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Another major driving force behind Daniel's [[Meltdowns]] is his bipolarism. | Another major driving force behind Daniel's [[Meltdowns]] is his bipolarism. | ||
===Schizophrenia=== | ===Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective=== | ||
Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by episodes of psychosis, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and delusions.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia</ref> While a diagnosis of schizophrenia is unconfirmed, him taking Latuda (a schizophrenia medication<ref name=":0">https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-155134/latuda-oral/details</ref>) and often showing delusions (i.e. [[Presidential Campaign]], [[Goldberg Shacklestein]]) and possible episodes of psychosis are major signs that Daniel could have schizophrenia. | Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by episodes of psychosis, hallucinations, disorganized thinking, and delusions.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia</ref> While a diagnosis of schizophrenia is unconfirmed, him taking Latuda (a schizophrenia medication<ref name=":0">https://www.webmd.com/drugs/2/drug-155134/latuda-oral/details</ref>) and often showing delusions (i.e. [[Presidential Campaign]], [[Goldberg Shacklestein]]) and possible episodes of psychosis are major signs that Daniel could have schizophrenia. | ||
''But'', it’s important to note that Daniel has never shown any signs of having hallucinations before, which, while it is not normally a criteria, it is criteria for him having schizophrenia due to him having autism. | |||
It’s more likely that he has schizoaffective disorder, as according to the diagnostic criteria, there needs to be a definite period of at least two weeks in which psychotic symptoms and a mood episode have been shown in order to diagnose schizoaffective disorder, which Daniel definitely has shown. | |||
===Intellectual issues=== | ===Intellectual issues=== | ||