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Originally Posted by jcgrace602
I'm planning to head back to school this summer and I'm worried I can't make the grades because I keep getting mad at the voices I hear from being schizophrenic. It's really irritating and provocative. I'm currently on Risperdal for the voices, but is there any medication that can help me sit still and focus so I can study. I get stressed out easily. I constantly want to move or do leisurely things because I can't concentrate. I'm easily disturbed. I'm dysfunctional, but I can't live this way or else I'm going to get in a lot of trouble in my older years. I'm currently 30 years old and am trying to pursue a college degree. How can I study better and tune out the voices. The voices purposely try to irritate me, although I don't believe in anything they say. Any advice? Thanks!
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Congratulations with pursuing a college education. I have been in some disturbing situations a year ago where I was pursuing a degree and had to go on medical leave. I kept waiting for the dean to email me to return to the school, but she never did and I did not have the confidence to follow up with her.
I remembered that I could not focus on the words on the page. I was also hearing voices. It was during that time that I was not taking my meds. It was a very disturbing time and I ended up being hospitalized. I missed paper and test deadlines. It was horrible. The hospital prescribed me risperdal, but it gave me bad side effects.
Are you in therapy? What is your counselor telling you? What are you going back to school for? I was trying to make it in social work, but it was very systems oriented and I found it hard to concentrate. I later found a link with my thinking and concentration. The hallucinations and delusions that I had got in the way of my concentration. It was a block. As a result, I still find it hard to concentrate and have memory problems. I just had to accept that this is something that will not simply go away. Now, with medication and psychotherapy, I am staying the course. Good luck