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Posted by Ray H
on 11/28/2008, 5:28 am, in reply to "Re: schizoaffective disorder with VCF patients"
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My daughter is 20 and developed psychotic problems very quickly at 19. I was wondering how the diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder was established. My daughter has been diagnosed with schizophrenia and anxiety disorder. Schizophrenia seems a more severe diagnosis.
Cheers
Ray H
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: My 16 yr old daughter has also been
: diagnosed with schizoaffective
: disorder/bipolar. Hers came on very
: quickly also. I dont have any
: answers yet, we are still trying to
: find the right combo of meds. Right
: now she is on halodol, abilify,
: zoloft, provigil, and feels like
: just keeping head above water. Still
: has so many delusions but no longer
: suicidal . We are going to see Dr.
: Tony Simon in Sacramento, CA they
: are running studies for kids like
: ours his email is
: tjsimon@ucdavis.edu He may be very
: helpfull to you. I will let you
: know about our experience there.
: take care Previous Message--
: 5 months ago my son was diagnosed
: with
: schizoaffective disorder. He is
: currently taking a great deal of
: medicene to replace the enzyme that
: breaks down dopemine. He is
: seventeen and nothing like the
: person he was before this happened
: to him. He went to bed on Sept. 6th
: perfectly fine and got up September
: 7th very sick. His mental state is
: very pitiful. If anyone has been
: through this, I would like to talk
: with you so I can know what to
: expect.
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