Schizoaffective Disorder
Have you or a loved one recently been diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder? This can be a scary topic because not many first of all understand mental illness, but second schizoaffective disorder completely! This website is aimed at helping you to navigate through all of the information out there and give solid answers to the tough questions that you and your loved ones will face in the next few days to years. Schizoaffective is not an illness that is easy to cope with but with the right treatment, support and coping skills you can get through one day to the next without feeling like you did the first day of diagnosis. We will talk about what bipolar, mania, depression, schizophrenia and mood disorders have to do with schizoaffective illness. Also we will dive into what treatments are available, medicines that are frequently prescribed and how support and therapy skills help to not cure but lessen the severity of the illness. What Is Schizoaffective DisorderSo you might be asking yourself what is schizoaffective disorder. There actually is no simple answer as the illness is not completely defined and it ranges in symptoms and severity. In general it is defined as a person who has both schizophrenia and a mood disorder (such as depression and bipolar) but does not have one or the other alone.Now the next question to be answered is what is schizophrenia? It is a illness that includes hallucinations, delusions and distorted thinking. A mood disorder is either major depression or bipolar. Bipolar is where a person experiences mania and then times of depressive moods. To further help you understand mania, it is times of a high feeling of extreme and dangerous feelings of happiness or hyper active actions. While depression is intense feelings of sadness that may even be suicidal. Mental Illness HopeA key aspect to remember is that there is hope for people with mental illness. While if left untreated a person may suffer and life may be rough, but with support from family, friends, doctors, therapists, and peers the load will be much lighter. When the right treatment plan for the schizoaffective disease is found the person affected can lead a more normal life. And when God is the ultimate healer for you all things are possible! The most important thing is to not give up and be very persistent in your treatment and search for support. Trial and error is going to happen as you continue your journey in finding the right combination of medicine, therapy, and support. It may be easy to get discouraged. Try leaning on God and loved ones on the hard days and it will make living with schizoaffective disorder a little easier. Please read over this site as we hope you will be encouraged that there is hope for people with schizoaffective disorder.
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