Posted by psychosage on August 26, 2004, at 9:29:14
In reply to Re: what sort of schitzophrenic symptoms do people hav, posted by linkadge on August 25, 2004, at 16:20:58
psychosis is a cousin or extension of bipolar to me. eventually, these distinctions will cease to exist, and we will have a better system of distinguishing clusters of symptoms.
i predict we will learn that many diagnoses were guess-timations based on limited and insufficient information obtained during clinical interviews.
Therefore, linkadge, you should be wondering if you have enough symptoms to earn a DSM diagnosis. You should be concerned about treating each and every symptom you have regardless of where other people fall on the scale.
Psychotic symptoms tend to get progressively worse until early mid-age or so for true schizos.
Any sensory disturbance should be reported because I know frpm experience if you wait too long you simply have caused your own suffering.
the Primary difference I would note about people categorized as bipolar and those as schizophrenic is the negative/dysfunctional symptoms of schizophrenia. Alogia, etc really tell me someone is not really with it as opposed to paranoia and grandiosity.
Otherwise, positive symptoms of schiz/mania look so similar that it hardly matters which words you use to describe them.
i hope i make sense here.
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