Posted by herpills on January 27, 2014, at 16:53:09
In reply to schizoaffective..., posted by Christ_empowered on January 27, 2014, at 3:35:48
My understanding is that with schizoaffective, you must have had at least a two week period of psychosis, but without being in a mood episode during that time.
Bipolar I with psychosis, there is always a mood episode going on with the psychosis.
Honestly, I wouldn't worry to much about these labels. And I know that YOU know that public mental health is all about diagnostic codes and medication formulary, and not much else...
So...
I would ask yourself, what are the main symptoms that are causing the most problems for you? Focus on the symptoms and work towards the right combo.
I will say that based on your recent posts, it seems like depression has been a big issue, but do you feel this is being addressed? It seems like you are on a lot of mood stabilizing meds that work more on bring you down to the center, but they don't always have enough "oomph" on the depression side of things.
Good luck and I know you'll be feeling even better soon! I'm glad ortho is helping to, keep me posted on if you feel the fish oil helps. I just upped my dose to 4g but too early to tell yet if it will help.
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