<2021-03-12T18:32:20.000Z> nekopetal: hey! Yeah, it’s more like a mood disorder with semi-psychotic symptoms. Most schizoaffectives are pretty high functioning and can work and maintain a normal life. I’m high functioning until I start working, I start to wear down a little, so they allowed me to go on government disability.
<2021-03-12T18:33:11.000Z> nekopetal: I am bi-polar type, so I will have the typical happy/sad/jealous/needy/angry/anxious rotation of symptoms depending on my mood. If I didn’t have a mood stabilizer I would be switching emotions constantly
<2021-03-12T18:33:58.000Z> nekopetal: I take an anti-psychotic, anti-depressant, and mood stabilizer
<2021-03-12T18:35:19.000Z> nekopetal: It’s pretty rare for me to experience mania or psychosis or even hallucinations anymore because my anti-psychotic does a good job of preventing that. I sometimes can have these happen anyways however if I am put in a really stressful situation
<2021-03-12T18:36:47.000Z> nekopetal: I have PTSD and it sometimes can just make my medicine stop working if I am triggered back into a bad moment. Sometimes PTSD and schizoaffective symptoms work hand-in-hand together. If the schizoaffective person gets really stressed, it can cause them to snap into a psychotic or manic episode that could last months
<2021-03-12T18:39:24.000Z> nekopetal: My fiancé was recently diagnosed with IED, it means he can blow up very easily and he’s prone to anger. When he was unmedicated, he had a really bad day and screamed at me, grabbed me and shook me. It brought be into a psychosis that lasted 4 months. I forgot who he was, forgot what state I was in, and I would mostly just hide in a corner in my living room and stay on my phone. If he tried to get close to me I would scream at him like an animal. I was just totally completely snapped. I slowly started to come back to my senses though and my therapist knew I wasn’t picking up my calls but when she did get ahold of me once she was able to convince me to call a private hospital to give me a deeper evaluation and treatment.
<2021-03-12T18:40:48.000Z> nekopetal: I even have photos of how the house look before I left for rehabilitation. There was bugs everywhere and the only spot of the house that was clean was the little area I would sit in to hide. It was a fucking mad house. I came back to my senses again after they tripled my anti-psychotic and did some intense therapy sessions with me 
<2021-03-12T18:41:51.000Z> nekopetal: Sorry if that’s a lot to take in. Schizoaffective can be pretty serious if left untreated or not treated by the right professionals. Let me know if you have any personal questions or need any advice, I’ll do my best to answer.
<2021-03-12T18:47:47.000Z> nekopetal: Oh yeah I’m totally fine now. I take my meds, I make sure I always drop everything I’m doing to take them. I used to say to myself “I’ll take them later” and then never take them which was a big problem. I’m really good now, and my fiancé saw how his undiagnosed IED had a really bad impact on me, so he also checked himself into a hospital back then to get diagnosed. We both kind of just decided to get our lives together because it was sink or swim. If neither one of us went for help it would have been a big problem.
<2021-03-12T18:51:03.000Z> nekopetal: Thank you! Nah, we should be more like that to each other. People are so callous and mean nowadays. It’s like everyone doesn’t care about each other anymore. Thank you for caring!
<2021-03-12T18:56:35.000Z> nekopetal: Thank you! You as well. If you ever have any questions with your wife, let me know. I’ll do my best to give an answer or explanation 