Does mental illness count for anything

Oh I'm plenty cool and intelligent, but I am flawed in heavy amounts. Not a lot of overcoming has been done, I didn't overcome schizophrenia I medicated it and it happened to go dormant, I'll be sick with this disease till the day I die. I still cover my skin in thermal wear head to toe. And with these problems I struggle greatly, making me lower quality in many ways. I kick ass in my studies and could outrank my peers any day, but my brain gets messy, making me less of a scholar, and less efficient.
If I did not medicate, I would not survive or meet the requirements of success in today's world, I would fail, and I would deserve the failure.