I was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia in 2012.  I am on the antipsychotic Haldol (shot and pill) and antidepressant Welbutrin (pill). 

Right now I'm having a daydream about people calling me racist.  We're in a formal debate.  Now they're bringing up my schizophrenia diagnosis to make me lose credibility in the debate.  One of them is bullying me to prove that every group has mean people (which I already know).

In real life, people have said very cruel and hurtful things to me in the name of being honest and telling it like it is, keeping it real.  If I say something to them, it escalates.  They can dish it out, but they can't take it.  Some of them have given me condescending unsolicited advice which I didn't ask for, which was not based on a full understanding of the situation (for example people who have never smoked telling me how to stop smoking), or which was bad (for example, I told my sister I want a loner job and she tells me to start a cleaning business, which, even if I didn't have only $500 in my account, requires me to be 100 times more outgoing).  My opinions on politics are controversial, but are based on objective reasoning and are well meaning.  But I get attacked for having beliefs that people don't like.  I get insulted a lot.  I isolate myself because I'm through with people and their rudeness and lack of morals.

Distraction helps me a lot.  It's all I have.  I've tried meditation, self talk, affirmations, mantras, mindfulness, prayer, you name it.  Only distraction works.

I believe my affliction is a gift because it forces me to live an interesting life.  I believe the bullying made me who I am today, someone who can be alone, whereas most people can't handle that.

But do I sound like I have MDD or schizophrenia?

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Most people here are likely not mental professionals so we can't give you a diagnosis. This sort of question would be better posed to a psychologist. All I can say is, I wouldn't be surprised if MDD was misdiagnosed as schizophrenia a fair bit. They are in reality very different, and could possibly coexist in some form so it may not be a matter of one or the other. MDD sure does coexist with many other mental disorders anyway.

A defining characteristic of MDD in contrast to schizophrenia is that the person is fully aware what they are daydreaming is all in their head. It may feel very real but they have no problem telling the difference. The delusions and hallucinations experienced by someone with schizophrenia or psychosis are a lot harder to tell, if possible at all.


Then it sounds like I have MDD.  Thanks for clearing that up!


Alex said:

Most people here are likely not mental professionals so we can't give you a diagnosis. This sort of question would be better posed to a psychologist. All I can say is, I wouldn't be surprised if MDD was misdiagnosed as schizophrenia a fair bit. They are in reality very different, and could possibly coexist in some form so it may not be a matter of one or the other. MDD sure does coexist with many other mental disorders anyway.

A defining characteristic of MDD in contrast to schizophrenia is that the person is fully aware what they are daydreaming is all in their head. It may feel very real but they have no problem telling the difference. The delusions and hallucinations experienced by someone with schizophrenia or psychosis are a lot harder to tell, if possible at all.

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