My mom had me go see a psychiatrist (I was 18) she threatened to get it court ordered somehow if I wouldn't go see someone. I spent 6 months in psychosis and in and out of mania. I hid in my closet because I believed the government was coming after me. Wouldn't eat because I thought there were bugs and poison in my food, and was acting very strange, having auditory hallucinations, not sleeping for days in a row and various other manic symptoms.

She was at a loss for what to do with me and I finally agreed to go to the place I had gone when I was a younger teenager and depressed to see psychiatrist. She talked to me for awhile and then asked if my mom could come in and I said yes, and the doctor basically interviewed her about the behaviors I was exhibiting over the 6 months and my previous psychiatric history because I probably wasn't making much sense at the time.

I ended up involuntarily hospitalized on an MIW, Mental Inquest Warrant (not sure if that's the right name but that's what it was called in the state I lived in at the time) because I was delusional and a danger to myself. The first dx was Bipolar 1 w/ psychotic features, but after several months it was changed to Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar Type because I was exhibiting many of the symptoms of schizophrenia along with bipolar mood disorder.

That's been my dx ever since, I've seen multiple doctors inpatient and outpatient over the past 8 years and it hasn't changed, I feel it's accurate and I do well on the meds I'm on.