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Old Jul 24, 2013, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by newtus View Post
yea not everyone with sz has brain abnorms. i think they say only 1/3 does? small percent if not around there.but i strongly believe its caused by meds too. i only say strongly believe becuz even though i know and ive read it theres some docs who dont think so. then again what kind of time does a psychdoc have to look deeper into sz if sz is only 1% in the USA and most people are dealing with other things?

I believe that the 1% value is very underestimated. I think that there is such a fear of being deemed crazy that a lot of people do not seek help when they have psychotic features. Often, I think people are able to hide symptoms of psychosis, like Faerie said. My own lack of knowledge about what I experienced when young caused me to not tell psychiatrists about my symptoms. When I trace my history, I realize I had psychotic features when I was very young, but I didn't know what it was. I thought I was just depressed. Looking back, it is so obvious to me and should have been to my mom, but my mom was in DENIAL. She figured I was depressed too. The problem with denial is that her sister was dx'd as Sz, but my mom never accepted that. My mom insists that her sister made it up.

Anyway, I think the true number of Sz and psychosis is closer to 7%.
Thanks for this!
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