<font color="#000088">That's a tough question. I guess it really depends on the illness they have,or what you personally can tolerate in a relationship. My last relationship lasted 4 years,he was Schizophrenic,but I didn't want to judge him over it,because of how much I had been judged over my illness. So we just started out as friends for awhile and hung out a lot, to see how we could get along with eachother,and things were fine, then after about 6 months of just hanging we started dating. Then after about a year and a half of dating we moved in with eachother, to see if we could live with eachother, and things were going fine for the first little while. Then I realized that he couldn't do anything for himself, he couldn't cook, he diodn't want to clean at all, he just expected that to be my job to do all the cooking,cleaning, and he had issues with being possesive. He would follow me everywhere I would go like a lost puppy. He didn't know how to handle finances,like even balancing his checkbook,so I had to teach him everything, how to write a check,balance his checkbook,cook,clean properly. He hated it! Then his Mom started taking him to the casino's in the area, he won like $200.00 1 night,and was hooked. So she kept taking him,and he just kept getting worse with the gambling problem,and finally one day he asked me for money to go,and I said he wasn't going to throw my money away,and said No! He freaked out and tried to kill me over it,we were engaged,thank God we hadn't been married yet! So it's risky,but it's a risk that you have to make your own choice on taking.Not everyone is the same.So you have to consider that to! I wasted 4 years of my life on taking a chance,and almost lost my life over it. But it doesn't always end that way,but it does for some! It's a personal choice.I just thought I'd share my experience and let you think about it!
But remember, not all Schizophrenics are like that, he also had a very low IQ,and a not too good background through his adolescence! I hope this helps any! </font>