Schizotypal? Please help, people.

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I was dx schizoaffective, among other things, due to the manifestation of my werewolf to explain my rage, many years ago.

I was dx AS 4 months ago. The schizoaffective has been put in to the closet, despite the fact that my werewolf still sleeps at my feet, the sleep of the content. I have even written stories about him.

Please get this clarified by a psychiatrist before the talk of anti-psychotics comes up. Was on them for years for no reason.

Take very good care. Please do not dx yourself, and if it is schizotypal, there is much better treatments these days than what I had.

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Ideas of reference 5 out of 9 Unsure 2
Excessive social anxiety 7.5 out of 8 Unsure 0
Odd beliefs or magical thinking 2.5 out of 7 Unsure 0
Unusual perceptual experiences 3 out of 9 Unsure 2
Odd or eccentric behavior 4 out of 7 Unsure 1
No close friends 4 out of 9 Unsure 0
Odd speech 5 out of 9 Unsure 0
Constricted affect 7.5 out of 8 Unsure 0
Suspiciousness 8 out of 8 Unsure 0
Total SPQ-A 46.5 out of 74

WOW, carltcwc...WE got the SAME SCORE!

Okay...so what does it all MEAN?!?!

I think religious and spiritual beliefs need to be ruled out of the Odd Thinking and Magical Beliefs before making a judgment on THAT!

See? Prayer fits the definition of "magical thinking". People pray over a sick person, with the belief (or hope at least) that the person will get better. So therefore, all people who pray with that kind of belief or intent would be classified by the atheistic psychiatrist as being Schizotypal.

Schizotypal involves a lot of cultural symptoms like religion for example. I think wiki says something about beliefs that deviate form the norm of the society/culture group so it's possible that someone who's religious & is in an area where people are not religious could be seen as having Schizotypal disorder. I live in a area with a lot of Catholics so if I wer to believe that I'm talking to god; no doc would have a problem with it but if I wer to believe that I was talking to space-aliens; that is a disorder. If I wer to see an angel in a dream; that would be fine but if I wer to see a bright lite in my room; dos could think I'm dangerous.

I also think AS with psychotic depression could resemble a lot of the Schizotypal symptoms

A lot of the symptoms of Aspergers and Schizotypal overlap. The "magical thinking" and unusual perceptual expierances could indicate a schizo spectrum disorder. The other symptoms overlap with many other things. I would guess if you dont have excessive unusual experiences you might have something else instead. Also if you have motor skill delay, trouble understanding social cues, and obsessive intrests it could be an autism spectrum disorder. Most of the other symptoms overlap. It is also not unusual for someone to have both but this is easier to determine if you have signifiant symptoms in the things I mentioned.