I might’ve been misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and have a severe anxiety disorder. God bless you all, I hope so much. But if it’s not true I’ll know if I ever get off this antipsychotic
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There’s a big difference between the two I believe.
I had panic disorder first I never heard voices or saw things. When I did see and hear things I got sz diagnosis.
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I really do wish you luck. Anti psychotics destroyed my hourglass figure in a way that I just sort of half to be okay with. TFG my insurance covers Rexulti, it’s weight neutral so I’ve been manage to lose a decent amount of my tummy with better diet and exercise.
It’s tough for me to have an accurate gauge of what a healthy weight even looks like, though. My foster parents encouraged my ED, so my perception of self is so distorted that I honestly don’t recognize myself when I look in a mirror. It’s why I appear so vain: if I’m not looking directly at my reflection, I literally forget what I look like.
I’m going to be on meds for the rest of my life, and I’m honestly okay with it at this point.
xoxo Alice
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Its super common to question your diagnosis. Its hard, but try to leave the diagnosing to your drs, but its not bad to advocate for yourself either
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I hear things inside my head, so my therapist which is new thought it might be my subconscious. I still get intrusive/delusional thoughts where I think I’m the devil, or gonna turn into a zombie. Idk I just know if I have anxiety instead of schizophrenia I’ll be lucky. But I’ve been diagnosed with schizophrenia for 8 years and every psychiatrist thought I had schizophrenia and now this one therapist says it’s possibly not true.
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I would trust a psychiatrist over a therapist but I am in Australia. I know in some countries that isn’t possible but whilst time poor and sometimes not so good bed mannered a psychiatrist with experience will get an idea…
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When I was in a similar situation, I listened to my therapist’s advice and looked at ways to reduce my “anxiety” while continuing to take the medication as prescribed by my psychiatrist.
Taking my medication as prescribed, staying hopeful, regularly checking in with supporters, and going to their is how I got my diagnosis changed.
I’ll always be on SOME form of medication. But that’s no different from if I had diabetes and needed my insulin. For folks like us who struggle daily with psychosis, our psych meds ARE our insulin. It sucks to think about, but as near as I can tell, it’s the truth.
The only way that I found to start to change things FOR ME was to take the meds and go to therapy.
I hope that sharing my experience helps you in some way
xoxo Alice
I’ve had tons of anxiety, but I’ve also hallucinated and have been delusional. I’m schizophrenic.
A psychiatrist has a lot more clout over a therapist
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