Why do psychiatrists want me to believe I have a psychotic illness

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It could just be anxiety or OCD but they don’t consider that

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They use classification systems. Either ICD or DSM and they check whether you meet the diagnostic criteria.

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Oh we haven’t had one of these in a while

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Once the psychosis passes a certain amount of time they look into diagnosing sz. So say you have psychosis induced by anxiety , then it’s not likely to last more than a month.

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I’ve also before accepting my illness thought it could be only anxiety, OCD or some personality disorder.
Well I even thought it’s physical illness. Bc it explained strange tactile hallucinations I had.
But it’s was just lack of insight.
I am not saying all diagnoses are accurate, but in my case everything was accurate.

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Well I’m not psychotic floridly so does that mean I don’t have sz

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What does floridly psychotic mean ? If you have psychosis , you have psychosis.

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like full blown

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Psychosis is psychosis so if you have it for longer periods of time … it doesn’t have to be “florid” as you say.

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Paranoia is clearly sz and not anxiety or ocd

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Isn’t non-delusional paranoia extreme anxiety

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No its not. Paranoia is irrational. Anxiety is rational, possible scenarios. Thinking your Drs or Mom are trying to kill you is irrational, thats sz and not anxiety. Its impossible that your mom or Drs want to kill you.

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Also acting on your paranoia like threatening your Dr is sz, anxiety doesn’t make you do that.

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It can be possible but its highly unlikely

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Thats what makes it sz and not anxiety. Its almost impossible while in anxiety its scienarios that are more likely. But there are many sz symptoms that differentiate anxiety from sz. Like hearing voices etc

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I don’t hear voices at all

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Also since your paranoia is gone on APs, your Dr is right its sz. APs don’t help anxiety.

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Why did a doc once said to me that APs also help anxiety

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Afaik they can even make anxiety worse. Read about them on medical websites. If it helped your anxiety its likely because they removed your paranoia. I think paranoia makes anxiety worse

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Oh okay. I’ll try to believe that

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