[jpaula02]

well went to another dr told me i have bipolar manic and another dr say ds i have paranoid scitzophrenia. i don't think which is is better to have because with bipolar your sucidal i'm not although sometimes i don't eat. either way did'nt like the dr where went for hellp too much meds felt like i was drunk did not like being drugged up so going to go back to other dr no matter what the diagnoses i guess because i'm not drugged on those meds for paranoid scitzophrenia any help on has anyone been misdiagnosed or on too much meds you feel so sick and like your drunk any help would be good thanks

[mgran]

I don't think it matters so much what diagnoses you get... it does matter that they treat your symptoms correctly and get your meds right. Sometimes when a doctor is keen to label a patient he or she can forget to actually treat them.

Go for whichever doctor seems to listen to you the most, and who is most respectful of your needs. And don't worry which diagnoses is "best." In the end words like bipolar or schizophrenic are just labels... they don't tell you anything important about who you are. You are you, regardless if you get diagnosed schizophrenic, bipolar, or blue spotted alien from Jupiter. Just carry on being you, and find a doctor who respects that.

[Buddha443556]

There's a difference in the recovery from emotional disorder and schizo disorder. The emotional disorder is much more straight forward: 1) disassociation, 2) suffering, 3) grieving and 4) self-actualization. The emotions are intact and working properly. The schizo disorder can not even start recovery till their emotions are exposed. Schizo disorders have a common suppression of emotions. This rather formidable defense is not easily over come. When the suppression reaches a state of repression recovery may not even be possible.

If your emotions exist and are functioning recovery is possible.

Recovery doesn't come in a pill. Recovery takes time and effort.