anon0422 Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I know for me, my first diagnosis didn't start out as SZA. I also know that diagnosis isn't as important as the symptoms being treated, but I'm curious as to what your previous diagnoses were (if you have previous ones). For me, I started with Mood Disorder NOS and Anxiety, then it changed to Psychosis NOS, then Paranoid Schizophrenia, and now it's Schizoaffective -- Depressive Type. Although, on some papers they still have it down as schizophrenia. I also was diagnosed with EDNOS, and they're considering a DID diagnosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straightjacket Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I started off with Bipolar Disorder II then it went to Bipolar I, then Bipolar mixed affective state with psychotic features then Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I had an instructor tell me sza was mostly a temp dx while they decided between bp or sz but I haven't experienced that. i went from bpI to sza. My current pdoc thinks that is correct and it seems to fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintalto Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) ADD -> cyclothymia + ADD -> bipolar NOS + ADD + GAD -> bipolar 1 + ADD -> bipolar 1 (treatment resistant*) + ADD -> SZA, bipolar type (treatment resistant also) + ADD /end *tdoc told me about the treatment resistance, no idea until last year Edited November 23, 2015 by saintalto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I started out with anorexia nervosa, depression and OCD, PTSD and bipolar 2, then bipolar 1, then SZA, anxiety (GAD, SAD), agoraphobia, more to add to PTSD (made it worse). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whatsizbucket Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 I was bipolar II with psychotic features. This was changed because I had previously been diagnosed with SZA bipolar type. I forced the change back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nystagmus Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 Depression (wrong), Social Anxiety (wrong), OCD (very wrong), Schizophrenia (correct), Depression (wrong again), Schizo-Affective (wrong), Schizophrenia (correct, again). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted November 23, 2015 Share Posted November 23, 2015 SAD-->MDD-->BP (I don't remember which type)-->BP I-->BP I w/ psychotic features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Level_With_Me Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 Paranoid SZA--->Mood Disorder---->Sza Bipolar type Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingteapot Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 bipolar I schizoaffective bipolar type...then depressive type Now paranoid schizophrenia all i know is that I take too many pills for this crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Depression Then SZA depressive type. My other diagnoses have been relatively stable - ADHD, autism, borderline personality disorder, PTSD. I'm not sure that I have all of those but I at least have the symptoms and treatment's been helpful across the board. Except for ADHD, because everyone is against giving me medication for ADHD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancesintherain Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 depression, single episode, w/ hints of GAD (not a full-fledged diagnosis) depression, recurrent, w/ hints of GAD (still not a full-fledged diagnosis) bipolar NOS and GAD (bumped up to a full diagnosis by this point) back to depression, recurrent and GAD back to bipolar NOS and GAD current: bipolar I, w/ psychotic features (very, very infrequently--only when an episode is triggering, for now); GAD; some mild hints of ADHD, but my pdoc thinks that might just be the GAD acting up I had some characteristics of PTSD along the way, but never enough for a full-fledged diagnosis. It was post experiencing a drug raid with SWAT team, FBI, police, etc. at graduate school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarn Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 BP (type?)/possible Borderline, then SZA or BP (presumably with psychotic features), then working dx BP (again, presumably with psychotic features) 'but I wouldn't argue with someone who said SZA'. I meet the diagnostic criteria of SZA, but 'order my thoughts like someone who is BP'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aura Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 bipolar (type unspecified) / mood disorder NOS -> then I ditched psychiatry and medications for a decade -> severe OCD -> very briefly, bipolar II and OCD -> currently, bipolar I and OCD It's a mystery that my first psychiatrist missed the very obvious OCD diagnosis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderful.Cheese Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Depression - bipolar I - SZA BP type for the main dish. Anxiety has always been there as GAD. OCD has been there forever too. Sleep disorders came later but I've suffered with hypersomnia and narcolepsy for quite a long time. They were diagnosed after sleep apnea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazed and confused Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 Depression - bipolar 2 - bipolar with psychosis - schizoaffective. Borderline Personality Disorder has also been mentioned in passing which would have to be the most ridiculous thing I ever heard, I have none of the symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintalto Posted November 28, 2015 Share Posted November 28, 2015 On 27 November 2015 at 11:16:20 PM, Bellatrix said: Except for ADHD, because everyone is against giving me medication for ADHD. Same here. Frustrating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddsock Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Borderline traits, which I may or may not still have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesecake Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Bi-polar 2 wrong, Schizoaffective disorder wrong, Schizophrenia Right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coraline Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) ... Edited October 26, 2020 by coraline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Christ Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) I started out with Bipolar 1 with psychotic features, also Anxiety NOS, but now they're leaning more towards schizoaffective bp type. still a process to becoming official though Edited December 7, 2015 by Lara Christ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchizoHH Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Bipolar / Schizoaffective / Schizophrenic / now=? New doc doesn't have a clue it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heilmania Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Depression and ADD -> Depression, ADD, and Anxiety -> Depression, ADD, GAD, and "psychosis". The anxiety, ADD and depression have always been around (since I was a kid), but the psychosis is new. I guess the other diagnoses were lonely. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xanathos Posted December 20, 2015 Share Posted December 20, 2015 (edited) Past Dx: Disthymia, Borderline Personality Disorder, Psychosis NOS, Psychosis NOS with Personality Disorder Traits, Schizophrenia, Borderline Personality Disorder and Mood Disorder NOS, BPD and Schizophrenia Current Dx bounces between schizoprenia and schizoaffective, but BPD and social anxiety are for certain. Edited December 20, 2015 by xanathos Left out current Dx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keaton Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Major Depression, Psychotic Depression (or something like that), bipolar II, bipolar I w/ psychotic features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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