Did you know about sz before you got sz?

DX'd - Sz/SzA
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Nope, never head of sz, when i got it i was like whats this such a big word.

I did not feel much difference though

i think it was in me since before

May be at maturity it Tiggered due to stress :thinking:

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I didn’t know anything about it. I didn’t even know it was a thing.

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I’ve heard the term schizo but that’s about all I knew.

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After i got to know and got to notice this word in news paper i felt i am not like this mentioned in papers.

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Max i knew was crazy and mad and yeah depression, other than that yes autism.

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My very first diagnosis was schizophrenia but it wasn’t disclosed to me until later by my Mom.
My first psychiatrist didn’t tell me.

I then was diagnosed bipolar for years by my second psychiatrist

And later by my third psychiatrist and psychologist I was diagnosed properly with schizoaffective disorder

My current psychiatrist diagnosed me with bipolar and recently changed it back to schizoaffective mixed type.

I had to research Schizophrenia and Schizoaffective on my own basically

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Shoot, I’m still learning!]

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I remember after about two or three years
i really got the courage to ask doc why do i take meds for
he said sz then i said i will google it for more info,
he said less knowledge about this sz is the worlds end for me.

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Yes, i knew.
I studied it in psychology bachelor

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I want to know how did you look at it , what was your perception about sz then before you got it ?

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I knew about it because my uncle had it.

My mom also told me when I was in high school that I could develop schizophrenia. Well she was right.

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I warn my kids that they are more likely to have MI and to be careful to avoid drugs and why.

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Yeah I kind of wish my mom had been more specific lol but she probably didn’t know any better

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I knew my mother spoke of a relelative of hers when she went to college something happened and she ended up isolated in room and not talking to anyone but to her self.

I thought then that she was not courageous enough to face people but i was so wrong.

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Is it true drugs also cause sz ?

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I knew about it because my dad had it.

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My dad also always carry suspicious thoughts people are out to harm him and his family, and now i got sz because of some group of people.
I myself think there is something wrong in him.
I told my doc my dad too have sz and he busted out in laughter and then become serious and said no.

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I can’t remember.
It was a fascinating topic for essays

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Why did you feel its fascinating because no one had answers to this how and why ?
Now what do you think?
Hey dont mind my questions just curious to know

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I knew what sz was but I thought current drugs stopped psychotic symptoms.

And that people who just get psychosis become normal after their episode.

I still have symptoms despite AP’s.

I never thought I’d be having meds for the rest of my life.

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