How long have you had any mental illness & sz?

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22

I started having symptoms at 35, after moving far away.

23

I have had mental illness since I was 19 according to my mom thatā€™s when it started but didnā€™t get on meds till, I was in my mid 20s we have a lot of people in my dadā€™s side of the family who has some form of Mental Illness donā€™t know if my mom does or not but I want to say no she doesnā€™t have anyone on her side of the family but my mom has some form of OCD and thatā€™s it.

24

schizophreniaā€™s been lifelong, bipolar ā€¦ sort of also, both went from bad to extremely bad around when i hit 15. ten years ago. schizophrenia feels like it Mutated in me from me being hallucinatory a ton to just being very disorganized.

iā€™m 24 years old at the moment,
i only very recently got diagnosed schizoaffective.

itā€™s been a tough journey.

25

I was 35 late onset when sz cameā€¦Iā€™m almost 63 now.

26

OCD since I was a teenager and SZ for 6 years.

27

OCD started when I was 5 or 6, had some boderline psychotic episodes but they would only last for a day or two and Iā€™d get back to normal. I still had some delusional OCD thinking that lasted a while. It got more managable in my late teens. Had bad sleep apnea in my 20s that cuased MDD. Got sz in my mid 20s. Wouldnā€™t surprise me if I had aspergers too. In my early 40s now.

28

I started to have mental health issues in 2013 shortly after I turned 23 then I was fine for a few months then it got really bad.

29

Iā€™ve had anxiety and OCD since I can remember. I was officially diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder in 2017, when I was 26.

30

I was an extraordinarily happy little boy and fell from grace at 15. I was diagnosed with schizophrenia at age 16. I was re-diagnosed at age 22 as schizo affected bi polar type. Then it was depressive type. And I self diagnosed DID because of my central voice who has on occasion taken over. Iā€™m 54 going on 55 soon. Iā€™m on only a low dose of zyprexa and Lexapro now that Iā€™ve aged. I want to try lowering my zyprexa but I worry about sleep deprivation which makes me angry and crazy.

31

I feel like Iā€™ve only lived through my studies ever since developing schizophrenia - everything else feels numbed compared to how I used to experience life, be it family functions or special occasions

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