Never been diagnosed. Just wanted to share my story.

Let me start off by saying that I have never been diagnosed with schizophrenia though I believe that I am schizophrenic.
My name is M. I have had hallucinations since I was about 14 years old. I was visited by a stranger who's name was Kira. At this time, Kira was invisible, but now that I'm older I have seen Kira only a few times. He has no face, only eyes. Kira used to tell me that if I cut myself I could cure the world, (I was one of those 'peace and love' kind of kids) so I listened to him. Rather than cutting my wrists where it would be obvious, I used to cut my legs. I must've had at least 20 deep cuts in my thighs by the time I was 16.
When I was about 15 I started really seeing other things too. I saw other things that I wasn't sure of throughout the year, but at that point I was sure there was something wrong. I would see white butterflies flying around people's faces. One night I remember sitting on the computer and i looked over to see a big grey german shepard sitting next to me, panting. I got scared and told my mom. Not everything. Not about Kira.
I saw a psychologist and after telling him everything (including Kirta when my mom wasn't in the room) he diagnosed me with, for whatever reason, ADD. He thought that my mind was so cluttered that I made up these fantastical stories to amuse my brain. He said they probably weren't as bad as I made them sound and I was probably looking for all of this just for attention. (...what?)
Well either the ADD meds worked or for some reason my hallucinations went away by themselves, because for the next year or two I didn't hear or see a thing. ...for the next year or two.
At 17 I started going through a very serious depression which put me in a mental hospital for 2 months. This is when I started seeing butterflies again, but I never told anyone there anything other than that I was depressed. Kira was present almost everyday during my stay. On one night I was woken by a farmer who looked me straight in the eyes and told me to get off of his land. I didn't sleep that night.
I am now 23 years old and have never told anyone that my hallucinations have been present since the hospital. I only told my fiance once because i was zoning out listening to Kira and the others but she just thought I was joking. Every time I see my therapist I say I'm fine, but I don't know if I am. I obviously got over cutting myself, but I wish I could just have a normal life.
So here's my question for all of you. Should I tell my therapist? Should I ask him if my assumptions are true? Please, I could really use your feedback.

Thankyou. -M

Hi mkbdf and welcome to the forum.

While I don’t have personal experience with this, I see no reason not to tell your therapist about your hallucinations. Who better to tell? Your therapist should have more experience with this sort of thing, not be judgmental or think you are joking, and be more likely to give you better help and advice than others. You don’t necessarily have to say you think you have schizophrenia. You can have hallucinations without having schizophrenia. There are multiple medical and psychiatric causes of hallucinations.

I hope things work out.
Take care,
Jan