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This is the second time I'm writing this because my first post got erased. Anyways, I have been diagnosed with affective disorder with psychotic features because my doctors finally figured out that with depression I was having psychotic symptoms. My diagnosis has changed from schizophrenia, schizoaffective, to bipolar. I'm a bit confused myself about these diagnosis changes. I was on a combo of antipsychotics and antidepressants and changing my doses with each all of the time. I could not figure out what symptom was being caused by my illness or by the meds. This was until I was put on a mood stablizer. I now don't hear any voices because I don't get depressed. It makes me mad that psychiatrists give arbitrary labels to patients without knowing if they are correct. I suffered alot more from being labeled by my diagnosis than the illness sometimes. I have an interview coming up and am prepared to answer their nosy little question about my illness. My marriage also helps me to remain stable. I feel great these days even though in the past I did not. My wish is that psychiatrists carefully document their patients' sessions because my past psychiatrist never kept any thorough records which made matters even worse. It's great that the mood stabilizer does me wonders. But, I just wonder if I could have done better in medical school if I had been put on it sooner. Oh well. Nothing can be done about it now. I hope my post here helps future psychiatrists. I have learned about this myself. BTW, I was thought to be bipolar type 2 because I was thought to be hypomanic at times. The mood stabilizer has helped this too. I just know my mood stabilizer keeps my illness in check. I am on low dose and my current doctor is thinking of discontinuing my other meds and raising the dose of my mood stabilizer. Please wish me well. I wish others well on their interviews. I am worried that some of my medical records report that I have schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. I am quite happy. I could care less about my past interviews in which the interviewers gave me a hard time because of my diagnosis. Pooh pooh to them!
psychedoc2b
This is the second time I'm writing this because my first post got erased. Anyways, I have been diagnosed with affective disorder with psychotic features because my doctors finally figured out that with depression I was having psychotic symptoms. My diagnosis has changed from schizophrenia, schizoaffective, to bipolar. I'm a bit confused myself about these diagnosis changes. I was on a combo of antipsychotics and antidepressants and changing my doses with each all of the time. I could not figure out what symptom was being caused by my illness or by the meds. This was until I was put on a mood stablizer. I now don't hear any voices because I don't get depressed. It makes me mad that psychiatrists give arbitrary labels to patients without knowing if they are correct. I suffered alot more from being labeled by my diagnosis than the illness sometimes. I have an interview coming up and am prepared to answer their nosy little question about my illness. My marriage also helps me to remain stable. I feel great these days even though in the past I did not. My wish is that psychiatrists carefully document their patients' sessions because my past psychiatrist never kept any thorough records which made matters even worse. It's great that the mood stabilizer does me wonders. But, I just wonder if I could have done better in medical school if I had been put on it sooner. Oh well. Nothing can be done about it now. I hope my post here helps future psychiatrists. I have learned about this myself. BTW, I was thought to be bipolar type 2 because I was thought to be hypomanic at times. The mood stabilizer has helped this too. I just know my mood stabilizer keeps my illness in check. I am on low dose and my current doctor is thinking of discontinuing my other meds and raising the dose of my mood stabilizer. Please wish me well. I wish others well on their interviews. I am worried that some of my medical records report that I have schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. I am quite happy. I could care less about my past interviews in which the interviewers gave me a hard time because of my diagnosis. Pooh pooh to them!
psychedoc2b
