Schizoaffective Disorder – Page 2

Personal Update – Exhausted

I’ve become quite depressed with some psychotic symptoms coming back to light again as well, leading my psychiatrist to bring a new-to-me drug to my attention: clozapine (Clozaril).

Personal Update – Relapse… Again

My schizoaffective disorder has relapsed yet again and sent me in a bit of a downward spiral. Here are some of the ways it’s affected me in the last two weeks.

Personal Update – Coming Down into Muggy Fog

After being put on Vraylar with an increase in my lithium dose and a reduction in Lamictal, I’m experiencing severe brain fog that affected my ability to navigate in an unfamiliar city.

Personal Update – Hypomanic

Here is a brief summary of my latest mental health episode–hypomania.

Personal Update – Antipsychotic Change

My PCP suspects I may have developed sleep apnea at some point, and this has caused my psychiatrist to change up my antipsychotic, which acts somewhat as a sedative for me. What will happen next is a mystery…

Personal Update – Recovery

A long post about my increased medications, praise to my doctor, and some of the ways my medication changes have affected me in the last month and a half.

Episode 17 – Schizoaffective Disorder

I tell the difference between schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder as well as briefly describe aspects of bipolar disorder.