Even if it is schizophrenia they probably won't label it right away and most of them lean on their own insight rather than doing a full on psychiatric analysis. Most tests are incredibly long and time consuming to grade and you have to have special qualifications to interpret them. If I had to quess, their first diagnosis would be depression with psychotic features, but who knows what they will say. It's worth going and getting started on treatment stuff if you want things to improve. It will be hard and a lot of work. It's a lot of guess and check and what works for you. But really, what do you have to lose. It sounds like things have gotten really bad for you. Also, as someone else said, when you are feeling better and more capable of getting a job they won't have access to your medical files. People won't know unless you tell them or are experiencing symptoms that they can see. Most people think I am totally fine. Plus, just getting on an antidepressant may greatly improve your overall functioning. But I do know how hard it is to not worry about this stuff.
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