I talked to my counselor about this today. My current diagnosis is Bipolar I with a psychotic component. so, I asked him "how is that different from schizophrenia or schizoaffective?," and he basically said that, for me, it was really about the doctor's interpretation of symptoms and the drugs they thought would work.

The problem I have with treatment for Schizophrenia is that they often use high(er) doses of antipsychotics and ignore mood and anxiety problems. Higher doses of antipsychotics don't fix everything, obviously. That's one reason why I'm glad my problems are considered "Bipolar I," because the prescribed drugs work better than just an antipsychotic or just a mood stabilizer ever did.

avlady...I hope the clozapine continues to work, too. I know someone else on it, with lamictal, and she's doing well several years into treatment.