And I am somewhat…not fully…at peace with this affliction.
My schizophrenia doesn’t define me…it inspires me.
Redefine the stereotype.
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I feel like I am rounding the bend and heading into the home stretch.
Be your own catalyst for change. If your motives are altruistic, everything else will fall into place.
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It’s been nine years for me since I got hit with schizoaffective and I finally started climbing out of the hole about 10 months ago.
Im doing pretty damn well at the moment, but am very overwhelmed.
My OCD can finally be addressed because my psychosis and mania aren’t the main issues currently. Those took priority over OCD.
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its been about 10 years for me
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9 years for me
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- Aged 18. 1975- 1983 quite a few psych admissions. Last = longest. May 1981- Mar 1983. Met my wife in there Sep 1982. At that point best= group home worst= long stay ward. Mar 1983 left psych hospital with my wife to be.
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Diagnosed 26 years ago! Still suffering but manage really well!
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Diagnosed 25 years ago
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15 yrs struggle with comorbidities as well as the sz, its been a rough ride
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Same thing for me @Hemy
My OCD is the dominant factor right now.
My mood symptoms have been pretty much in check as of late.
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Diagnosed 17 years ago. When I was 21. I swear I had it since I was 17 tho
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It seems that I’m the elders president with 32 years left behind me.
Besides you can congratulate me with the fact that I’ve been on the long acting Clopixol depot injection (Now 300 mg every 3 weeks) for 30 years.
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29 years for me…wowee…time flies.
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I was diagnosed in 2007 and that is nearly 20 years ago. I feel so old and sad now that I realized that. My life was doomed from the very start (I was 20 yrs old at the time and now I realize that is very young)
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I’m spiraling down the rabbit hole a bit, again. I just came up with…
Redefine the Stereotype
My new t-shirt idea. All of my other quotes I came up with while psychotic rang true.
I’m going to try to change the schizophrenic stereotype…one song at a time. 
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I think we’re all very unique people and it shows strength pulling through so much adversity in our lives with smi
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Its getting close to 20 years for me too. Had syptoms a couple years before that, but didn’t competely lose it til I was in my mid 20s.
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Just wish others others understood our struggle and a cure was on the horizon.
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Over 20 years and counting, where have the years gone - down the drain it seems. I got sick around 2000 and this disease has certainly seen ups and downs over the years. Oh well, nobody chooses to become mentally ill anyways so one day at a time to the bitter end. 
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It’s been 42 years for me.
Got diagnosed at 21 years old
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