Next tuesday I have an appt w my pdoc. I will ask her what my diagnose is. I have a lot of anxiety already. I want to stuck my head in the sand and pretend everything is normal. But everything is not normal. My pdoc has not said what diagnose I have today. I got schizophreniform 3 years ago. But that can change.
Ultimately the doctors will treat your symptoms - so I would recommend you not get too worried about the diagnosis. I understand that doctors are giving out diagnoses much less frequently now - and just focusing on the symptoms.
People can take the wrong message from a diagnosis - thinking its fixed in stone, etc.
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Yeah, don’t get to fixed on the label, it is fluid from pdoc to pdoc-even at the same time.
I had one therapist disagree with both pdoc and psych hospital pdoc on dx.
Doesn’t bother what you call me, just don’t call me late for dinner-wink @suprised J 
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She has talked about lithium a couple of times. I want to know if she thinks I’m bipolar och sz. I don’t know myself. I can see symptoms of sz. Not bipolar.
My biggest problem is my brain. I’m slow and “lagging”. I have a hard time thinking. I want to change this. But I don’t know how.
@Comatose - if you dont experience Mania or Depressive episodes - you do not have bipolar.
If you experience Mania and/or depression, and it is pretty chronic - and if you experience psychosis at times without the presence of mania or depression, it could be schizoaffective disorder.
Anxiety is common with schizophrenia.
After a while the diagnosis becomes irrelevant to the doctor, managing and treating your symptoms is more important to a good psychiatrist. A diagnosis is for the insurance companies and for communicating to other doctors and mental health professionals.
I suffer from bipolar type 1 with psychotic features, and I face the same challenges as those diagnosed with SZ - these disorders overlap many times.
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