Famous Schizophrenics

On my last post about the History of Schizophrenia, It mentioned that one thing that differentiated Schizophrenia from Dementia is that Schizo is more manageable and curable than the more dangerous Dementia that deteriorates a person so much to the point that Statistics say only 1 out of 10 cases of Dementia have positive results. So it's a good thing that you have Schizo and not Dementia. Now here's some good news I have a list of famous people who were diagnosed of Schizo and yet they still made it big in their lives.

Tom Harrell, Jazz Musician

Meera Popkin, Broadway Star

John Nash - Mathematician/Nobel Prize Winner( The person portrayed in the movie "The   Beautiful Mind" starring Russel Crowe)

Albert Einstein's son - Eduard Einstein

Dr. James Watson's son (Dr. Watson is co-discover of DNA and Nobel Prize winner)

Alan Alda's Mother (Alan Alda is the famous TV actor from the series MASH)

Andy Goram - Scottish Soccer Player/Goal Keeper

Lionel Aldridge - Superbowl-winning Football Player

Peter Green, Guitarist for the band Fleetwood Mac

Syd Barrett of the band Pink Floyd

Alexander "Skip" Spence and Bob Mosley - both members of the 1960's rock group Moby Grape (and Jefferson Airplane for Skip Spence)

Roger Kynard "Roky" Erickson, of the Austin-based 1960's group TheThirteenth Floor Elevators

Joe Meek - 1960's British record producer

James Beck Gordon (Jim Gordon) - James Gordon had been, quite simply, one of the greatest drummers of his time

Charles "Buddy" Bolden - Jazz Musician

Antoin Artaud - Dramatist, Artist

Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of Abraham Lincoln (past-President of the United States)

Vaclav Nijinsky, Famous Russian Dancer

Jack Kerouac, Author, was diagnosed with Schizophrenia

And this just goes to prove that even with Schizophrenia... Your lives are not over and you can still do great things! But first you have to get treated first and my next post will be about how to treat Schizophrenia.