When I was bipolar I seemed to be medicated to the gills. I work in tech, which is really cerebral. I could still get my work done, but just.

I currently have some working diagnoses, and haven't received my final diagnosis. Schitzoaffective seems to be where everything is pointing.

Do you find that schitzoaffective people are still able to perform thought-intensive tasks that they were able to work on before they got treated? Am I going to be making some sacrifices to get rid of my paranoia/ideas of reference/etc. symptoms? How bad?