When I was 18, I was diagnosed and treated for paranoid schizophrenia. When I was 29, I was placed on anti-schizophrenia medication again, and my therapist (not the psychiatrist, the therapist) told me that I might need to take a neuroleptic on occasion for the rest of my life. In my 40s I was told by a different psychiatrist that I have thought disorder, and by yet another psychiatrist that I have schizotypal personality disorder. I have difficulty tolerating medication, which has been interpreted as paranoia by at least one psychiatrist. I have not substantially changed through the years. Certainly, my sense of reality and perceptions are the same now as they were when I was diagnosed as schizophrenic as a teenager.

I just took the Sanity test, and my score is 62.

I never understood the diagnoses, and am not aware of having a history of psychosis.

Going back to my Sanity Score, here is the breakdown:

General Coping  36
Life Events  19
Depression  31
Anxiety  21
Phobias  42
Self-Esteem  67
Eating Disorders  25
Schizophrenia  10
Dissociation  8
Mania  10
Sexual Issues  13
Relationship Issues  19
Alcohol  0
Drugs  0
Physical Issues  33
Smoking Issues  0
Gambling Issues  0
Technology Issues  25
Obsessions/Compulsions  0
Posttraumatic Stress  25
Borderline Traits  29