Hello,
I have a diagnosis psychotic disorder NOS. They are thinking of changing it to schizophrenia.
My last relationship failed because of my psychotic relapse. At the moment i’m on meds and stable. I now am on a dating website…but how and when do you tell a potential new partner about a diagnosis like this? I don’t want to lie, but i also don’t want to talk really personal stuff in the beginning and cause people to run away.
Help?!?
That’s a tricky one. I’m going on a date soon and I am not going to tell them about my diagnosis yet. I am going to wait until we know each other better. Maybe third or fourth date or something, if everything goes well. Good luck!
Yeah you don’t need to reveal it at first…
You might find they have issues themselves and it can be a major ice-breaker in some cases.
When to tell anyone about diagnosis?? I live in a small town and word gets around. It’s hard to mingle when you aren’t sure who knows and who doesn’t. People respond differently, especially if my behavior is abnormal and it has been at times. Which leads to no dates at all! I think when dating one should consider the date an acquaintance for awhile. Even people without a diagnosis do that? I agree with Treebeard, but I would go fourth, fifth, sixth date, depending if it gets intimate, but that’s under the presumption that you haven’t talked really personal stuff, but stay as an acquaintance. I’ve had a bad experience with getting too personal too quick, didn’t turn out to well for me!
After you’ve slept with them.
Sorry, I didn’t mean to discourage you when I mentioned the acquaintance stuff, I reread your message and you are online. However, FYI, my experience where I didn’t hold back was the disaster. I don’t even want to say what happened!