Schizophrenia or social phobia

Hi this is my first post on these forums and I have a bit of a problem. 2007 was a terrible year for me, I beacme depressed after a failed relationship and went to see a psychiatrist. Initially he diagnosed me with social anxiety disorder due to the factb that I was afraid of social situations. Whenever I was around people I felt nervous and didn't know what to do with myself. During the second session I told him that I felt as though people were constantly watching me when I was in public and even when I was alone. I had this idea that my life aws some sort of t.v show like in the movie the truman show and that people had cameras in their eyes to record everyhting that I did. I even thought that there were cameras in my room . I felt as though people could read my mind. I do not hear voices though. I did feel as though there was something evil after me. I was particularly afraid of the dark during which time I felt that this evil presence would come for me . My psych felt that I had type 1 paranoid schizophrenia even though I didn't hear voices. Is it possible that he is wrong? he even refered me to another psych who came to a similar conclusion. Could I have both social anxiety disorder as well as schizophrenia? is that even possible?

Hey, anytyhing's possible in the world of mental illness. It does sound like you have some classic symptoms of schizophrenia. The truman show and cameras, I've heard it a million times on schiz sites such as this. Sorry you're going through this, and do see your doctors.

Yes, he is most likely wrong. He can't even define schizophrenia for you, if you ask him. There is no definition of schizophrenia, my own is "dysfunction of the body."

I think if you got a high quality fish oil and started taking 3 grams of epa/dha which is like 1 tablespoon of liquid fish oil or 10 pills you would feel better in a few months.

You can read my thread.

http://psychforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=19669