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Originally Posted by Shazerac
I kind of don't understand why it matters if you are schizoaffective or bipolar. And why your Pdoc insists you are bipolar. Although I guess it's nice to know. What concerns me is that your hallucinations are getting worse. Have you changed meds recently, gone off meds, or any kind of change in your life?
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It matters to some degree on how you get treated. Some antipsychotics they don't give to bipolar people. Also, if they think psychotic symptoms are do to mood extremes a pdoc might try an off label mood stabilizer instead of increasing/changing an antipsychotic. It can also change how you are treated in therapy settings and inpatient settings. Plus, knowing which one a person has can let a person know to what kind of symptoms they can expect to have and how to know when their symptoms are worsening.