they suspected I had schizophrenia and i went through diagnostic testing etc. years before i actually got the diagnosis paranoid schizophrenia. They said because of my age and even though i showed a lot of symptoms they wouldnt diagnose me yet. i was diagnosed with paranoid psychosis instead and then 2 years later i went through the diagnostic testing again during a hospital stay and i was officially diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. so yes, they were very wary of giving me the diagnosis in case i was misdiagnosed.
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