I am so sorry for asking so many questions but I cannot stand this any longer. My psychiatrist, more than two years ago, diagnosed me with undifferentiated schizophrenia because I had delusions (no hallucinations whatsoever). I had a two month manic spell AFTER I quit antidepressents recently. Because of this I assumed I had schizo-affective. But apparently not. She thinks i have symptoms that resemble paranoid schizophrenia but I have undifferentiated because I don't hear voices. I do not want this diagnosis on my records. Being asian there is a bad stigma attached to mental illness. I cannot escape this horrible nightmare as much as I want to. She said that as time has gone by I am showing more and more signs of schizophrenia. Like confusion. But I've not had a relapse yet so I don't understand. Please some words of confort would really help.
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Not totally clear on this. Are you saying that schizoaffective has less stigma than paranoid schizophrenia? Then are you saying you don't want to have undifferentiated schizophrenia as opposed to paranoid? I can see the point of not wanting any mental health diagnosis on your records but no one will know what's there unless you tell them. The doctor can't breach patient confidentiality for anyone.
In many ways it doesn't matter what official label they put on your mental health they treat symptoms appropriately and that won't change even if you say you've got no mental illness you're just medicating a batch of symptoms that means nothing very much!
The doc thinks confusion is a sign of paranoid schizophrenia? First I've heard of that! Disorganised yes they have a lot of confusion.
If your basic schizo dx is down to negative symptoms like flatness plus disorganised (either or both behaviour and speech) that's fine and can be undifferentiated with no more symptoms. You can't have paranoid type with no delusions or frequent auditory hallucinations! Plus you can't have paranoid type if you have disorganised or catatonic symptoms! I also don't see you having schizoaffective due to lack of correct symptoms again.
Would you rather have a bipolar diagnosis perhaps? It's unusual to get manic after the antidepressants stopped unless you'd not been on them long and were taken off them because of manic symptoms that then took 2 months to clear?
I wonder if you are on any medications now or whether they are making you confused themselves? I know you don't want the stigma of a mental illness but we all feel that way. You need to go and talk to the doctor again and tell them how you feel about all this. Ask them to write down the symptoms they have based their decision on so you can take it away and consider it. If you want you can put it up here for us to comment on.
Good luck
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When I went off antidepressants I was quite strange for about 2 months. Then my body got back to normal and I was able to trust myself again.
No one is forcing you to go to a doctor. If you don't want to go, stop. Learn to choose for yourself what makes you happy and do that. You might work in community theater to interact with others, you might volunteer with people who are struggling in some way. Learn a skill like cooking, woodworking, or mechanics.
Build yourself from the inside. Good luck.
seems to me that you are in denial about having mental health problems. just because you don't WANT the stigma of diagnosis does not mean its not there.
if you have schizophrenia trying to deny it will not help. you need to get over the stigma and start engaging in managing your illness. eg take your medication.