How did you feel about getting a schizophrenia diagnosis?

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I didnt take it serious. I got it the first time for 27 years ago. I just thought they were wrong.

I knew what schizophrenia was thou. The last time I got the diagnosis I was kind of relieved. It made sense then. That was 10 years ago.

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I just remember not liking the paranoid part in “paranoid schizophrenia”.

They didn’t tell me my diagnosis in hospital, it was when I went to my regular doctor to get my meds that I found out my diagnosis.

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I was in shock a little and then thought he was wrong when I was told I have sza. Now it makes sense.

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I felt desperate when doctors told me schizophrenia doesn’t have a cure.

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It pretty much made sense that I would get a diagnosis with the condition I was in. I remember the doctor was named Dr. Early and he was my earliest doctor, so I saw that a sign of some sort. Diagnosis and getting into the system was the only option for me it seemed.

6

It startled me to read it down in black & white when my psychiatrist showed me my medical chart. It was no big deal to me though. I think I went out and got a Big Mac that day, did my laundry, and walked the dog.

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I was happy to have a name to what all was wrong.

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I had no idea what that meant.

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9

My first reaction was “But I’m not crazy!”
But then I learned more about it and was more like “Yeah this fits”

10

I knew I had it as this is what the voices told me just was a relief to get confirmation from doctor.

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i wsa initially diagnosed as bi-polar affective disorder but then my pdoc changed it to schizophrenia…that did not bother me…sometimes I think its somting interesting to tell someone about me

schizophrenia the tag name does not stigmatise me but paranoid schizophrenia does

12

I was kinda heartbroken, as I had studied it before and on paper it is not a pretty illness. I guess in real life it isn’t either but knowing you have the most severe mental illness isn’t exactly a nice thing.

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I was a little suprised at the implication of it all. I kept thinking how is this going to effect my children and my quality of life. The only effect that it had on my kids is that they have become better adult’s because of it, they have plenty of empathy and respect for people with mental illness. Because of what they saw me go through.

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I first diagnosed myself with schizoaffective disorder after a major manic episode.
I was experiencing negative symptoms so I knew it was more serious than bipolar disorder.

My diagnosis was confirmed by my new pdoc at the time.

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15

I wanted to know what was wrong with me, and I accepted it at first. Then I read online about it and I flipped out at the prospect of having to live with this.

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16

I got sza and I was like wtf does that mean. Never heard of it.

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I was hopeful and thought it would be easy to treat

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18

i went through a huge revolt of “I’m not like them”
the old, TD’d, shuffling ugly mouth breathers that i associated schizophrenia with

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When I was diagnosed sza, I was relieved. I was like, “yes, that explains what I have been going through all of these years. It makes sense”.

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It somewhat gave me closure . i had to go to residential treatment for a month and try a ton of meds but it made me feel less alone