i have been going to the same psychiatrist for about 14 months and he just says i have psychosis but i knew that already i have no official diagnosis other than that
Depending who you talk to Iâm psychotic bipolar, schizoaffective, or schizophrenic.
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Leaning towards Schizoaffective disorder bipolar type/Psychotic Bipolar.
Paranoid sz I didnât think I had any symptoms. But apparently everyone else did after I got hospitalized against my will. I found out in about 4 or 5 days
I got sick in July of 2008 and got diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia in January of 2010. You have to have symptoms for at least six months to get the diagnosis.
I was first diagnosed with adjustment disorder, than delusional disorder and then paranoid schizophrenia.
my diagnosis has changed several times I went from schizophrenia in the hospital to borderline personality with psychotic NOS. then back to schizophrenia twice from two different doctors then to schizoaffective disorder now they tell me they think I just may have schizophrenia. its all every confusing. usually the doctors take about 4 visits before they tell me a diagnosis.
Right now itâs psychotic bipolar with ultra rapid cycling, I started having symptoms back in 2000, but I never went to anyone for it until 2013-ish. No idea how long it took to get my first diagnosis (psychotic depression) or how many different diagnoses I went through before landing on this one. I think you can ask ten different pdocs and get ten different answers.
I donât know why my pdoc diagnosed me so quickly, but I signed a paper that showed myâ diagnosis within a week of being hospitalized. I know I hadnât had symptoms for any longer than about two months. Maybe because it runs in the family. Or because I was dealing with the courts ,I donât know. But they have never changed it 16 years later. My current pdoc doesnâtâ like labeling.
I donât know what my actual diagnosis is, paper only says unspecified affective psychosis. But theyâve told me bipolar, schizoaffective bipolar type, and more recently, paranoid schizophrenia. I just go with that since it feels more accurate. Have had symptoms my whole life. Itâs taken three years to get diagnosed with anything and theyâre still trying to figure me out. Also add or adhd. I suspect I have other things but trying to talk about it to them is hard
From what I was told by my previous psychiatrist: psychosis-NOS. However, my current psychiatrist said I âmost likely schizophrenia.â
I have schizoaffective, bipolar type. Iâve had prominent mood symptoms since around 11 years old, then some psychotic symptoms added at 15. My first diagnosis was depression when I was 20, changed to bipolar with psychosis when I had my first actual psychotic break at 23. It was a year or two later that the term schizoaffective was first mentioned. I refused to accept it, though, and my diagnosis (or at least what I thought my diagnosis was) flip-flopped between sza and bipolar with psychosis. My current dr says sza, and I have finally accepted it, as it truly does make the most sense for me. Iâm 37 years old now so, yeah, took a long time for me to accept it.
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I had about 30-35 years diagnosis of chronic depression, Bulimia and Social Anxiety Disorder. Then, when I stopped keeping secrets, I was diagnosed with Schizophrenia âwith paranoid aspectsâ.
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I have schizophrenia. Was diagnosed in 2003 when i was nearly 19. The symptoms of my mental illness started in 1998 though, when i was 14. It was mostly anxiety disorder but i never saw a pdoc for nearly five years until the end of 2002. I was first thought to have bipolar or sza but then i was diagnosed with sz.
I started hearing voices when I was 15, in 1992. 2008 I started getting seriously bad delusions and more voices, that I did not know were voices. Hospitalized in 2010, psychotic and suicidal. 6 months later I was diagnosed with Schizophreniform.
Tried to quit my meds 4 months after being released from hospital. Got psychotic again. And almost hospitalized.
Noone wants to talk with me about my diagnose. I asked and pdoc says maybe depression. I believe she does not want to lable me with schizophrenia in the papers to my employer when I canât work. I am heavily medicated though, for schizophrenia, not depression. They keep secrets.
I havenât been properly diagnosed yet. I got sick last summer and attempted suicide and was diagnosed with psychotic depression.
Iâve only ever been told just âPsychosisâ, but on documents Iâve seen since a few months ago the code has been changed from F29 to F20 (which means from psychosis to schizophrenia). Iâve been seeing a pdoc for psychotic stuff for 3-4 years. I havenât asked about the change in icd code, but then talking about what the diagnosis is hasnât ever really come up
I donât do diagnoses. I hated my whole hospital experience and the doctors seemed like they knew nothing and never had anything to say. They shouldnât even have the power to put these terrible terms on someoneâs records. They forced me on the meds and I would never willingly go into a intensive care unit. I got in there for selling an old Iphone on craiglist for 30$. They were the scum of the earth type people. Why do you guys enjoy being diagnosed? Does it help you get money or something. I donât want money. I just want these god awful memories out of my life. Also wouldnât mind if these god-awful people dropped off face of earth.
Yeah, delusional disorder, pretty certain.
Iâve never gone into an ICU willingly either, usually I was unconscious.
Itâs like animal farm. They treat you like a rag-doll and drag you in there.