My therapist thinks I have Schizoaffective Disorder

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26 Sep 2007, 8:34 pm

My Therapist thinks I have Schitzoaffective disorder. I told him my son has been diagnosed as borderline AS. He thinks I am a highly intelligent Schitzo. What does he know, he only has a master's degree and specializes in Asperger's for children, adolesents and adults. I will add that to my list of disorders. So far I am bipolar, social anxiety disorder, depression NOS, NOS, and NOS. I am working on my Rheyes syndrome right now G*D D*mn it! :roll: I got an A in phychology in college, not him!

I have appointments right now to see more credible doctors (I hope). I absolutely will not stop until I get the correct diagnoses. Why does everyone have to be reactive instead of proactive? I do not like to act out and I have very good coping skills. I don't like having to act like a moron to reach these people. Just give me a diagnoses and some drugs and leave me be!

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26 Sep 2007, 8:59 pm

dude stop trying to be aspergers. your not

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26 Sep 2007, 9:15 pm

I don't know. But, if you have that many Dx's then you can add to the list multiple personality disorder.

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26 Sep 2007, 9:16 pm

mojo123 wrote:

I got an A in phychology in college, not him!

I have appointments right now to see more credible doctors (I hope). I absolutely will not stop until I get the correct diagnoses. Why does everyone have to be reactive instead of proactive? I do not like to act out and I have very good coping skills. I don't like having to act like a moron to reach these people. Just give me a diagnoses and some drugs and leave me be!

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Actually, if he's practicing as a psychologist, that means a Ph.D, which is usually about 5 years additional specialized schooling after college. And you said he specializes in ASD. So maybe you don't have AS.

Oh, and just in case you are unclear, schizoaffective disorder is not the same thing as schizophrenia, although they are related. I thought you might be confused because you referred to yourself as a "schizo," which usually is shorthand for schizophrenic.

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26 Sep 2007, 9:20 pm

mojo123 wrote:

I am working on my Rheyes syndrome right now G*D D*mn it!

I thought Reyes' Syndrome was something children and adolescents got from taking aspirin while they had a certain kind of virus.

Also, what are the two NOS's without disorders? How can something be "not other specified" unless it's already tied to something else?

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26 Sep 2007, 9:21 pm

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I got an A in phychology in college, not him!

Sorry, but had to point out the humor of that sentence, given that you misspelled "psychology."

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26 Sep 2007, 9:28 pm

Good one labpet!

Mojo, I have to agree with everyone else. I wish I had that much money to blow just for who knows what. What you could do is take an IQ test and flunk it. Try to get perhaps 60. That ought to be enough to keep you out of special housing, etc... and may be low enough to get disability, etc... try to just find another way to ripoff the system. Besides, AS has ENOUGH people that are trying to stigmatize it.

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26 Sep 2007, 9:59 pm

My son is diagnosed as borderline AS, so y'all can go blow your noses, AS*wipes! I know what I am, I don't need to perform for some frat boy to get the correct diagnoses. I will not stop, but I will stim. 4 out of 5 of my personalities agree!

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26 Sep 2007, 10:10 pm

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I've just GOTTA ask! Are you kidding/trolling? I mean, for example, you are the FIRST one I know of that puts so much faith in a consensus with yourself! Gee, if someone else has 20 personalities and they all say you AREN'T AS, does that mean you're wrong? :lol:

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26 Sep 2007, 10:12 pm

No he is not a doctor, just a therapist above a day-care center in the richie part of town. Next session will be the last one with him. I will not renew my prescription for Rispadal. I will keep the allergy meds for anxiety and get some free samples of anti-depression meds to try. I am taking Omega 3 fish oil and st. john wort, I think the homeopathic way is better anyway. His idea was to blow soap bubbles for my anxieties! :lol:

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26 Sep 2007, 10:14 pm

Omega3 fish oil and St John's Word have jack s**t to do with homeopathy.

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26 Sep 2007, 10:40 pm

ho·me·op·a·thy /ˌhoʊmiˈɒpəθi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hoh-mee-op-uh-thee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun the method of treating disease by drugs, given in minute doses, that would produce in a healthy person symptoms similar to those of the disease (opposed to allopathy).

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26 Sep 2007, 10:56 pm

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I'm glad to hear that. As for homeopathy, the idea is akin to giving a little bit(Like maybe one cell) of the polio virus to cure polio. Frankly, I never understood the logic. But that IS what I heard it was, and fits with your description. The virus would cause the disease it is given to prevent, and it is usually diluted so it is almost 100% undetectable. The reasoning was described in OLD times as "The hair of the dog [that bit you]". Usually referred to things like drinking alcohol to cure a hangover.

Fish oil, and saint johns wort, don't qualify for two reasons...

1. They are given in LARGE dosages. By homepathic standards, the saint johns wort disage is MILLIONS, possibly BILLIONS of times that of homeopathic, and fish oil is in FAR larger dosages.

2. Neither would really cause the problem they are meant to prevent. Saint johns wort COULD maybe elicit a similar reaction with a FAR larger dose, but the oil wouldn't.

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26 Sep 2007, 11:16 pm

I worked in a health food and vitamin/nutrition store. The real practice of modern homeopathy is much more akin to magical thinking and some BS misinterpretation of quantum physics. The vague theory is that some microscopic (not merely "minute") amount of some BS mineral substance is added to a quantity of water. That water supposedly makes friends with whatever alleged medically active properties might be attributed to the substance, and the water molecules sort of "catch" the alleged medically active properties by "remembering" that they were at some point within shouting distance of the other molecules which actually rubbed up against the substance. Then the "energy distilled" water is used to make those annoying little white pills in the BS-named capsules, or whatever presentation the company is making of their magical remembering medicinal thingamajig.

It's 300% placebo, in practice. I personally consider it a HUGE waste of money and a terrible exploitation of people who buy into it.

Note that fish oil and St John's Wort, on the other hand, have demonstrated benefits in properly controlled scientific testing. Both are badly overhyped by the alternative medicine marketing machine, but neither of those is a waste of money.

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27 Sep 2007, 12:56 am

mojo123 wrote:

... get some free samples of anti-depression meds to try. I am taking ... st. john wort, ...

Maybe not a good idea to take those together.

What's with all the meds?

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27 Sep 2007, 6:15 am

I thought you meant "schizoid personality disorder" which I understand is somewhere between NT & AS on the spectrum, i.e. some AS-type symptoms but not enough for a diagnosis.

That is what I once believed I was, but I now think I was just in denial & I really am an aspie.

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