Psychosis or schizophrenia?

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i suffer from these symptoms:
delusions
tactile hallucinations
cognition impairment
social withdrawal
i dont have auditory or visual hallucinations
so is this schizophrenia or psychosis?

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get a pdoc and ask them…best case scenario for you.

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Yeah I only ever felt I had delusions only! Seeing a new doc, might check it out with them!!

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We cannot tell you, you have to ask your pdoc. People with schizophrenia do experience psychosis but there are other conditions where people experience psychosis.

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We aren’t psychiatric doctors. You are asking the wrong ppl.

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That’s exactly right. No one here is qualified to diagnose you.

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I had this and was diagnosed with psychosis then schizophrenia then psychotic again

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Not having Audio or visual hallucination does not necessarily mean you can’t be diagnosed schizoprenic. I have mainly had irrational or paranoid thinking, or losing control of thoughts as main symptom.

Anyway, you need a professional to assess it.

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Psychosis refers to a detachment from reality; and loss of insight.

Schizophrenia is the illness with long term symptoms such as voices, delusions, and hallucinations.

Your description fits sz, but you may have had psychosis before.

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I think sz is just chronic psychosis… So if it’s less than a month and has an easily remediable source like drugs or something its just psychosis, but if the source is more nuanced and psychological and it last more than a month I think it is, then its sz.

Just my opinion I’m not a doctor

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This is my understanding except that schizophrenia is longer than a month. I asked my doctor what the difference between psychosis and schizophrenia and in short schizophrenia is 6 or 9 months of experiencing those symptoms. I say 6 or 9 months because to be honest I don’t remember what I was originally told.

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I think we’re both kinda right lol

Google says

Duration: Continuous signs of the disturbance persist for at least 6 months. This 6-month period must include at least 1 month of symptoms (or less if successfully treated) that meet Criterion A (i.e., active-phase symptoms) and may include periods of prodromal or residual symptoms.

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A. Characteristic symptoms: Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if successfully treated): A. Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if successfully treated). At least one of these must be (1), (2), or (3):

  1. delusions
  2. hallucinations
  3. disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence) 1–4. SAME
  4. grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
  5. negative symptoms (i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition)
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So to be considered sz you need one month of those more serious positive symptoms (hallucinations, delusions etc) and 6 months of the other side effects it seems (social impairment, mood aspect, and other negative symptoms)

Table 3.22, DSM-IV to DSM-5 Schizophrenia Comparison - Impact of the DSM-IV to DSM-5 Changes on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health - NCBI Bookshelf.

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Thanks for breaking it down for me haha. But yeah interesting!

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Edit:

I actually I was reading from the DSM 4 but the DSM 5 is similar

It says:

Two (or more) of the following, each present for a significant portion of time during a 1-month period (or less if successfully treated). At least one of these must be (1), (2), or (3):

  1. delusions
  2. hallucinations
  3. disorganized speech (e.g., frequent derailment or incoherence) 1–4. SAME
  4. grossly disorganized or catatonic behavior
  5. negative symptoms (i.e., affective flattening, alogia, or avolition)
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that’s the best reply so far. i definitely have schizophrenia not psychosis.

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Thanks! Sorry for the mix up by the way

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