# Something to ask my dr - does anyone else know anything about this?

**URL:** https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360
**Category:** Diagnosed Sz or Sza
**Created:** [July 24, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360 "2026-07-24T10:17:51Z")
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### Author: ![Dika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/dika/32/9061_2.png) [@Dika](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Dika)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 10:17am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/1 "2026-07-24T10:17:51Z")

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something to ask my dr - anyone else know about this?

in the past I was diagnosed with sza bipolar type but now drs wrote it up as depressive type. I’m confused about it because I take mood stabilizer and not antidepressant. I get high moods but they don’t qualify for hypomanic episode because they only last a few hours and have psychosis features which hypomania doesn’t have. is it a feature of sz to get these short high moods with psychosis? or is it due to my borderline traits?

I don’t know where those high short moods fit in. it’s not classical bipolar hypomania so what is it? do I then have depressive type sza after all? because only my depression qualifies for major mood episode. not my highs.

does anyone have any idea or opinions about this?

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### Author: ![Ish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Ish](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Ish)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 10:40am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/2 "2026-07-24T10:40:32Z")

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If I am understanding it correctly if you have psychosis during a hypomanic episode then it might likely be sza, because psychosis is not part of bp2.

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### Author: ![Dika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/dika/32/9061_2.png) [@Dika](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Dika)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/3 "2026-07-24T10:59:33Z")

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Yes I do have sza but what I was confused about was if it was the bipolar or depressive type. The drs originally seemed to think it was the bipolar type but two years ago they changed it to sza depressive type.

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### Author: ![Om\_Sadasiva](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/om_sadasiva/32/179_2.png) [@Om\_Sadasiva](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Om_Sadasiva)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 11:00am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/4 "2026-07-24T11:00:15Z")

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Exactly. I had delusions of grandeur in my hypomania so it’s called mania, according to my pdoc

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### Author: ![SzSupportAdmin](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/szsupportadmin/32/334_2.png) [@SzSupportAdmin](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/SzSupportAdmin)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 11:29am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/5 "2026-07-24T11:29:22Z")

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We really can’t diagnose you here. The technicalities of the diagnosis of your drs. are best left to your doctors. THis is a question for them.

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### Author: ![Ish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Ish](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Ish)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 11:43am UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/6 "2026-07-24T11:43:40Z")

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Sorry @dika, I misunderstood. I agree with @SzSupportAdmin might be worth a discussion

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### Author: ![Dika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/dika/32/9061_2.png) [@Dika](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Dika)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/8 "2026-07-24T13:19:46Z")

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? What do you mean propose? Who?

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### Author: ![sweetpotatopie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sweetpotatopie/32/8234_2.png) [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 1:22pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/9 "2026-07-24T13:22:39Z")

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I’m sorry. Wrong thread!!! 😅

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### Author: ![Dika](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/dika/32/9061_2.png) [@Dika](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Dika)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/10 "2026-07-24T16:07:04Z")

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Oh ok 😆 no worries

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### Author: ![Wave](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/wave/32/14465_2.png) [@Wave](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/Wave)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/11 "2026-07-27T21:37:49Z")

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Honestly it doesn’t matter as long as you are on the the right meds

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### Author: ![sweetpotatopie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex012/user_avatar/schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/sweetpotatopie/32/8234_2.png) [@sweetpotatopie](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/u/sweetpotatopie)
#### Post date: [August 28, 2026, 12:43pm UTC](https://schizophreniasupport.discourse.group/t/something-to-ask-my-dr-does-anyone-else-know-anything-about-this/7360/12 "2026-08-28T12:43:55Z")

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