Hi Guys, I have a question for you,
When i was pre-diagnosis i didn’t know what sz was and wanted to deal with things by myself but then i was sectioned and all of a sudden i had to take meds & i didnt know what sz was until they try to explain it.
My question is- do you remember how you were diagnosed, & did you know what was happening?
I remember being in the psych ward in September 2015 and a psychiatrist asked me questions then I got a paper saying I was diagnosed with chronic paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis. I didn’t believe it until I researched symptoms later on Google and realized that schizophrenia seemed accurate. I didn’t know what was going wrong with my mind for a long time.
I get that, i just wanted to deal with it myself but i am glad they intervened, i wish i could have fought it without meds but meds are crucial for me now 
I was having a psychotic break in the psych ward. I didn’t know what was happening. I thought my life was over and I was a crazy person, but I got better.
I think we all wanted that to happen.
I was diagnosed with depression at age 12, but that’s also when I started hallucinating. Although, I didn’t know they were hallucinations, at the time.
I was hospitalized at age 18, for a suicide attempt. I don’t know what my diagnosis was, but they had me on Lithium Carbonate (strongest mood stabilizer). So, maybe diagnosed with bipolar?
Then, at age 24, I figured out that I’m schizoaffective - bipolar type. I did lots and lots of research. Self-diagnosed at first, but I immediately sought out a good psychiatrist who is experienced in psychotic disorders. After a few months of seeing them, I was given the official diagnosis of schizoaffective - bipolar type.
I was hospitalized again at age 26. Diagnosis was not changed. Hospitalized again at age 30. Diagnosis was not changed.
Still schizoaffective - bipolar type. I don’t believe my diagnosis will ever change, as long as the diagnosis criteria doesn’t change.
Before my diagnosis when i had sz symptoms I researched on the internet and read about sz but told myself i am not that crazy and refused to believe i have it, instead i thought i had autism. Later I poisoned myself then my parents brought me to the emergency and there was seen by a psychiatrist who said its a suicide attempt and that I have psychosis.
It was the second time i was in the psychatry.
A doctor told me i have an area in my brain that don’t work.
The center for organized thinking.
She told me that i have schizophrenia, and that i must take pills til the end.
She has a bad heart and must take pills because of that, so i must don’t worry.
I don’t trusted her.
Intuition.
I had never heard of schizophrenia or anything about mental illness. I knew something was seriously wrong until I became completely delusional. I ended up getting involuntarily committed. I remember thinking in the hospital that no one could recover from something like this. The diagnosis was kinda a blessing after 5 years of hell. I researched the crap out of schizophrenia and never questioned it. I did have a second psychotic break where I believed a lot of what I was experiencing was real. It lasted a couple years. I was able to keep it together enough to work with my doctors and stay out of the hospital.
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