Apr 15, 2019 at 11:16 AM
I agree with the responses here. I was diagnosed with "mood disorder NOS" when I first saw a pdoc back in 2005ish. Then it was changed to "bipolarNOS". It took a few months to finally settle on "bipolar I". I went with that until a couple years ago when I read the symptoms of schizoaffective. A light clicked on and I thought "That's exactly me!" My pdoc wasn't sure and said I was still BP I with psychotic features. Except I knew the psychosis was often outside of a mood episode. Then pdoc turned around and diagnosed me with sza. So that's where I sit today. The meds are tweaked based on symptoms but I FEEL more settled with the sza diagnosis. It just feels "right". Right now, I see pdoc next month. Seen her once in the last 3 months as I'm in remission- on fewer meds too. (My liver thanks me!)
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