I really think I have them. The isolation probably made all this worse. I dont know if ill feel better with all this one day…
The reason is linked to emotions I find so I have problems with my emotions too. Not many positives lol…
I found this study who shows that only 2 % of people with psychiatric disorder have an intellectual disability too but for my family, all the mentally ill people have problems with that. they are tough…
whats your opinion on that? Have you experienced problems thinking? did it get better on meds?
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That sounds very difficult. I have been able to rely on my mind throughout all of my schizophrenia except when I was psychotic and it has been invaluable in finding my way through other types of symptoms. I can’t imagine fighting an intellectual disability also.
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Hi anna 1 … i am on same boat as u…i also have difficulty in intellectual. .i know its due to medication…we goona see positive sign soon…u dont have to worry …i like u anyways miss merkel…!! Hahhhhha just kidding.
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@far_cry0, I like you too man, really 
take care.
@Twang, I cant really understand whats the mechanism of the reason when you have strong delusions or hallucinations…I guess I find the delusions harder on the intellect than the hallucinations… But I feel dumb, that’s for sure. I almost have no opinion on anything but it could be a personality thing. I was diagnosed as borderline once too. I wonder if somebody can recover from this mental disability…
But I avoid some thoughts in order to protect myself. Now, I just try to relax, maybe it can help. My doc was saying that I miss a calm too which is an obstacle for my well being… I find the meds are poor help on the thought disorders, idk for you…
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Nobody else who have intellectual deficits as well? or its only me who feels as dummy here? lol…
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I’m too smart for my own good. I should be more careful.
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A lot of people has it …
I wouldn’t think you actually ha e the inability intellectually. You’ve just allowed alot of things to get in the way of your intellectual growth. Having an mi takes up alot of our mental. Laot of our minds are always preoccupied by an aspect stemming from the illness.
We tend to project alot of what we are dealing with internally onto our environments causing confusion and such.
What is it that you think you’re struggling with intellectually?
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This is intriguing but I don’t think I have time to sift through it.
“Intellectual disability” that’s a new concept to me… and only 2% of mentally ill suffer from it.
It’s like the gifted kids aren’t considered mentally ill by and large? That’s pretty strange because I know they do suffer from a strong sense of difference and incompatibility with others.
I’d almost say it’s as easy to define as most people speaking from a defensive bias that like’s to downplay intelligence in favor of social cleverness and on the opposite a gifted individual is intellectually generous and “open”… and doesn’t mind many of the games that trivialize one’s identity if they aren’t intelligent. I would say that those who are short of high intellect are better off at just seeming like human beings… I mean character wise… they seem better placed by and large…
It’s like when the pot starts boiling though… the self defensive ones turn against the broil and the smart one’s say “I’m a noodle! this ■■■■ is my destiny.”
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I have lost some intelligence but my doc says it’s usual with sza for that to happen as when people with sza age the disease causes brain damage.
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Both sz/sza and meds make you lose some cognition, and if you add isolation on top it can get real serious, now if you have a healthy social life plus some vitamins you should be okay.
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I like to flatter myself that I have pretty good intellectual ability, but I have a lot of trouble learning really basic things that most people know. I’ve been on the internet for four years and I still don’t know how to send an email. I have trouble learning how to take orders over the phone at pizza delivery jobs. I can do most of it, but something always trips me up. I get most of the things I like from the internet. I spend a lot of time on YouTube getting the lowdown on current issues. That’s the thing I like best about the internet. I haven’t bothered with facebook or twitter. I need to learn how to send text over the internet - like transferring a story from a flash drive to a writer’s site. I’m the same way about cars. All I know about cars is how to drive them and put gas in them, but it’s been so long since I have driven a car that I would have trouble putting gas in it. If antipsychotic medication hadn’t ruined my body’s ability to handle the weather I could get a job digging ditches for the highway department. I like that kind of work. Just put my body on automatic pilot while I work and leave my mind free to wonder. I think I was a born private, but, according to Tolstoy, it is the will of that single private that wins battles and wars.
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I think we need to define what we are meaning by an “intellectual disability”. Diagnostically this involves an overall IQ of 70 or under.
I would venture to say that no one here falls into that category.
Some of us do however have cognitive difficulties and may ,or do, have a learning difficulty(UK),learning disability(US).
In my case my non- verbal(performance) ability is significantly lower than my verbal. My non- verbal based on online tests averages about 75. I also have executive functioning issues(especially organising and planning) and rather slow processing speed.
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My memory is horrible. My mind sometimes shuts down, then becomes over active. I get intrusive thoughts and disorganized thinking. I’m trying to approach my situation as though it is spiritual warfare. I’ve recently become very interested in the Bible.
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As cognitive difficulties are not spiritually based I am failing to see how that would help.
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It’s difficult to explain what I’ve been going through. I feel these afflictions are a consequence of the fall and I have faith that God will see me through in due time.
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I have severe cognitive dysfunction,
and I want to stress that severe cognitive dysfunction is common in schizophrenia.
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I used to think that sz was beginning to give me trouble with my intellect but I’ve come to find that I just need things done for me in a different way.
Sometimes I would hear something totally different than what someone said in conversation and reply with an answer that was totally wrong. I realized that I just needed to be honest and ask people to repeat themselves so I could answer properly. It wasn’t because I wasn’t smart enough to answer correctly, I just didn’t hear properly.
Same with reading/studying. I began reading the same paragraph over and over because I couldn’t remember what I read last, so the storyline or concept would get lost. Then I found that I was getting extremely distracted while my mind was focused on the words… so I began watching videos on the topics I needed to learn and bam! The concepts were immediately understood.
It’s not always the intellect that’s being affected, it may just be the method in which you receive information.
Good luck my friend.
How would you define this? Which cognitive domains are impaired ?
That’s an interesting point. For me I prefer to have things written down to read and digest.