Not everyone with sz experiences every possible symptom.
Can you show me one article that says that mania is a symptom of sz? If you can I will acknowledge your point. I have never seen any such article.
Dopaminergic activity is thought to increase during a state of mania. Thereās lots of articles that show that.
Iāve wondered this too @pasteyface. Every now and then, Iāll feel a heightened sense of euphoria, no drugs or alcohol, like the day is just going by well. I feel good! But in the back of my mind, I wonder if Iām supposed to be feeling good.
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Iām not sure about the reason for the scarcity of articles regarding mania and schizophrenia. It wouldnāt be surprising to anyone that a schizophrenic was acting like a maniac, but this is a term for someone in mania. Maniac is also synonymous with lunatic, psychotic, etc.
@Bowens This is a good article that explains why I have schizophrenia with mania but not a mood disorder like schizoaffective
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I assume mania is a normal person taking an upper. Coke. Meth. Adderall.
Sure its not exactly the same but. It must feel like I can do anything kind of feeling.
Iām opposite of mania. SZA-Depressive
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I am currently reading it on my phone if it was @everhopeful 's article. It would not load up on my computer.
@everhopeful is not in this thread
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He posted this same article I believe. Check the forum
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Itās interesting that in the DSM5 it separates bipolar and schizoaffective by the co-occurance of the manic and psychosis(delusional and hallucinations).
In the case of schizoaffective diagnosis, it needs to be experienced for at least 2 weeks separate of above psychosis.
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I was labeled thatā¦last conversation I had i was toldāits schizophreniaā¦I told him I think you are wrong and he said its hard to be able to diagnose me because I have a substance use history, but I had schizoaffective or bipolar prior to the substance useā¦maybe the drugs brought back my emotions but that wouldnt make senseā¦
I was supposed to talk to my new psychiatrist today and its the second time I crashed due to mania and missed itā¦I am pretty sure I have Bipolar1 where Im either always happy or always depressed, like a switch that goes off or on depending on circumstancesā¦weather and the moonā¦
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Intense amount of neuroinflammation causing overactive thoughts.
Actually itās more like a bonfire in your brain then someone dumps a gallon of dopamine and adrenaline on it 
"Both a manic and a hypomanic episode include three or more of these symptoms:
- Abnormally upbeat, jumpy or wired
- Increased activity, energy or agitation
- Exaggerated sense of well-being and self-confidence (euphoria)
- Decreased need for sleep
- Unusual talkativeness
- Racing thoughts
- Distractibility
- Poor decision-making ā for example, going on buying sprees, taking sexual risks or making foolish investments"
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I dealt with it in my younger years, from 15-29 my diagnosis was Bipolar 2. It keeps you up for days and gives you grandiose feelings, but they are very minor grandiose feelings compared to what sz/sza can produce. These days since I went through the classical sz symptoms I am diagnosed sza. I donāt notice mania anymore, the other symptoms kind of distract from it, but it might have something to do with why I canāt freaking sleep half the time.
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Also one difference between bipolar 2 and 1 is the extremeness of mania
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Yea they say Bipolar 1 has mania while Bipolar 2 has hypomania instead.
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In the hospital during my first episode they thought i might have bi polar or sza. And when they tried giving me lithium it really ā ā ā ā ā ā me up because im straight sz.
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I think I am in hypomania, or having repeated bouts of hypomania. It is really not possible to say right now with100 percent certainty this is the case.