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Default Feb 11, 2009 at 11:03 PM
 
You should go to a psychiatrist for official diagnosis. I don't have enough information to diagnose and even if I did, I am not a real doctor even though I have the information like a doctor does. (I have my own DSM IV and everything! A DSM is the book that psychiatrists use to diagnose people) According to Dr. Evil (my pdoc) I have everything in the book! He really believes that I am psychotic even though I don't. The definition of psychosis is a loss of contact with reality. Everything that is happening to me is real or at least seems real to me. But to an outsider they would call it "psychotic" just because it sounds too weird to be real! Does the paranoia come only while depressed or manic? If so, that is bipolar disorder. If there is a 2 week period of no mood symptoms whatsoever and psychotic symptoms continue, then it is schizoaffective disorder. It also depends on how serious your psychotic symptoms are. Are they interfering with your life?
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