I have had my fair share of delusions and some of them are out there too! I also get auditory and visual hallucinations at times but mostly delusions. I was diagnosed with BP1 in 1989. However we are not really sure if I am schizoaffective or just bipolar. Basically the difference is if the delusions are dependent of your mood disorder or independent of the mood. In other words if you have delusions when your baseline or not depressed or manic, then it could be schizoaffective. The good news is they are both treated the same and pretty much just a different label for about the same thing.

As with any disorder, everyone is different. Sure there will be similarities but also differences too. I have a recurring delusion the same one since the late 70's and also new ones in addition. I also get very paranoid. And hypomanic, and depressed and anxiety. But despite all that I remain highly functional and been holding a full time job with few breaks. And only hospitalized 3 times. Not too bad. I only mention that because no matter what you have you can be very functional and live a fairly decent life. Some times it takes doctors years before they really understand what we are. Patience and don't worry about the label.