… And I’m trying not to dwell on it.
What is it? If the treatment works, don’t worry too much about the dx
I have “undefined schizophrenia” or something to that tune. This is my first schizophrenia diagnosis. PTSD is mixed in there, too.
Unspecified sz, I think. That’s not too bad. At least you have a dx!
I was recently diagnosed with PTSD as well… sucks.
Hi @PeteQ I have schizophrenia too.
It’s not so much the diagnosis that matters, it’s the treatment that matters.
Do you take medication? I’ve tried a lot of different medications over a year and am settled on the one I am on now.
I currently take 15mg ZyPrexa, 3mg Risperadol, and 1200mg lithium.
they are right the diagnosis doesn’t matter as long as the treatment helps. I was re diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder depressive type with ptsd
Do you find the medication to be helping you?
My psychiatrist talked about putting me on lithium a couple of weeks ago. I’m dead set against it. I was put on lithium when I was misdiagnosed as bipolar in my twenties and it made me feel terrible. I don’t want to go on it again.
The medication is allowing me to have less symptoms. It puts me in a good place, even though I break away from that sometimes. But overall, I’m having a good mix of good and bad days.
I don’t mind the lithium
That’s great news! If this keeps up you should have a nice recovery!
Thanks! That’s the plan