What is schizoaffective disorder?

Schizoaffective disorder is a category of mental conditions that includes symptoms of schizophrenia and affective disorders. It has features of both schizophrenia, including hallucinations, delusions, and distorted thinking, and a mood component, such as depression or mania.

How do members experience schizoaffective disorder?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with schizoaffective disorder*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for schizoaffective disorder*

*Data from patients with schizoaffective disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with schizoaffective disorder*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Abilify)
Perceived effectiveness
for schizoaffective disorder (5 evaluations)
Side effects
weight gain
Total evaluations
5
Tried for
schizoaffective disorder (6)
Treatment

(Invega)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
schizoaffective disorder (4)
Treatment

(Risperdal)
Perceived effectiveness
for schizoaffective disorder (3 evaluations)
Side effects
Total evaluations
3
Tried for
schizoaffective disorder (4)
Treatment

(Zyprexa)
Perceived effectiveness
for schizoaffective disorder (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
schizoaffective disorder (3)
Treatment

(Depakote)
Perceived effectiveness
for schizoaffective disorder (1 evaluation)
Side effects
Total evaluations
1
Tried for
schizoaffective disorder (1)

*Data from patients with schizoaffective disorder, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has schizoaffective disorder on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 5
20s 105
30s 270
40s 367
50s 335
60s 173
70+ 37

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 368
Female 910