Hmm, 2.5 years out of 8. So the ratio isn’t too great. Had I not messed with meds I might still be working abroad at the last job, making a good living but feeling disconnected due to the different language and other barriers. So I guess I’ll still give my own country a shot, even if many things can easily go wrong here (widespread corruption, lack of ethics in many professionals such as doctors, etc).
Mind if I ask you where you from?
I think that “many” is most of us, but it’s not like we’re living in luxury.
No, I meant to say it’s difficult to estimate meaningfulness of any given job, because there are several factors at play: salary, degree of service to others, personal feelings of joy and fullfilment, etc.
That’s a good point. I was mainly considering personal feelings of fulfillment. The reason I ask is because I’m quite new to sz and have noticed that most people on this forum don’t work, while the people that work tend to have cleaning-related jobs. I’m hopeful that I can eventually get back to doing what I was doing pre-sz which is science research.
I am from Canada.
I just quit my latest job in June – I was there for 2 months. I’ve realized that 2 months is about as long as I can work, until stress and anxiety just completely take hold. It’s been that way at the last couple of jobs I’ve had.
I used to to work 50+ hours a week between 2 jobs before getting ill. No way in hell I could manage that nowadays. So while I feel bad that I can’t be a productive member of society, I realize that managing my symptoms on a daily basis is better for my health. So that’s what I do, instead of working.
I worked in accounting while I was on Latuda but I have a degree in kinesiology/physiotherapy.
Because it is next to impossible for me to be stable. I’m a mess and I can’t commit to anything. So yeah, I can try to work but it doesn’t last long
Also before I was way to sick.
Specially when I had voices 24/7 for about eight years.
I could barely do basic self care.
Couldn’t go out at all at one point.
Unless I was drunk because that’s only time I didn’t hear them yet I did not become a alcoholic.i never drank daily only binged when I did.
Didn’t hear them when sleeping either.
Wow, I am honestly impressed. I too hope you can overcome the limitations and do what you enjoy. It’s not everyday that I come across a scientist. I used to love physics at school, but I chose to pursue a career in software engineering. Sometimes I still get the blues when reading about advances in particle physics or quantum computing.
I’m from Romania btw. Your country treats its citizen much better, but in order to beat sz, one must combine external help with personal effort and smart life choices. I am by definition a very lazy individual and I am trying to change that.
When I was volunteering I felt like I could say No if they asked me to work more than I could handle. I can’t handle more than 8 to 16 hours a week. What my problem is they keep coming after me to work more than that.
Thanks, but I’m nowhere near as sharp as a physicist. I’m actually one of the rare cases of people who has had sz for all their life and the symptoms always prevented me from doing math even though I was always greatly interested in physics. It was only recently when hallucinations started presenting themselves that I found out I had sz (before that I would mainly just experience masking of my real emotions which made me think the mask was my real emotion, so I could think I was angry when my real emotion was just contentment) and started trying to treat it. I also only have a bachelor’s degree and limited work experience (was 25 when I started hallucinating, I am 27 now) so I’m not much of a full-fledged scientist but I appreciate the sentiment.
If I can get my sz managed, I’ll go to grad school and study computational neuroscience which will probably get me one step closer to reaching my goal of mixing neuroscience with physics or quantum physics as a subject. Without the symptoms (or with them under control), I should finally be able to appreciate math.
Isn’t that pretty normal by current standards? The typical advice I’ve seen is to job hop after 2-3 years to increase salary.
That’s why I had my doctor put it in writing in a letter. CYA is sooooooooo important.
I don’t know what CYA stands for?
Cover Yer Arse.
I usually worked for 6 months, got a psychotic episode than i recovered, worked again, had another episode, recovered and so on. That story went on for around 20 years. This time i stay recovered and don’t go back to work again. Having no money sucks, but i get by. My sz declined in comparison what i was able to do in the past. These days i am not able to get any structure in my life. I admire people who are healthy and able to work. I wish i could be in a job and be part of the working community. Normal people work or have some sort of paid fullfillment in their lifes.
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