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Originally Posted by roseypeach
Recently my psychiatrist has diagnosed me as schizoaffective disorder bipolar type. I was having frequent hallucinations at the time. I've never had any dr tell me this and I'm wondering if it is just a temporary dx or if this means my actual dx has changed permanently. Is this possible?
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From what I can tell bipolar, schizoaffective and schizophrenia exist along a spectrum much like there is a spectrum for autism. Genetically they are finding a lot of similarities between these diseases and they may all just be part of a continuum so I wouldn't worry too much about the change since the DSM isn't based on the actual science of disease right now.