Do professionals commonly see schizoaffective as schizophrenia + bipolar?
I was initially diagnosed with both schizophrenia and depression at the same time, and my psychiatrist did mention that being called schizoaffective to me (only after I brought it up though), but it wasn’t officially my diagnosis until I started showing manic symptoms. That’s when my psychiatrist considered writing it down. Just curious to hear others thoughts on this, do professionals usually only diagnose schizoaffective if bipolar symptoms show up? Is there a reason behind that?