for me its been a teeter/totter balance between being schizophrenic and schizoaffective. Seems like doctors can't quite choose but it doesn't matter to me, its just another label they need for the insurance company. I was put in a state hospital in my 20s for 6 months. I was treated for sz then but later when i was in my 40s a doctor softened and said he thought it might be schizoaffective, regardless of the label i have delusions and hallucinations seems like the label doesn't change that.