[kenshin99]

I have had voices and visual hallucinations for a long time, since I was young. I was diagnosed ptsd and major depression first, around 16 years old and ever since its like a revolving door. Every time I step foot in a pdocs office, my diagnosis changes. I am currently diagnosed sza. I don't understand and have become very frustrated with a system that is so concentrated on labeling us instead of helping our symptoms. Who cares what you call it. I see things. I hear voices. I smell and feel. I even taste things now. All that matters to me is that my delusions and hallucinations are getting worse. I am tired of everyone saying they have to change my diagnosis. I just want help with the symptoms. Why can't we all just be labeled mentally ill and help our symptoms. Forget stupid insurance companies and hospital policies. Just help us please. I am sorry this is my first but I am frustrated and I didn't know where else to go. Thank you for reading.

[mysticalmusic]

I have sza too. I've been seeing thing for the longest time. I also hear voices. I smell too. but I don't feel things touch me. My diagnosis changed so many times. First I was diagnosed with Major depressive disorder, possible borderline personality disorder, PTSD, bi-polar ll, panic disorder, anxiety,then Panic disorder, Agoraphobia. Now, I am sza,who has PTSD, Panic disorder, Agoraphobia.
I totally agree with you about treating the symptoms. Everything gets so technical that I think a lot of us get lost in the diagnosis. Treating the symptoms only makes logical sense to me. Thank you for sharing.

[worthit]

I was first diagnosed with anxiety and depression. But that's because I never told the doc that I had hallucinations and voices. So it went on for quite a while like that. Then I was diagnosed bipolar. After the bipolar I finally came clean and told that I had hallucinations and voices and got diagnosed sza bipolar type and PTSD. The PTSD is since 3rd grade when I was 8. So it's been a long time with mental illness.

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[NanuConfused]

Originally Posted by worthit

I was first diagnosed with anxiety and depression. But that's because I never told the doc that I had hallucinations and voices. So it went on for quite a while like that.

I was the same. I actually didn't think my hallucinations were that big of a deal at first, they were so few and far in between in the beginning that I thought that they were just caused by lack of sleep that I would induce on myself. But as they progressed I had to tell my doc. So I went from Major depression and Panic disorder to Schizoaffective disorder Depressive type.

I went from unipolar to bipolar I classic to schizoaffective. It sucks thinking you are something so important at one part of your life then it suddenly changes 'permanently'

[ashland]

mine change a lot.

[Atypical_Disaster]

Apologizing is completely unnecessary...

But anyways, my diagnosis has changed a lot over the years. It went from depression to schizophrenia to bipolar I to schizoaffective then back to schizophrenia and so on in this seemingly never-ending cycle of crap. They finally have settled on schizoaffective disorder which is fine by me.

[Moose72]

Im psychosis nos right now. Was schizoaffective. Before that bipolar 1.