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The doctor has misdiagnosed me with psychosis,what should I do?

Posted by pritammududi @pritammududi, Oct 1, 2023

I have been taking antidepressant medications since 2 years, OCD medicines since 2 years and antipsychosis medicines and schizophrenia medicines since 6 months. The antidepressants and OCD medicines did not help me even by 1%. I have been misdiagnosed with psychosis, as I never had a single hallucination in my life, I do not imagine or hear voices, and I do not have suspiciousness towards others. But the psychiatrist is not ready to listen to me. He told that the diagnosis of psychosis is correct. But I do not have any psychosis symptoms and never had it. It is so frustrating to be misdiagnosed and been given wrong medicines for 6 months. What should I do?

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rococo325 | @rococo325 | Nov 12, 2025
In reply to @pritammududi "Overwhelmed, sad, frustrated and stressed with academic challenges in college. I have failed 3 years of..." + (show)
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Overwhelmed, sad, frustrated and stressed with academic challenges in college. I have failed 3 years of University. I have taken admission in BBA, Btech Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Application. I failed in all these 3 courses because I find it difficult to concentrate in studies. In studies, I feel very bored, find it very very difficult,dry and unable to manage the stress. I find it very difficult to attend all lectures and sit for even 2 hours in the classroom, because in University, I found all classes boring, I could not understand anything, I found it overwhelming. These problems have nothing common in psychosis and schizophrenia. I am otherwise a completely normal person with some academic problems.

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@pritammududi I just want to give some input about your explanation of your behavior. It does not sound like Psychosis or Schitzophrenia. Many characteristics of a person's unique persona, family and environmental upbringing can bring on personality traits. ALSO--I have researched and experienced w/ my own young adult children the affects of the Pandemic upon their normal socialization & some what less so acadmic trajectory in high school & college . The social distancing and chaos of schools in a sudden & frightening mandatory shift in protocols, hybrid and online , good teachers quiting, no lunch , no typical social & sport team , school spirit, etc. froze the young person's natural social development , social interacting . So if you were already somewhat shy this really was a constant tidle wave of anxiety triggers, worry and self doubt. Academically, I call the regressive socialization the cause for a Covid induced ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) not HYPERactivity , if you were a basically well adjusted child facing entering high school or college it was devastating for the
people who aren't extroverted or well set up with a lot of close friends and great family support. I do not know why it is not in my observances a widely recognized malady that needs to diagnosed. I am sure like Autism, there is the spetrum from mild to extreme cases.

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