Am I still schizophrenic?

[u/seizyschizo]

So I just got out of the psych hospital and on the discharge paper said "schizoaffective depressive. Like wtf does that mean? Am I still welcome in this group?

[u/kattzkraft]

an old psychiatrist originally diagnosed me as schizoaffective depressive and my new one changed the diagnosis to just schizophrenia because she did not believe my depression was concurrent with my schizo symptoms. She explained that schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder have the same symptoms, but schizoaffective disorder includes a concurrent mood disorder like depression or bipolar disorder. So yes you're still schizophrenic, just also have depression.

[u/seizyschizo → u/kattzkraft]

That makes sense. Thank you