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.