.
Sza destroyed my academic career, not the diagnosis but the fact of, yet im still fighting And taking classes. You can too