KurtG85
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I was originally misdiagnosed with scizophrenia at age 16-18 or so. Even then I knew it was bs. I think the mistake was largely made due to me being on adderall which caused (and still does) me to have some difficulty in organizing my thoughts and also causes me to be quite irritable (but unfortunately is the only thing that has really helped my social anxiety). It also says right on the box that it can cause symptoms indistinguishable from schizophrenia.
Being jumpy, seeing things out of the corner of your eye, being hyper sensitive to sound are all things I have experienced extensively, as well as most all people with bad anxiety/depression (maybe certain symptoms relate more to one or the other im not sure;probably anxiety). These are obviously not specific to schizophrenia.
"Also, I can't concentrate on anything and make mistakes all the time. I can't even do simple things. It took a very long time to type all this for example. I'm afraid this can't be attributed to depression or social anxiety. This is something else?"
There is some term like "depressive retardation" or something like that which accounts for the often extreme slowing of mental processes and lack of focus that results from cases of major depression (I have this in spades, SSRI's help with this tremendously by getting rid of crippling sadness/anxiety which seems to take over my whole consciousness). ADD contributes to this as well, which I also have.
Until I came along the dsm IV diagnoses criteria of social anxiety disorder I too suspected I might have scizophrenia. Frankly, many of the symptoms are the same for each diagnosis as well as the diagnosis of most all anxiety and depressive disorders. Unless you have symptoms like catatonia, delusions or hallucinations then its incredibly unlikely you are developing scizophrenia. I understand your feeling though, I seriously worried about this as well at one point.
Being jumpy, seeing things out of the corner of your eye, being hyper sensitive to sound are all things I have experienced extensively, as well as most all people with bad anxiety/depression (maybe certain symptoms relate more to one or the other im not sure;probably anxiety). These are obviously not specific to schizophrenia.
"Also, I can't concentrate on anything and make mistakes all the time. I can't even do simple things. It took a very long time to type all this for example. I'm afraid this can't be attributed to depression or social anxiety. This is something else?"
There is some term like "depressive retardation" or something like that which accounts for the often extreme slowing of mental processes and lack of focus that results from cases of major depression (I have this in spades, SSRI's help with this tremendously by getting rid of crippling sadness/anxiety which seems to take over my whole consciousness). ADD contributes to this as well, which I also have.
Until I came along the dsm IV diagnoses criteria of social anxiety disorder I too suspected I might have scizophrenia. Frankly, many of the symptoms are the same for each diagnosis as well as the diagnosis of most all anxiety and depressive disorders. Unless you have symptoms like catatonia, delusions or hallucinations then its incredibly unlikely you are developing scizophrenia. I understand your feeling though, I seriously worried about this as well at one point.
