A little background from me first...

I am diagnosed schizoaffective, C-PTSD and DID. The psychosis started in my early 20s, which is typical for someone with schizophrenia or schizoaffective. It was also around this time that the C-PTSD and DID started to really bother me and become noticeable.

In my research, for myself and also for school (studying psychology and social work), I saw studies and articles in journals linking increased psychosis with increased stress. I also, more recently, have started to see theories and research suggesting that severe PTSD can have psychotic symptoms that may appear to be schizophrenia.

Now, from my experience, the stress connection is absolutely correct. When I am more stressed, I hallucinate more. Also, I have experienced flashbacks and dissociation that felt like psychosis when it really wasn't.

There are a lot of possibilities as to what is going on. What I've said here is my experience. Do you have a pdoc that you could ask to explain this? Or maybe a T?