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Difference between Schizoaffective Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder w/ Physchotic Features?

I’ve been diagnosed with Major Depressive Didorder with Physchotic Feautures (Paranoia, hearing voices, etc.) but my diagnosis is very much related to Schizoaffective. I have the criteria for both disorders, so what’s the difference. I have a mixture of depression symptonms and schizophrenia symptoms, which is why I think I may have schioaffective. My counselor says it’s a possibility but how will I know?

If you have psychosis in the absence of a mood state. Then you may have schizo affective.

I have bipolar with psychotic features my boyfriend has schizoaffective disorder.

The distinguishing factor is that he has schizophrenic symptoms in the absence of and in combination with mood disorder symptoms.
Where as I, so far, have only had psychotic symptoms during some phase or another of my bipolar.

Its hard to distinguish the two and over time the diagnosis may be changed if it becomes apparent that you have psychotic symptoms with and independent of mood states. But its hard to tell when your bipolar what mood state you may be in at a given time. Seeing the same doctor regularly and discussing all your symptoms over time will help them to be able to decide which really fits you best.

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