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Schizophrenia: Should I return to uni?

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I hear nasty and obscene voices, and mumble them. I have the delusion that other people can hear this mumbling (and have had them yell at me before).

Should I grin and bear it? It doesn't seem you can do much without a degree.
 
you are under a doctor's care, I presume? If you are still coherent enough to deal with society than you should not let anything stop you. That is my belief.
 
thats my opinion, too.
try to do your daily chores as good as its possible AND search a doctor.
dont let any stupid demons conquer your reality, its YOURS!!!
 
I'm medicated, but it doesn't help.

To top it all off, he's taking me off my klonopin, when I have agoraphobia.
 
The most important thing is to do what you can do while maintaining your health and sanity.

A major step in the right direction would be to go meet with the disabilities office in your school of choice and explain your situation and they will help you go forward with your education path!
 
Definitely let your school know and see how they can help. Mine has been very accommodating of my mental issues. I have yet to take up any real kind of recourse beyond working with my professors to handle my issues and doing a late withdraw through my counselor, but if need be, I do fall under university definition of "impaired/disabled" so I can get help with scheduling for classes and exams, late course withdraws, transcripts, and that kind of thing
 
Find another doc and get a second appinion on your meds. There are quite a few different ones and new ones being developed all the time.

Chlorpromazine was massive when it first came out due to how good it was. I dont know much on its side effects and I think you have to have Bi-weekly blood tests but its another option.

Having worked with some of the worse cases of Schizophrenia I think you need to make sure you get your meds right as well as make sure you have a support net work in place at the collage of your chiose. Stress is a big cause of Schizophrenia so putting you self in a stressfull situation may not help. This should not deter you but just make sure you plan for as much as possible.


Aside from that do as has already been said, get in touch with the schools disibility department as well as you local education authorety as there is a mass of funding you can recive which will help.
 
why don't you try taking one or two online classes until you get your meds sorted out? once you feel confident, you can begin taking smaller classes on campus and work your way up to larger lectures.
 
I'm not sure I'll be able to find out which classes are smaller and which are bigger beforehand, but that's a great suggestion!

As for what I'm doing, this year I'm hanging loose, definitely for fall semester, probably not going back in the spring, but if all goes well I'm in it next year.

I need to find a job though, which is hard since I hate being around the public for extended periods of time now (and I was never social/confident to begin with).

Thanks for all the replies!
 
^you could talk to your advisor, they should be able to tell you the class size. or try going to a community college, they tend to have smaller classes.

there are lots of jobs that don't involve public interaction... i had a friend who used to clean offices after everyone went home for the day. i had another friend who was a school janitor. and factory/warehouse jobs don't involve much social interaction, altho they can be boring as hell!
 
i have found that dealing with people from a job stand point is far easier than dealing with them in a social setting.
 
If you're in the US than almost any university you might attend should have an office for disabled students. Contact them and explain your situation; its there job to accomidate you. They can do things for you like get you extentions on homework or exceptions to attendance rules if you periodically need to miss class for medical reasons. I think it should be possible to get your degree, though this is probably a question you should ask your doctor and your school.
 
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