>>7575834It's Acute Polymorphic Psychotic Disorder. It's a diagnosis that is probably one rung lower on the crazy ladder than schizophrenia and is a more cautious diagnosis. People with APPD often flip on a dime and have short-lasting episodes (less than a month) that may be quite far apart (I think there is a maximum amount of episodes before they just say you're schizophrenic but idk what it is). If it goes on for too long, or the symptoms get more severe or concentrated, people with APPD are often diagnosed with schizophrenia
The actual physiological difference between the two is probably nil, it's like a "not quite schizophrenia... yet" diagnosis. I don't think I would have been given an APPD diagnosis if I had got help when it first started, but I lied in all of my assessments and acted as though my prior episode was the first, when in reality I just didn't want to have to explain why I didn't realise at ~8 years old that hallucinations wasn't a normal part of existence
