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Originally Posted by Blue_Bird
I agree. I don't have Schizophrenia specifically, just Schizoaffective Bipolar and I still have to really push myself to be motivated but I do it. I tend to be a lazy person, I'll admit that but I don't let my illness rule me. I have college credits and will be taking classes again and there's a guy in my group with Schizophrenia who has held down a good job for the past few years. That's part of the reason I go to group, to make myself do something. It's easy to sit around and do nothing. I I still get depressed, I still get anxious, but with the meds it's not the extreme lows and extreme manic anymore, it's manageable normal moods people experience and yeah sometimes it sucks but you have to push yourself and sometimes put yourself out of your comfort zone.
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Schizoaffective is just Schizophrenia with a mood element. If anything it's like dealing with two co morbid illnesses instead of one. That's what my psychiatrist told me when we where discussing sza. I'm glad to hear you don't let your illness rule you, that's a good outlook to have.