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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 731666" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>It's understandable that you would be highly concerned. But before you scare yourself into believing you have no choices, take a step back.</p><p></p><p>I have a schizophrenic brother and a sister who has struggled with bi-polar/schizoaffective disorder. My understanding is that bi-polar can be misdiagnosed when it is really schizoaffective disorder, it is not an exact science by any means. Both my siblings have taken medications and not taken medications. Both have been on their own for their entire adult lives. My brother is on disability and lives in a room in L.A. My sister managed to get her Masters degree in Fine Art and become a successful artist, all the time dealing with various, serious mental illnesses. </p><p></p><p>I think this may take you a bit of time to work thru your options and come up with what will work for you. NAMI has a helpline open M-F, perhaps reaching out to them for guidance would be helpful. With a strong commitment and time, I believe you will find options, but you will need to be open to possibilities .....keep exploring........and most importantly make yourself and what you need and desire the priority, that shift alone will offer you a much more open field of possibilities. </p><p></p><p>Hang in there. Take care of YOU. Get support for YOU. That's the key.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 731666, member: 13542"] It's understandable that you would be highly concerned. But before you scare yourself into believing you have no choices, take a step back. I have a schizophrenic brother and a sister who has struggled with bi-polar/schizoaffective disorder. My understanding is that bi-polar can be misdiagnosed when it is really schizoaffective disorder, it is not an exact science by any means. Both my siblings have taken medications and not taken medications. Both have been on their own for their entire adult lives. My brother is on disability and lives in a room in L.A. My sister managed to get her Masters degree in Fine Art and become a successful artist, all the time dealing with various, serious mental illnesses. I think this may take you a bit of time to work thru your options and come up with what will work for you. NAMI has a helpline open M-F, perhaps reaching out to them for guidance would be helpful. With a strong commitment and time, I believe you will find options, but you will need to be open to possibilities .....keep exploring........and most importantly make yourself and what you need and desire the priority, that shift alone will offer you a much more open field of possibilities. Hang in there. Take care of YOU. Get support for YOU. That's the key. [/QUOTE]
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