Posted by alexandra_k on September 18, 2005, at 23:23:46
In reply to My Diagnosis, posted by SpacedOutKid on September 18, 2005, at 18:54:48
> I hear voices and halcuinate, am paranoid and so on. I have been diagnosed with Unipolar Depression and OCD but he says I have "psychotic features" and believes I have a psychotic disorder.
Hearing voices, hallucinations, paranoia are typical psychotic symptoms.
There are a variety of psychotic disorders...
If the paranoia and hallucinations etc only occur with episodes in a mood disorder then you can get a dx of one or another mood disorder with psychotic features...
If the symptoms occur beyond the context of an episode in a mood disorder then there are a variety of dx's...
'Brief psychotic episode' if you have had those symptoms for a relatively short period of time, 'psychotic disorder' if the symptoms go beyond 'brief', 'psychotic disorder not otherwise specified' for people who have psychotic symptoms that don't fit into a more particular psychotic disorder category (such as schizophrenia) etc etc.
Which category you meet criteria for depends on a number of things... One of which is how you progress over time... Whether the anti-p's kick in and whether you are left with negative symptoms, or whatever...
I guess they are waiting to see how you respond to anti-psychotics.
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