There is a second period of schizophrenia onset for women, at perimenopause just like at end of puberty (the drop in hormones and the possible protection against schizophrenia from estrogen) It’s not super rare, and it is also a viable possibility absent Covid. I may never know.

I mean exactly what I originally stated though; I’m just curious where this research will lead and what it might mean for families like my own.

No family history on my side of any psychotic or delusional disorders, but lots of cluster A (anxiety, ocd, etc) and dopamine disorders (adhd, Parkinson’s, narcolepsy).

There is so much that is subjective or overlaps about the various diagnoses it’s kind of hard to suss out what is what.