Hi I'm Schizoaffective!

Both nominally and literally. I am a 26 years old male in recovery diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. Which is like a combo of schizophrenia and bi-polar, but not necessarily more severe than just schizophrenia alone. I take abilify and naltrexone for alcoholism which I'm in recovery from too. And I used to do psychedelics and weed a lot which may have contributed to my illness but I don't worry about the causation. Just acknowledge I made some mistakes and move on. I live in Washington State but grew up in Connecticut. I'm a student studying cultural studies. Well I'm not really sure what I want to do for a career but cultural studies is what I'm interested in. Despite having schizo-affective, I am very stable and have a broad range of interests. I was looking at this board and I saw topics from philosophy to psychology to even astrology, which I have interests in them all. I used to post on a recovery based website but some of the people were starting to be detrimental to my recovery so I figure I'll try this out. I will try to get a feel for around here and hope to become an active poster. . I'm not like extra insightful or genius or anything, I'm not stupid, but I acknowledge I won't be the most enlightening poster ever to bring their IP address to this board. Although I have attained some wisdom over the years and maturity, I just tend to have my set of interests that I stick to and don't go out of my way to learn things that are "over my head" per say. I really could care less about those things. But I do enjoy life and am happy to be here. Love music. Love nature. Well that's all I'll say for now peace. .

 

Welcome to hip! I think your going to like it here

 

hello and welcome!

 

Hey, awesome you're in recovery. I've been sober 7 1/2 years. Wish you luck!

 

Keeping focused can be difficult, but attaining control is very much commendable - "Hail and Welcome"