Can people here describe what it means to be "Schizophrenic"? Warning: Incoming rant, and need some validation.

I'm just so sick of this...it just plagues my mind...

Okay, when I was first diagnosed back in 2008, I denied it, because I felt like they were trying to call me someone who is crazy with no future. I didn't let it bother me not once, and I was still able to live life normally, got to experience and have good times, just given the right circumstances. But whenever my diagnosis is in question, I just feel trapped. When a doctor knows or in some cases (I've told a group of people on the internet about my diagnosis), they can't treat me like a normal person. They put up this "wall", and start talking to me like I'm special, like I'm just so dumb and crazy and can't process my surroundings correctly. Some people had absolutely no problem talking to me, but now they know of my diagnosis, they say things like, "I don't know how to talk to a schizophrenic".
Because most people think someone who is Schizophrenic, Bi-Polar, or mentally ill in general, is someone who is just unpredictable and manic, or just crazy.
Whenever I tried to show my "personality" to these people, they think I'm just being manic and creepy.

What am I supposed to do? These people consistently tried to use my so called condition against me. They would often say I'm suffering from delusions or something, even when I told them I wasn't, and could even describe how they would think so, they would still use it against me. To the point where they would try to ridicule me and pretty much say I was worthless and other demeaning things. Now it's always plagued in the back of my mind, and I feel so trapped, lonely, with no positive future.

No disrespect to people who don't tolerate this lifestyle, but I want to get girls, and money, and accomplish things. That's the main kind of crowd I always hung out with. I had no problem fitting in, and now I feel like I can't live it, because now I think people are always going to judge me.

I can't live a life in solitude, being "special". I just can't do it.