Diagnosis after psychosis

Health and Recovery
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Who actually has a diagnosis of schizophrenia? I dont i had a psychotic episode that lasted for 3 days.
I do suffer from negative symptoms i think or i am just processing traumatic life experiences.

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Had one since 93/94 (things are fuzzy around that time period for me).

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I have 2 diagnoses that the drs are going back and forth with me: paranoid schizophrenia and schizoaffective

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Did u relapse after, i asked my psychiatrist what diagnosis i had she said none but if she has to diagnose its schizophrenia

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Here they dont really diagnose anymore they just use it for treatment of psychosis. It falls all under the same umbrella.

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Numerous times in the first five years. The first two were especially bad.

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2 episodes in 13 years. Diagnosis varies between sza and bipolar.

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Same 15555555555

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What country are you from?

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I’ve had numerous episodes, first one lasting about half a year, and continuing residually for another 2 months maybe, on antipsychotics.

They don’t dx me as sz however, because of the dose I’m on.

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I have schizo effective bi polar type.

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I used to be diagnosed bipolar 1 but last year I had an episode and was re-diagnosed as schizoaffective bipolar type.

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Ogden Nash had schizo effective disorder.

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Netherlands
They do use it for insurance reasons but they dont like to diagnose, there has been publications that everyone has psychotic tendencies and for some due to stress/trauma or substance abuse it just surfaces more

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I’m diagnosed with SZA. I had one psychiatrist say I have extremely severe OCD but then he changed it back to SZA.

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Ive been diagnosed with schizophrenia for 19 years

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Diagnosed with schizophrenia and its been hell most of my adult life, worsening every year

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I was diagnosed late. I started having periods of psychosis when i was 26 or so, lasted several years and was put on a lot of meds including two APs. I was relatively stable for a number of years and then symptoms started again about 2 years ago, which is when i was officially diagnosed. I was 36. Its good finally having a proper diagnosis, but my dad has sz and died young because of a drug overdose. I just can relate so much to it now, as im in recovery myself, and it makes me sad.

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I had. And then they changed it a billion times. And now they gave me the diagnosis of complex PTSD and food intolerance. I don’t think they really know what psychosis is, and what causes it. I lost trust in psychiatry so much, that I just kindly let them babble and nod and do not believe a word they say. Neither I, nor the psychiatrist, nor anyone, really knows.

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Wow! You’re lucky!