If you don’t mind me asking? I’m just now figuring out that it’s very difficult for me to work with my meds, I just had a kid too. Figuring out what I can do to support him with this illness has been giving me so much anxiety the last couple of months.
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Senior insurance broker specializing in small to mid-sized commercial solutions. I’m getting pushed towards managing insurance for larger-sized fleets as apparently I’m good with that sort of thing. Only problem is that I’m not a fan of that aspect of the industry.
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That’s impressive, do you have to interact with a lot of people in your work? Do you take any accommodations?
20 - 30 a day on the phone, more by email.
Yes and no to the accommodations. I was given a work-from-home role when I had to move and the company didn’t want to lose me. We had a bunch of staff quit during COVID because they were upset with the branch closures. It left us very sort of staff. The company tried to suck me back into the local branch out of desperation. I asked for an accommodation to continue working at home and got it. Made it clear I’d quit if I didn’t get it. I’m too hard to replace so they blinked.
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I’m a part-time licensed Massage therapist.
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I dont do anything. Full time disability person. I was cleaning for a bit but got fired/quit. Its hard to work with schizophrenia and medicine that makes you feel lazy as anything. I have no motivation to even get up in the morning let alone work. I dont know how some people do it.
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My job is collecting disability money.
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I do business to business sales
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I do data entry and have for 17 years.
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Dang youre really talented … i write poetry as well… would be cool to see some of your poems on here
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We were gifted with 2 daughters,
Both smart and often fun,
But where one traveled in the light,
One hid from the sun.
Always somewhat different,
Shunned by all her peers,
The darkness grew within her,
And fed upon her fears.
Day or night, she never slept,
To psychosis she was wed,
Her love for us turned to hate,
From the voices in her head.
Then there came an awful day
When she stood there with a knife,
Looking fierce but with frightened eyes,
And threatened another’s life.
We let them take our daughter away,
But felt immeasurable pain,
When the doctor signed that dotted line,
That declared our daughter insane.
Every week she wrote to us,
Saying everything was better,
But the words were twisted, like her mind,
And we wept over each new letter.
Then her doctors let her come,
And visit for the day,
Her eyes spoke volumes of her pain,
But we didn’t know what to say.
We WANTED to, but didn’t stop her,
As she climbed upon the ledge,
Our hearts and souls were torn asunder,
As she approached the edge.
With a rare and quirky smile
She took a final breath,
And then a quick step forward,
To greet her good friend Death.
Long and hard, she fought her war,
And though it finally got her,
We loved her then, we love her STILL,
Our schizophrenic daughter.
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I thought your family didn’t want you to go on disability yet
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I’m so sorry @WhiteRaven
beautiful poem WhiteRaven, im sorry about your daughter xx
we are left not knowing whether it was intentional that my schizophrenic sister walked out in front of a car.
Thank you everyone for sharing, I really appreciate it. I still don’t know what I will do, but at least I know other people in my situation are able to stay afloat
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I’m living that minimum wage customer service life. 
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I am a software developer, currently working part-time, but with a permanent contract, which means they pay towards my pension and social security, on top of my net salary. I don’t know how long I’m going to last, it is my third job since coming down with sz but for now I manage unexpectedly well (a colleague congratulated me the other day on my work output).
I must confess I got lucky. My meds take care of most sz symptoms.
However, raising a kid is tough. I don’t have kids of my own, but I notice all my acquaintances who’ve chosen to procreate are now acting very responsibly and can’t afford to job-hop or take sabbaticals or even go out for a drink as they used to.
I sure hope you aren’t a single parent. And if you are, at least you’re getting help from family. Sz in and of itself is very hard to deal with. A child has and will always have emotional, financial and safety-related needs.
I wish you only great things. 
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There is no shame in that @Aziz at all.
We shouldn’t be confined in a box with our illness.
I’m on benefits
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Has anyone working had to/been able to take time off because of symptoms or problems with meds?
Wow that’s horrible. I don’t even know what to say about that. Wish things could have gone better for your family. That is tragic