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(I know that schizophrenia is talked about as if it’s one condition since DSM-5 no longer has subtypes but ICD-10 does.)
I don’t have a subtype. My diagnosis is schizophrenia.
My first diagnosis was chronic paranoid schizophrenia and psychosis then it changed to schizoaffective disorder bipolar type.
I don’t have schizophrenia, I have schizoaffective bipolar type.
The subtypes are obsolete. The were part of the DSM IV.
The current version of the DSM, version 5, got rid of the subtypes, they no longer exist. It is now just “schizophrenia”.
I was diagnosed while the DSM IV was still in effect and I fit the criteria for the paranoid subtype.
DSM = Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
I realize that.
I don’t have a subtype either. My diagnosis is just schizophrenia.
Originally diagnosed as disorganized with a very poor prognosis. Eventually upgraded to paranoid after many years of having demonstrated improvement.
None - bipolar disorder
I’m surprised you didn’t list schizoaffective. That’s what I have. Bipolar first, then schizophrenia symptoms showed up, then my diagnosis changed from bipolar 2 (the sequel) to schizoaffective.
However if I were to guess I’d say I was paranoid.
I was originally diagnosed under the DSM 4 as chronic paranoid schizophrenia and at one point something more complicated than that. Was a lot of words but still paranoid type. It was a mouthful.
Was Psychosis nos for several years until I stopped my meds for 2yrs and relapsed. Then they changed it to sz.
No sz.
I have catatonia though, so catatonic sz might be the category I’d be put in if my diagnosis changed to sz.
What meds do you take for it?
At this moment: none.
When I feel bad, I take haldol against delusions.
When I really got catatonic, which usually happened when I got real scared of something, I also was given a benzo for a few days to get out of it.
I get mild catatonia when off APs where I freeze for a up to an hour. I find it weird that the AP treated my catatonia. I was never prescribed benzos.
Yes I can get out of catatonia, even severe catatonia, with only haldol too. I prefer that.
For me, catatonia is just that I’m extremely terrified and dont dare move. They call that catatonia too, apparently. So if I’m less afraid, then I dare move again. Anything that numbs me does that.
I think even a bottle of wine would suffice, to be honest.
For me when it happens I hear a voice tell me don’t move, any slight movement and I will get shot and die.
I was wondering how you were experiencing it. Thanks for telling me. I never meet people who have this.
For me it is somewhat similar. I dont hear voices, but my thoughts are that horrific things will happen to me or loved ones if I move. Which is terrifying really and enough to try and not move.