The Mental Illness Thread

[Angrboda]

I have schizoaffective disorder. It manifests as bipolar disorder, and psychotic delusions. For most of the past 25 years I've wrestled with chronic depression, and a complex of delusions which led me to believe that I needed to kill myself. My suicidalism was caused by delusions, not depression; I've been on anti-psychotics for over a year, and that delusional thinking has faded into the background. I no longer feel that I have to kill myself. But I'm still troubled by depression and some social anxiety. I'm willing to answer questions as well.