For your consideration a work by a survivor:

“Ten Years – A mid-life memoir about living with schizophrenia for ten years“

This showcases what can be achieved while living with a diagnosis of schizophrenia. In this short story, George Matthews recalls his life after diagnosis and takes the reader on a trip across the world where he experiences life studying for his M.A. in Germany, then life in Thailand during a time of considerable political turmoil, a time he also had finished weaning himself of his medication. Here is the link to the book //amzn.to/2xQbPzG

Search Amazon for Ten Years George Matthews