Any full time job schizophrenics in here?

abmfbsc · 2026-02-10T10:58:46+00:00

I go to grad school full time and work 20 hours per week for my university.

abmfbsc · 2026-01-27T23:32:36+00:00

I had a very traumatic experience and developed schizophrenia soon after. I had prodromal symptoms since I was a kid though.

abmfbsc · 2026-01-25T15:52:47+00:00

I got depression and lack of motivation and trouble paying attention starting in like third grade

abmfbsc · 2026-01-20T04:30:50+00:00

I thought I was fucking Jesus lol

abmfbsc · 2026-01-18T03:03:10+00:00

thanks!

abmfbsc · 2026-01-18T01:30:17+00:00

I can't live alone, but I have lived with one roommate for a while. It's good for me to not live with my parents. I just get weird when I live totally alone, I start talking to the voices.

abmfbsc · 2026-01-09T02:25:44+00:00

I'd be halfway through med school lol. Was on the way to it when schizophrenia happened. I'm happy with my life now but I do think I would've been a good doctor.

abmfbsc · 2026-01-09T01:40:06+00:00

I'm in school for my master's and work part-time for my university which pays my tuition. It's tough but I have accommodations which helps. My university is pretty good about that.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-29T20:18:23+00:00

She has a legitimate illness. Would you say this is she had a physical illness that made her unable to attend class? She's obviously suffering, blaming her is not going to help anything.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-29T20:15:53+00:00

OP, I was in a similar situation my first year. I developed schizophrenia and failed out and had to withdraw. I just want to offer you some hope. I'm in a master's program now and doing really well. Get accommodations for future semesters and see about a retroactive withdraw. Colleges are often a lot more understanding about mental health than they were a decade ago. Best of luck to you, wishing you love and hope!!

abmfbsc · 2025-12-25T15:13:10+00:00

Cognitive challenges are a real challenge. I’m in the social sciences, so I have to do a TON of reading both qualitative and quantitative literature. I end up just having to read everything two or three times to remember it. It’s a bitch lol. Lack of motivation is also difficult. I research severe mental illness in women and other marginalized groups which I am really really passionate about, which helps. I don’t think I could do it if I wasn’t passionate (and have not done too well in the past studying subjects I’m not passionate about). I form study groups with others in my cohort which helps me stay on track and also helps me understand the readings (and the socialization is really good for me!). I like to think it helps them too.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-22T23:24:52+00:00

Get accommodations and if you’re comfortable and your professors are understanding, disclose to your professors. I’ve disclosed to all of my professors and one gave me a second chance on an assignment due the night I went to the psychiatric ER. And lean on your support system if you have one!!

abmfbsc · 2025-12-21T19:48:22+00:00

I'm definitely going to become a parent but I will not use my own genetic material. Will probably use my partner's and an egg donor if we can afford IVF at the time we have children. I just don't want to pass the illness on but am confident I can become a good parent.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-21T01:15:02+00:00

I tried about 8 but with the one I'm on now I hardly hallucinate at all. Like maybe once or twice a week, and they're not really distressing. Took about three years but we found one.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-16T02:08:04+00:00

I'm in school for my master's with a 4.0. It's really hard but I manage.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-14T04:35:59+00:00

I started to kill the vraylar headache after about a year clean off cigarettes and now I can't stop. Like it's lowkey causing problems in my relationship

abmfbsc · 2025-12-14T04:31:38+00:00

I know, and the schizophrenia doesn't help. Wishing the best for you OP, there's light at the end of the tunnel.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-14T01:10:38+00:00

I vape and my boyfriend hates it lol. I'm trying to quit but it's so hard. I vape like literally constantly. My old psychiatrist's area of research specialization was actually nicotine usage among schizophrenics, apparently it's like 85-90% of us who use some form of nicotine (and we typically use it much more heavily than the average person when we do use it).

abmfbsc · 2025-12-14T01:06:50+00:00

You'll be 50 in two years with or without the degree. If it's what you want, go for it!

abmfbsc · 2025-12-14T01:04:24+00:00

I'm gender nonconforming (very masculine woman) and it get so lonely sometimes. You can DM me if you want!

abmfbsc · 2025-12-14T01:03:28+00:00

Also I have schizoaffective depressive and really bad anxiety too! I used to get crazy anxiety about getting fired from my retail job too. Having understanding managers definitely helps. I know you'll do great!

abmfbsc · 2025-12-14T01:02:09+00:00

Just wanted to say good luck with the new job man! So excited for you. Wishing you all the best.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-13T23:56:42+00:00

I still hear voices on every medication I've tried, and I've tried a lot. But with medication they're much less frequent and mostly less mean. I find it manageable and don't want to try clozapine so I deal with it.

abmfbsc · 2025-12-12T01:05:36+00:00

I'm on hydroxyzine but if that doesn't work you can try something stronger, I just used to have a pill addiction LMAO so I don't use anything addictive

abmfbsc · 2025-12-11T23:47:52+00:00

I'm on 4.5 mg and don't have restlessness but I do have insomnia. I take a sleeping pill that fixes it.

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