New diagnosis - schizoaffective bipolar type

@Ayesha thanks for sharing. I hope to get to the stage where I can classify myself as truly well also @Kurra.

It is as hot as Hades here today. The sun has gone down but it is still a ghastly 33 degrees inside the house! We washed the dogs this afternoon and kept cool under the hose with the animals.

I hope you got your storm @Kurra. There is nothing on the horizon here. Supposed to get a storm tomorrow though, so here's hoping for cooler weather.

@Kurra I take an antipsychotic which also acts as a mood stabiliser. It's a fairly new medication I think.

Yes I can become anxious very very easily. I have a lot of nervous twitches.

@Kurra and @Former-Member I was told I would have to take antipsychotics for life also, in order to prevent another full blown psychotic episode. I was on a medication which required regular blood testing to prevent problems with my blood count, and while it worked well for psychosis, it sent my physical body into shutdown (I ended up in coronary care). I have to be so careful with medications that I can and can't take due to allergies and interolances.

I take a total of 3 antipsychotics (one of which is used as a mood stabiliser in bipolar patients) and an antidepressant. It's a combination and a half but it works well for me I guess.

@Kurra I'd also like to know, was medication the key or was there a combination of therapy, lifestyle choices and meds that brought about your wellness?

I've recently started regular meditation (or at least an attempt at regular meditation depending on voices and other hallucinations which make it difficult to concentrate). So far it is helping a bit too. I got this meditation app on my phone so it's simple.