Hi, thanks to anyone who responds.
First off, I know only a MH clinician can accurately diagnosis me, but I am not looking for a dx, I am just looking for opinions from those who have been dx as to whether or not this sounds like it could be schizoaffective. I can read the list of traits online from various sites, but I am only looking for personal experience here.
Every so often, I get this pretty much at the same time (like over the course of 2 or 3 days):
- severe agitation, irritation, and dysphoria
- inability to concentrate and focus
- crying spells and despair along with suicidal thoughts
- mild to moderate paranoia while not fully breaking from reality
- mild to moderate visual hallucinations while not fully breaking from reality
- mild to moderate delusions while not fully breaking from reality (the movement of the blinds start to 'have meaning")
- sexual hypomania
- flashbacks and emotional memories of trauma
- severe, psychotic-like panic attacks
- dissociation--'blank' mind, numbing, hours goes by, sitting and staring w/o blinking
- depersonalization and derealization
- voices (my own) that say I hate you, kill you, etc.
- psychotic-like dissociative experiences that feel like I am possessed (with no complete break from reality) that my therapist and I refer to as an introject
- constant memory problems
- eyes shimmer/jerking
*adding-I've had racing thoughts too, just not most recent episode
...feeling totally messed up and hopeless.