Why did my psychiatrist give me a secondary diagnosis of schizoaffective?!


Question: I never talked about having difficulty with schizo-type thinking, so how could he diagnose me with this? also, i am aware of the uses for axis II diagnosis, etc. should i ask him what he thinks my diagnosis is, both the primary and secondary, and why he would put those? i read that people with schizotypal or schizoaffectives tend to like being solitary and they have problems w/anxiety or depression which is true of me.


Answers: I never talked about having difficulty with schizo-type thinking, so how could he diagnose me with this? also, i am aware of the uses for axis II diagnosis, etc. should i ask him what he thinks my diagnosis is, both the primary and secondary, and why he would put those? i read that people with schizotypal or schizoaffectives tend to like being solitary and they have problems w/anxiety or depression which is true of me.

I've read that a diagnosis of schizoaffective is made when a patient exhibits some of the symptoms of schizophrenia (delusions, hallucinations, etc.) along with a mood disorder.
I was originally diagnosed as schizoaffective because I had hallucinations along with depression. Years later I received what I believe to be my correct diagnosis of bipolar disorder, type I.

Because you are crazy--times 2.

Because in the opinion of your psychiatrist, you meet the criteria.





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