Hey all. I just randomly googled schizophrenia forum and was brought to here. I’ve always wanted to be apart of discussions about this illness as I have been diagnosed schizoaffective.
A little backstory about myself…
-I have been “struggling” with paranoia since I was a young child (around 5-6 y/o). Very similar to the
Truman Syndrome. Has evolved over the many years. (I’m 19 now, almost 20)
-I started to get very, very depressed starting seventh grade.
-I started to hallucinate (that I know of) around late 8th grade
-I have some delusions… but I won’t get into those yet
-Oh ya, I also have ADD
-I was originally diagnosed with Major Depression Recurrent with Psychosis, but it was officially changed to schizoaffective as of a year or so ago.
Life has not been easy for me (is it really easy for anyone, though?). I have attempted suicide handfuls of times and have been hospitalized 6 or 7 times. I struggle daily battling my psychosis and depression.
I really hope that being on here will help me learn to cope in new ways and get new ideas from all of you.
Welcome to the forum. I also have schizoaffective disorder (sza) I was also diagnosed with mdd w/ psychotic features until recently when they changed it to sza. I hope you find it helpful to meet people with your same story. It helped me feel less like a freak to come here and hear all the other stories that sound like I could have written them myself.
