How were you diagnosed?

Just out of curiosity, since most schizoids don't seek therapy and therefore are less likely to be formally diagnosed.

self-diagnosed... but i'm not sure if i'm sure or not sure about it (it's difficult for me to be sure about anything), so i'll vote later !

I'm self diagnosed, and I'm sure. I read this page: http://www.toad.net/~arcturus/dd/schizoid.htm#2
And every single part of that fits me like a glove. Then I came here and for the first time ever I could instantly relate to nearly every post I read.

I found it pretty much by accident. Taking a "for fun" survey about which level of Hell you'd be going to. At the bottom it linked to a personality disorder test. I took it and scored very high for SPD.

CVD wrote:I took it and scored very high for SPD.

I took that test too (for fun), and that's how i discovered SPD... i scored "very high" of course. Then i went on wikipedia... and found this forum. I can relate to a lot of what i read here, so i'm quite sure... Ok i'm going to vote

Self-Diagnosed

4-5 different online tests
+other resources

mainly self diagnosed. my Tdoc and Pdoc have said there are "elements of my personaity that are disordered" and both realise that connection is a huge issue for me because i just don't do it.

i've done some pottering online and reaised that of all the PDs schizoid fits me well. although i think i have one or two aspects of others too (eg OCPD).

but no one has put money where mouths are and tried to firm this up.

Self Diagnosed. I just learned last night that i was a schizoid. I always thought there was something different (not wrong) about me. I was trying to find out for months and by chance came across the term "schizoid" on wikipedia.org. After reading the entry everything just sorta fell into place for me. I almost feel enlightened, like i know who i am now and that there are others just like me.

Self - diagnosed and not really sure of anything too but if the people here are schizoid then i am one too.

And i found it from wikipedia also. I read a lot about random stuff and psychology related topics are kinda interesting for me. I was probably trying to find out why i am so different though, so it wasnt that random.

Also self-diagnosed...but I'm pretty confident. Everything fit perfectly - it wasn't even close. The experience was almost surreal, like someone had seen inside my head before they wrote the description.

I've been to both a psychologist and a psychiatrist before, but in both cases it was for social anxiety. Which would have been fine - it seems most schizoids don't learn about it until some other, more immediate problem surfaces (since SPD isn't really a problem in and of itself) - but I never felt comfortable talking about my schizoid behaviors (and not really sure I could either...as I can't really communicate in real-time). So that was a complete waste of money, at least for me. The only reason I found out about SPD at all was by posting on forums online where I could finally express my thoughts clearly. Eventually someone directed me to wikipedia's description of SPD. And from there I had to learn more.

AC

I was diagnosed as having a schizoid personality disorder by a clinical psychologist.