I'm going to be attending classes this coming Spring at a school near NYC, and moving out of my parents house nearly 3 years after my first psychotic break.

I am mildly fearful, which is the antithesis of how I've felt all my life about living independently. For instance when i first got home three years ago I demanded a living arrangement where I would be on my own. I've been fiercely independent since I got my first real job at 19. But now I am a mixture of excited and afraid. I mean not really really afraid but nervous about how I'm going to deal with such a big change in my life, and also how my illness is going to react to moving out to a new place and being with a different safety net. (I am moving in with my grandmother and uncle, so it's not full independence, but a step towards it.)

I'm looking for any advice people might have on going through big changes like this. How to maybe ease the transition. I'm already checking out Meet-up.com out there to find a way to get out there meeting people, and having activites to do. I'm also planning on getting involved with clubs and groups at school.

For those people who live with illnesses independently what kind of things would you tell me?

thanks.
- D