What is the difference between Sz and SzA?
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schizoaffective disorder is basically schizophrenia + a mood disorder, be that depressive episodes or manic episodes of both. to differentiate it from bipolar w/ psychosis, you are schizoaffective if the mood and psychotic episodes are independent of each other, but bipolar if the psychosis only happens during a mood episode
(from what i understand)
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Sza has a mood disorder too.
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Sza is basically the result of schizophrenia and a mood disorder having a one-night stand. It has elements of both that may or may not be present independently of the other.
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Does anyone think that one illness is more serious than the other or just different?
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i would say both are pretty serious but schizoaffective has a better prognosis. ive been told by mental health professionals that those with schizoaffective tend to have better insight than those with schizophrenia, idk how true that is though
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I’ve heard sza had a slightly better prognosis on average. But if course there are mild and severe cases of both. I’ve also heard negatives are a lot worse for sz than sza.
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Im diagnosed sza. Still don’t understand it other that i feel terrible all the time and don’t trust anybody
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