Bipolar Plus

Schizoaffective Disorder

I posted the above link back in 2013. I've been hallucination quite a bit in the last month. I've read up on the symptoms of schizo-affective disorder. It all sounds like me. From the hallucinations to the moods. Its not just hallucinations on top of bipolar disorder. From in the link above: Common signs of the disorder include hallucinations, paranoid delusions, and disorganized speech and thinking. Schizoaffective disorder is defined by mood disorder-free psychosis in the context of a long-term psychotic and mood disorder.[2] Psychosis must meet criterion A for schizophrenia which may include delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, thinking or behavior and negative symptoms.[2] Both delusions and hallucinations are classic symptoms of psychosis.[9] Delusions are false beliefs which are strongly held despite evidence to the contrary.[9] Beliefs should not be considered delusional if they are in keeping with cultural beliefs. Delusional beliefs may or may not reflect mood symptoms (for example, someone experiencing depression may or may not experience delusions of guilt). Hallucinations are disturbances in perception involving any of the five senses, although auditory hallucinations (or "hearing voices") are the most common.[9] A lack of responsiveness or negative symptoms include alogia (lack of spontaneous speech), blunted affect (reduced intensity of outward emotional expression), avolition (loss of motivation), and anhedonia (inability to experience pleasure).[9] Negative symptoms can be more lasting and more debilitating than positive symptoms of psychosis.

Then it goes on to define the basic bipolar symptoms of mania and depression.It seems to you could call SZ (schizoaffective) "Bipolar Plus". (Literally, bipolar plus schizophrenia.) If this is not me, I don't know what is. The medical records from the psych ER that I've posted here could confirm a lot of this.