Posted by Sebastian on September 15, 2003, at 21:59:49
In reply to Re: i guess you guys have jobs??, posted by cybercafe on September 15, 2003, at 16:05:27
Sorry, Cyber. I didn't mean the last post how it came out. I was out of work for some periods; about 3 months in duration, each.
I started getting sick in school; the first time. Forced to drop out so I could live in the hospital for 3 months after a spell of going psychotic in my room. I was on so many meds I don't remember much, but weird dreams. Then I went home for anouther few months and went psychotic again (All this time I wasn't working). Back to the hospital for anouther 3 months, with ECT just about every day. For a while there I was just not knowing anything except how good the morpine IV was going to be, untill I didn't know what was real or not. My head was majorly messed up on this trip, majorly. Then I went home again, I don't remember this, I also don't remember what I did for a while, I also may have been spending time in the house by myself, or this may have been when I went to the states to work (for a short time) and went on a 3 day crack binge. Then I moved to Canada, moved back to the states. Here I spent anouther 4 months trying to get the right meds; I was very psychotic at this time. Finaly I'm thinking I got Zyprexa, made some friends and got a job. Worked till the fall, got into anouther 4 month psychotic episode(think I had stoped the zyprexa). Went back to the same job (This one was always full time when I wasn't on a leave of absents) and worked till next fall when I got into anouther psychotic episode. Thankfully that was my last one, allmost 4 years ago now. I've been working more than full time ever since with no time off in the 4 years, no vacation, no sick time, Just straight 40+ hours a week. I once told an employer that as long as I take my meds, I'm no problem. One job to the next, overlaping.
So when you gonna kick your but into gear and work????
This is why I promote zyprexa so much. For the last 5 1/2 years or so, as long as I took zyprexa, I could work? Seems to have worked too.
Sebastian
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