In the DSM V, they took out the subtypes of this illness. But as I get older, my schizophrenia used to be catatonic, then paranoid, and now the fulfillment of the puzzle, disorganization. I was always disorganized in the beginning, but not as bad as now. And now I have more delusional beliefs and hallucinations than ever before after my psychotic episode. My therapist and psychiatrist also said this is the case. My volatility and aggressive behavior is always out of the blue for the most part. And now my thinking is impaired during and after my episode.
Does anyone have this or used to at least?
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Used to have Disorganized as a DX but got better. Med compliance and therapy for the win.
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Yes, I’m going tomorrow to my therapist and psychiatrist. Therapy has been a blessing in my life, we resolved my post traumatic stress, that was surprisingly easy. And he has helped to learn how to respond to positive symptoms. I’m very blessed and wish everyone could have as good as a therapist as he does. He sees people from like 4-6 hours away in person.
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I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and undifferentiated schizophrenia. I think they settled on schizoaffective disorder bipolar type. I don’t feel bipolar. I feel down and slow these days.
I also got briefly diagnosed with Asperger’s before schizophrenia, but after my bad trip.
I never had catatonia. I think my main symptom is delusions and a thought disorder or delusional thinking.
I have addictions to energy drinks and cigarettes.
I don’t hear voices on medication. I’ve had hallucinations while dreaming or sleeping and even waking up.
I have a lot of cognitive decline in my opinion. I mainly have delusions.
I had really bad negative symptoms. I don’t notice them anymore.
So far, it’s been 13 years with this illness. I take meds, and I’m fatter and slower, but stable.
The hallucinations I had started after 2015 I think and were scary. I thought they were real.
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Yeah, none of this is fun, that’s for sure. I appreciate your response, @tony1969 . I feel misdiagnosed as depressive. I’m not clinical level of depression, because to me, depression was diagnosed due to my first meeting with pdoc. I think when I get depressed, its only circumstanced by my illness. I think the reason to diagnose someone with clinical depression, they have to have no reason for it, or at least minimal. Like one of my cats died in October, you can be sad and depressed for a while, but it’s not clinical.
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