[Swaggyfishsticks]

A few years ago when I was 13, I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder. I thought it was because when I was 13 I was just a big baby. I would say things about my parent's being evil, and would act out when I didn't get what I wanted. I outgrew that. I thought that was why I was diagnosed. But lately, I've had my doubts. For the past year, I've been afraid to go anywhere. It's mostly a self-image thing, but I'm still worried. For the last few days I've had words that aren't even real words pop into my head. I constantly lose track of time, and am never organized. I also forget things really easily, like which website I was gonna go to, and what i was going to do when i get there. I've talked to my psychiatrist and therapist and recieved an answer that can best be summed up as" I can't be bothered to really consider what you said, so i'll just blame it on your anxiety disorder" they both seem to think it was misdiagnosed. But I'm not sure.

[Victoria'smom]

Do they know your former dx? I have cognitive issues when stressed . I didn't know why.

[shortandcute]

I would keep after it. Sometimes psychiatrists (just like many other doctors) don't really want to listen to what a person says--they just want you in and out. I feel like, what the [bleep] are you doing in this business then?

I've had psychiatrists tell me things like "You'd get better if you just learned how to drive" and "You just have low esteem, kiddo."

[RisuNeko]

You just have low self esteem, kiddo?!

Wow, that's awful. I wonder why my previous nurse practitioner was in the mental health business. I thought he cared at first, but after a while I realized that he had no regard for my wellbeing and just wanted to throw meds at me, but never the meds I wanted to try that I researched (I like doing research, and I consider myself pretty good at it, and I don't consider myself to be good at very many things). He was ignorant and didn't want to do research on meds I brought up to see if they would be appropriate. He made me gain 116 lbs in two years by piling on antipsychotic after antipsychotic, and now that I have a new pdoc (an actual psychiatrist) who has let me come off most of my meds I am having more hallucinations which is leading him (and me) to wonder whether I might have schizoaffective, because I'm having hallucinations while not in a mood episode. Thankfully I don't mind my hallucinations. I just find them interesting so far.