It took over 5 psychotic episodes before I got diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia.
Good points: I know what's wrong with me now, I can read up about it and tackle the problem. It also makes things less fuzzy and I don't have to say "I might have" or "it could be" etc.
Bad points: whenever I have to fill in a form for university/gym membership/insurance etc, I have to write "paranoid schizophrenia" on the "health conditions" section. That makes me feel like a monster raving loony or something. Paranoid schizophrenia holds a huge huge stigma and I hate having to admit it to people.
So there are good and bad points. I would ask your GP what she thinks because they normally have records and diagnoses on their systems.
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