My doc is just itching to change my diagnosis. From undifferentiated Schizophrenic to Schizoaffective… He says it’s due to the manic swings I’ve been displaying…
I don’t know how I feel about that…
I KNOW I shouldn’t care what the label says as long as the meds and therapy work. For a long time… I didn’t.
But there is a little bit of me that now wonders…
How did it feel for you when your doc actually changed your Dx?
My shrink thinks I have “a bit of aspergers.” I think my psychiatrist has a touch of it too. He doesnt care, he has me down as chronic paranoid schizophrenia, which sounds about right. I don’t care either- I do recognize that some of my behavior is slightly aspergers-ish.
I would be glad if they change a diagnosis, even though it’s just a label basically for insurance paperwork. But it’s probably a good thing. My friend is diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder when he has only experienced depression on certain times of the year because of Winter or a period of time when his Mother passed away, and he has only heard a voice one time in the military 13 years ago. He got the label schizoaffective then, and it still stays. I haven’t seen him exhibit any kind of mental health symptom. He’s told the agency he doesn’t think the diagnosis is correct and wants a re-evaluation. I guess they’re not going to give him one. I wonder why? So I think if they are willing to change your diagnosis, that’s probably a good thing. If it were to happen to me, I wouldn’t know, I just learned I have 7 diagnoses, they seem to be just adding on instead of changing it, be glad if they don’t do that to you. I asked to get rid of some, and they won’t. Odd.
Wishing you all the best in your mania SurprisedJ! I’m riding that same wave! Take care!
I think my diagnosis changed from schizophrenic to schizoaffective. It didn’t change anything in my treatment. I don’t think it makes any difference. It’s probably just some kind of formality.
I read some random statistic about how there aren’t many high functioning people with Sz… and I bitterly thought…
“That’s because as soon as we get on our feet… as soon as we are functioning again… our Dx gets changed.”
I know that’s not the case. I know the prognosis for many is getting better. Early recognition… early treatment… newer meds… delving into different therapies… it’s all better then it was 20 years ago…
but I’ve still been feeling a little down and jaded. Trying to get over this.
Thank you for your patience.
It makes me confused and irritated when pdocs change my diagnosis, like when I thought I was Bipolar and started a mood chart and joined a local Bipolar support group and everything, just to be told in hospital by my pdoc (an expert on Bipolar) that I am schizophrenic. Took a little time to accept, but f they would have to change it again, I would feel really mad, like come on guys, make up your mind!
I wouldnt mind being classified bipolar , i dont have mood issues though or drastic changes in mood , so im stuck with schiz. In terms of the manual its accurate so what can i do. Bipolar seems palatible for the public kind of like depression. Unfortunately schiz is not so palatible.
Allthough thinkn bout it again changes in mood , feeling depressed or manic cant be easy either. Well heck it still sounds better