which one is better…?
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Schizophrenia is better than all of them
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SZ I agree is the boss of all mental health
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What do you mean by better?!?!
They are both disabling severe mental illnesses!
Neither of them are “better” than the other.
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i am just in a rebellious mood, sorry!
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I’ve had both, bipolar was ten times easier to deal with. The schizophrenic symptoms are the dangerous ones, in my life at least. When those showed up it was a massive setback. I was never psychotic when I had bipolar.
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Have you ever experienced bipolar MANIA? It’s wild. The depression is intense, too. I had to have ECT three separate series of 6 wks, 3 x week and in the psychiatric hospital.
The sz part of sza is different every day. It’s tough, but coping skills can help.
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I have sza so, in effect, I have both sz and bipolar. I can authoritatively say, after 36 years of suffering with this sza that sz and bipolar are both equally bad and neither one is “better” than the other. Hardly.
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Yeah, mania can be rough. I don’t recognize it these days, Depakote has it under control. Bipolar can really eat at you, sorry if I minimized it, I just wish I could go back to the years when I was bipolar without any schizophrenic symptoms, so I kinda glorify it.
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I could handle bipolar any day. Sounds like easy mode compared to schizophrenia. Sure there are some exceptions like people with type 1 or with psychotic features or have it severe, but it generally has a better outcome. I just want to work.
Some commit suicide just like sz and sza. We all suffer and shouldn’t split each other into separate groups but stick together. I’ve done this and regret it.
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I think I had hypomania before I got sick. It would last years. I felt good like beast mode.
Lithium and stuff is a wonder drug for bipolar disorder.
Good point wave
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So u had bipolar then you got schizophrenia? So no more mood disorder?
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No it’s now technically sza now, schizoaffective.
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Lithium was not a wonder drug for me. It did nothing for me.
I’m allergic to Lithium and Clozaril lol
Lithium did nothing for me too Gina - @SkinnyMe.
I have sza. I was suicidal a few months ago, and the lithium helped. I was taking 300mg 1x/night, but it wasn’t enough, so I was bumped up to two times a day. I always forget to take my morning pill though. Not good!
I wouldn’t say one is “better” than the other, but rather that both can be crippling and are life altering. They require a lot of care.
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