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Old Sep 17, 2015, 05:19 AM
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Originally Posted by sensatives View Post
This is interesting. My psychiatrist told me that most people who suffer from psychosis will start experiencing symptoms by their teens. They told me that my symptoms were probably due to something else, because I didn't experience any symptoms as a child. So I'm guessing my psych was wrong? They've said many ridiculous things in the past, so I won't be surprised if this was another one of them.
It's more common for it to happen at a younger age and generally you are considered extremely rare if you have an onset after 40. I know I had a complete medical workup to rule that stuff out....CAT scan (or you can get an MRI) and EEG as well as thyroid check.
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