Is your illness chronic or does it come in cycles.
It seems to be chronic, but I am in remission now thanks to my treatment.
- Chronic
- Cycles
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Depressive type or bipolar type?
Oh, I guess I’m not schizoaffective, I have paranoid schizophrenia. I’ll undo my vote.
sometimes I’m manic and that’s always followed by a significant amount of depression. So that cycles. I always have negatives which just complicate or worsen any depression I may be dealing with. It gives me the feeling that I’m always depressed even if I’m not actually clinically depressed. So the sz part of it is chronic and the bipolar part of it is cyclical. I voted cycles.
Mine is always in cycles. Currently I’m functioning well and you wouldn’t know I see things or think people can “see” my fakemess or badness.
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My diagnosis changes often, but I’m currently diagnosed as Schizo-affective Bipolar Type. I guess he thought I’m a better fit for Bipolar than Depressed because I have “bipolar genes”. I don’t experience mania, never have, but I probably have had hypo-mania from energy drinks or whatever.
My condition is chronic, not cyclic. It’s been every day for 7 years. What stops me from working are the negative symptoms like cognitive decline and avolition. I guess I have chronic depression but it’s mild. It just adds fuel to the fire, preventing me from accomplishing basic things like brushing my teeth, doing chores, or taking showers.
It’s hard to go from being “gifted” to being mentally challenged (normal) in specific areas. It’s hard to cope with memory loss. I have a hard time dealing with my auditory processing disorder (undiagnosed).
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i’m stable mostly about 8 years now, i got rediagnosed recently and i got a call from a life insurance firm and he said my new diagnosis falls under bipolar or something so i was like wtf, then he said i couldnt get it bc i attempted S in dec 2009 so i’d have to wait another year (they give you ten years) before i can apply, for the record i didnt give a ■■■■about life insurance but what he said was fascinating and a bit sad i guess lol (nm) 
So far 50/50 interesting to see.
My sza comes in cycles but some symptoms tend to stay around like intrusive thoughts and lack of motivation
My dr says my intrusive thoughts are OCD? I’m confused. Are those thoughts a part of SzA?
Intrusive thoughts are apart of OCD but they occur in many illnesses.
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I’m down as chronic -
Sza. depressive.
I think all SZ/SZA all comes down to chromic illness just by definition. If you have SZ/SZA it will be chronic.
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Dunno. Happened to me first time and I have no more positive symptoms. That was something similar to SZ w/o voices but I lost control of me. Recovered within 3 weeks and under remission right now as I was told by my pdoc.
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