This
past year has been a wild year. My symptoms progressively got worse
as time went on, and after seeking full help for them I walked away
with a brand new diagnosis, Schizoaffective Disorder Bipolar
sub-type. This new diagnosis gave me some insight as to why treatment
for Bipolar disorder alone never really worked and why I seemed to
suffer from extreme paranoia and mild to moderate delusions outside
of mood episodes.
If
you are curious as what exactly Schizoaffective is here is a brief
description that is provided by Mental
Health America Schizoaffective disorder is characterized by
persistent symptoms of psychosis resembling schizophrenia with
additional periodic symptoms of mood (or affective) disorders. In
relation to my illness this means that while I show the extreme mood
episodes that are commonly associated with Bipolar I also present
with additional symptoms in between these episodes that are closer to
schizophrenia.
Right
now the medications that are being used, atypical antipsychotics are
pretty much sapping my sex drive. I am going to attempt to get this
blog active again. It might take some time and posting may be
sporadic but I will be doing my best.
If
you are interested I have started a blog that deals with my mental
illness, Of
Melancholia, Mania and Psychosis. I will be covering not
only my mental illness but also tips on how to live with it and
decrease symptoms. Some of these entries might even cross posted to
here, but for the most part the two blogs will remain separated for
the time being.
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