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Originally Posted by blackwhitered
The only difference between sza depressed type and psychotic depression is that psychotic depression ONLY happens when depressed, not during normal moods.
Another difference (not part of diagnostic criteria, but something that's common) between sz and mood disorders is that a lot of times the psychotic symptoms of mood disorders correspond to the mood (thinking you're God when manic, or delusions of guilt when depressed, etc.)
As for bipolar 2 I think the psychosis would only happen when depressed...? Because any manic or hypomanic symptoms with psychosis are automatically mania/bipolar 1.
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Originally Posted by blackwhitered
Yeah, I don't really understand what's going on with my diagnosis anymore. It seems that each doctor makes up their own definitions that have no basis in the DSM or what I'm going through.
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Before I came back home from Uni and changed pdocs, my diagnoses always made sense to me. I could understand where they were coming from and agreed with the DSM/ICD criteria. But since I've come home, it's like they're just making it up based on some pretty flawed logic...so I've decided to just ignore them. In my head I agree with my last proper diagnosis (from Uni pdoc), and I plan to go back to him when I return to Uni. So I understand how frustrating and confusing this is
*Willow*