Hi there,
is someone here working in a leading position or studying with schizophrenia and has any advice for me?
I got sick after my exams and for now I’m working as engineer but the condition makes it really hard. It’s hard to keep track of what you doing, focus and much more cognitive deficits.
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No I’m not working in a leading position or working at all.
I did do a BSc with sz part-time online.
Good luck with your endeavors! @Matthias
Which subject did you study and how difficult was it? Why are you not working tough?
I studied Health Sciences. Moderate difficulty, but I persisted until I graduated.
I have tried working part-time, but my symptoms get too bad under stress. Mainly constant voices.
I am going to try Chiropractic School in September, so I hope that works out and that I’ll be able to be self-employed in the long run.
Yes
What works for me may not for your job environment.
I talk only as much as needed, and will crack a small joke from time to time. All conversations are
concise.
I don’t mix in outside of work conversations.
I do my work as perfectly as possible so any oddities about me get overlooked by bosses.
I talk calmly, do things slowly, and have a system so I don’t forget anything. Note pads are great!
I do my best to stay in a good mood and talk with a smile.
I leave work behind as soon as I leave the building.
There’s a saying, strive for perfection and fall into excellence. I wouldn’t say it’s my motto - just a saying 
I did my degree in Nursing before the Schiz onset. In the days of the credit crunch when there was still an urgent scream for nurses and other general public sector jobs.
My wife is doing her BA (Hons) for teaching. And I do my best to assist her, bouncing ideas and so on - but the actual in-depth stuff and studying I find highly overwhelming and difficult. She gets through it no problems and it all goes in and makes sense to her. I sit there completely lost.
The idea of studying now, as an established Schiz, terrifies me, and I dont know how on earth I previously managed to study and hold down a career so complex. Certainly couldn’t do that now!
I chose to go for a certificate vs an actual 2/4 year degree. The first certificate I got was a certified dental assistant. Turned out I hated the dental field. So now I’m in school for medical coding. I’m going to school full time also working 40 hours a week doing customer service from home.
I try it almost the same, but talking is really tough.
In what field are you working at?
I work full time and am also doing a PhD. At work I am not the team leader, I did successfully coordinate our strategy for our last project.
Im really glad to hear that achieving something is still possible ! How may schizophrenic episodes did you have?
I had three episodes, the first about half a year, then a minor one of a month or so, and the last lasted about three months
Oh that’s same as I had. First signs of hope though 
How long did you recover from your last episode?
After about three years all of a sudden things were starting to come my way. I landed my job, my PhD position and a girlfriend within the space of a few months. Truth be told I was working towards it by turning to academic writing independently before that. But as in objective measures it was after three years.
Some famous people were Van Gogh, Nash, …
You’ve probably heard of Elyn Saks’ her TED talk as well.
You ever heard about Terry Davis? He achieved to Programm a operating system by himself at peek psychosis in 10 years or so.
I just Googled him. Seemed to have died quite young unfortunately.
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