What the process of being diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder was for me #shorts

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[stevec]

It's been 13 years now since my daughter had her first psychotic breakdown followed that year by a dozen hospitalizations at 10 different hospitals in the Chicago area--2 week stays to be sent home with their favorite psych meds to repeat the entire process all over again. Eventually she was diagnosed schizoaffective. Currently she is in a mental health care center that's on lockdown, no visitors. I've seen her once in a 18 months, with 2 Thanksgivings apart now, probably Xmas too.

[topaz]

Wishing you all the best . My sister had schizo effective and bi polar disorder . It is not easy to deal with for her or the family . People never understand you and sometimes dont even try to . She did the best she could . She died from sepsis in 2019 . . Her soul is at rest now .🙏🏻🙏🏻

[asianagi]

May gif shed light on you always for sharing your stages and diagnose I always say you are a true warrior in life and your Fuckin beautiful 😍 so keep doing what your doing! Prayers always

[paulasmoot]

Thank u for being open and transparent 🎉

[lesliewelte]

Thank you for making it clear for those that have a clue.

[hecs.-]

I wish getting a proper diagnosis was so easy because I have no clue whats going on, I just remember I related to your video on how other people around me could hear my thoughts and that they’re trying to hide that from me, I had my first psychotic episode acouple months ago and ever since I’ve been trying to figure out what’s wrong with me. It never used to be like this and my parents don’t understand when I tell them.. i just feel hopeless like it really gets to me sometimes I have suicidal thoughts because of this, I don’t want to live my entire life this way yk it robs me of my joy & i feel awful being isolated because I’m so afraid of my thoughts around people. its gotten me really sad and depressed :( I wish I could go back to how things were before.

[MellowJelly]

Even if I'm honest with one doctor, their life experiences and programming will affect how they see me and what they diagnose me with, and then if I see a different doctor who will interpret me in an entirely different way, say it's been a year and my own self image might have changed, the way I express what I'm going through, my priorities and what I see as important might change, leading to a possible different diagnosis. I feel like it will take a while to nail down what I really have. But I might as well start somewhere

[ali]

At age of 23 I was diagnosed with MDD and psychosis but now at 27 I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia just few weeks ago and found your videos. I'm glad I'm not alone. can't concentrate good enough to even write a good comment but here it is lol

[TheAngiepangie]

You are such an amazing person! Thank you so much for sharing. Hopefully people will have a better understanding and more compassion.

[andrewyang]

I recommend you grounding. Walking on the ground with bare feet. They say the earth’s negative charges will enter your body and help people feel better.

[peternolan]

Hello Lauren

I still recall sitting there across a desk in an outpatient clinic in June/July 1987 with a psychiatrist whose name I still remember just after I was discharged from hospital where I was injected with a massive overdose of a drug called Largactil(chlorpromazine) that ended my life when thank God healing came into my life February 2011 when I now feel just great at 68 years of age. I sat there and said it's schizophrenia. He nodded. I had anosognosia and till I was sane again that June 1987 in his office I had no idea I was psychotic and this happened again two more times 1988 and 2007. The only symptom I have ever had is delusions and thank God I have never had paranoia when such a sufferer can attack and sometimes indeed kill people they are convinced are trying to hurt them.

All the best and many thanks,

Peter Nolan. Ph.D.(physics). Dublin. Ireland.

[cindywells]

My brother has schizoeffective disorder. He barely functions. God bless you for bringing info to those who need to see this. God bless you

[davinadavina]

i was first diagnosed with brief psychotic disorder, then schizophreniform then schizoaffective.

[michellerenee]

i was dx with bi polar 1 disorder mania is insane and when you come out of mania you have no idea the damage you ve done, i thank god for my psychtrist

[keegancrue]

Always super proud of you and your husband. Keep faith in yourselves. It’s worth it.

[arjikera]

You are so amazing thank you for your fantastic information.

[TheRugghead]

My wife came down schizophrenic when she was 24.
She was previously borderline personality

[aetherousofficial]

It took me all my life to be finally be diagnosed properly. I have schizoaffective disorder. My family and what I can attest too I've always had some kind of mental illness. It started out with an ADHD diagnosis at the age of 6. That's where my journey with meds starts. At the age of 7, I was prescribed Vyvanse. At the age of 9, I got diagnosed with Asperspergers (High Functioning Autism) with depression. Still on Vyvanse at the age of 14 moving on to getting diagnosed with bipolar 2. I out that I don't have ADHD at 16 so I stop taking Vyvanse. Two months of is completely gone from my memory due to the withdrawals. All I know is my mom said I was acting crazy, possibly my first psychotic episode. 17 I stop taking all my meds because they were having unintended psychotronic. Then I would get into fights because I did not like the way they made me feel. 18 lost my mom and lived with my family for a while and my dad is already gone at the age of 12. Things kept progressing till I moved out. 19 now first full-blown psychotic episode. Most vivid hallucinations in my life. As a kid, I heard voices of and on. Same as visual hallucinations. More or less something had to trigger them. 19 made the mistake of trying LSD due to miss diagnosed as a child. If I knew sooner I would not have had a week and a half trip. The trip was basically psychosis but I felt like I was still on the drug for the whole thing. I went inpatient 3 times when I got my own place. I finally got a proper diagnosis. Schizoaffective Disorder. Still completely unmedicated. Because the facility I'm with keeps giving me medication that not doing what it's so posted to do. I would get a lot more unwanted psychotronic effects. They gave me Zoloft. That made my hallucinations worsen. And they keep on ignoring the fact that I'm having catatonic episodes. I'm switching to a better doctor now. And you might ask how do I keep myself under control. It's mind over matter. You have control of what going on up there. Even with hallucinations, you wouldn't see them if that was not in your head already. I scared off all the negative voices in my head. And I hear is the really nice ones.

[theheierfam]

Hi! My 39 yr old brother was just diagnosed with Schizoaffective Disorder about a week ago. We all knew he had something going on for over 20yrs, but it seemed like he was able to manage it in a wayand always refused help. He was also initially diagnosed with depression at 19, and was hospitalized after a psychotic episode. Fast forward, he was exhibiting extreme agitation, delusions about losing sight along with hallucinations on seeing an old man in a chair laughing at him. He also really went down hill on his hygiene and eventually lost his job. We ended up needing to send him to a crisis center, where he is receiving care. He continues to struggle understanding and accepting that he has a disorder and will benefit from a medication and therapy. He hates taking any medications or even supplements as it is. He thinks they’re (a delusion of course) going to cause him heart problems. As his sister, I tell him I love him constantly but is there anything I can do to help understand him more? I want to be here more for him than I have in the past. Any input would be great! It’s so hard to see him go through this mental pain. Poor guy cries all the time and barely sleeps. Thanks for your story!