What if I do not need the mood stabalisers. what if I made the whole thing up.
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I have had this thought before. I wonder if it is all just a fluke. I think that if you were diagnosed by a trained doctor and have needed the meds for years, it is safe to say that you need them. That’s how I feel about my situation, anyway.
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I don’t know @anon80629714.
If I were you I would get evaluated and assessed by a reputable private psychiatrist that specializes in mood disorders.
You need some more clarity when it comes to your diagnosis and treatment plan.
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The guy I saw in Harley Street also specialises in mood disorders … But only saw him once. It’s mega expensive. The NHS consultants now agree with this too. I don’t actually believe I have schizophrenia. I doubt it’s bipolar. But I know there are definitely intense feelings of restlessness and anxiety. I’m so confused. I don’t know how to read these moods.
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It could be just some sort of anxiety disorder.
Try to get a new evaluation.
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Could be but that doesn’t explain the psychosis I’m sure I had. Could be depression with psychosis. Or borderline. Either way you right I need to get it checked again.
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I’m basically in the same situation as you @anon80629714.
My current psychiatrist really doesn’t have a clear cut diagnosis for me but she just knows which symptoms I have.
Lots of anxiety, obsessive behaviors and mood fluctuations with paranoia and psychosis.
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OMG that describe me to a T. @Wave I know it doesn’t so much matter to some people what their diagnsois is but to me if I am on the wrong meds then it kinda does.
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The mood situation is tricky. From 1982- 1998 I was just on lithium having been taken off APs. I’m not sure whether it was because the pdoc thought it would help both mood and psychosis symptoms.
From 1998-2005 I was on a mood stabiliser and antipsychotic/occasionally also an antidepressant . Then 2005 -2006 off meds on doctor’s instructions. Went back on and pdoc wouldn’t prescribe stand alone AD because of the possible affect on my mood.
I think,correct me if I’m wrong, that the Consta I was on and the Paliperidone I’m now on have mood stabilising properties.
Last appointment I said I had minimal mood symptoms. I think the pdoc took that as meaning mood symptoms weren’t a factor for me. That raises the question of how much one should judge whether there’s a mood component or not when someone’s moods may be stabilised by the med they’re on .
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You could have had reactive psychosis, it only lasts for a short time, whereas schizophrenia is a long term illness.
I think you must have some schizophrenic tendencies, otherwise you wouldn’t have stayed on this forum so long.
I don’t think that you should stop talking your medication, but maybe you could ask your doctor about reducing it to see what happens, when I came of Risperidone 3 years ago and I had a manic episode and I don’t normally get manic.
I think that I have schizotypal personality disorder, as I have never been psychotic enough to be diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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I stayed on this forum thinking I had schizophrenia for 7 years. Which changed to bipolar. But I really hope i don’t get psychosis again. I have tried going off meds but moods got a bit unstable but was it mania ? Not sure. Doc indicated mixed before.
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