Is it common to be diagnosed with schizophrenia after 40? What age were you diagnosed?

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Is it common to be diagnosed with schizophrenia after 40?

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I was diagnosed at 39.

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I was diagnosed after 40.

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I was diagnosed around 40. But had poor mental health since 30 years old.

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My mental health has been bad since I’m a kid. But I was misdiagnosed and my sza slipped under the radar until I was finally diagnosed properly at 47. (I’m 49 now.)

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I was diagnosed at 47 with psychotic depression, then at 49 the diagnosis changed to schizophrenia.

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May I ask what symptoms you had? Have you found meds that help?

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No it’s super rare, I feel like I got it late at 30. Most get it in their teens, can you imagine going through high school in your first years of this?

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It’s uncommon to be diagnosed with schizophrenia past 40 but it happens, especially with women.
I was diagnosed at 20 years old.

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Dx’d psychotic depression at 17
Schizoaffective at 21 or 22

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Do you know why it’s super rare?

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No I’m not sure, I’m just going by the statistics I read when I spent a year researching the disease online constantly. It seems most common in high school and college age people but statistically if you make it into your thirties without it, your chances of developing it are lower. You can still get unlucky though.

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When I was 17. I was working and going to school.

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Age 23 after battling for four years.

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I was prodromal at 32, but full blown psychosis at 35.

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When i was 18 had my first episode

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I really don’t think it is possible, but I’m no doctor.
I was at 27, and even that’s kinda late.

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17 years old

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I think its more common to have an episode of psychosis at an earlier age around 23

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I was 42 when I was diagnosed with schizophrenia, but I had had hallucinations since I was 26 years old. I just slipped through the net I think.

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