The only role models i have are the ones who don’t take med’s. I look up to these people. Just think it mean’s being off med’s without the side effect’s and having the pride of dealing with your illness (i understand it isn’t a walk in the park i have experienced schizophrenia too). 
Hilarious! I’m off meds and my role models are people like you who are on meds and living some kind of life.
It seems like all the most well functioning role models I know of take medications:
Élan Saks
Fred freeze
Pat deagan
These people hold major jobs, write well and spend time advocating.
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You haven’t gone into psychosis yet and conqured it yet
I am able to work at a waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay higher level of sophistication, relevance and effectiveness on my meds than off it. (I fully accept that I am bipolar and PTSD-soaked at the very least, and that without my meds, I’m just a mess, meaning a psychotic mess.) And I am far from alone. I know a number of “big names” in clinical psychology and research who take meds because they have to, and produce some of the most significant, course-changing material in the field.
There are a few role models on this site that I can think of
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Who is the third guy? I’ve never heard of him and Google didn’t come up with anything
Typo…
Pat deegan