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Originally Posted by Spaceyspace
This is basically it right here. I want greater clarification on whther or not I have schizoaffective BP type or BP. What concerns me is that have symptoms regardless of a "mood episode" and not triggered by PTSD issues.
My current psych prescriber thinks that none of this matters and that treating the symptoms matters and I understand and respect that opinion, but correct diagnosis matters to me. I want to know what this is. I want to put a name to it.
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My understanding of schizoaffective is the part where the sz symptoms are present regardless of mood symptoms. I spent two years with a man with sza and a couple of things I noticed with him was the paranoid symptoms and 'seeing' things out of the corners of his eye even when moodwise he was stable, neither depressed or manic. However, something I found interesting...during times that he was in a moodswing and he would 'see' or 'hear' things, they were either positive or negative depending on whether or not he was depressed or manic. That isn't anything I had read about before.
He was also VERY physically sensitive to any changes in his body, like fevers or stomach ailments...they would throw his mental balance very quickly.
Not on topic I don't suppose but I thought I would mention it.