im 28 was diagnosed recently schizophrenia
i had a psychotic episode when i was 15 never had a major one since then, my regualar symptoms i often experience :

aware of different presences
things touching me, make mundane sounds threatening, often feel like im being watched
irrational fears of everyday object
paranoia that people are against me hate me talking about me dont trust anyone
ppl scare me
have perceptual changes
At the moment im scard to go in my living room im never in there more than 10 mins

but most of the symptoms that r left r negative
i wont list them cos theres so many
they say i have residual schizophrenia and at 15 i had paranoid schizophrenia

alot of the symptoms i have now i had all my life from first memories.
MY parents say i became parinoid about ppl hating me at 7
mum thought i was depressed and took me to see doctor who said i was just 'confused and unhappy'
what i wondered is what did i have when i was a child i thought schizotypal personality or is there some kinda pre-schizophrenia stage
i'm really confused and have tried other forums but no answer
If it wasnt for my psychotic episode at 15 which fits paranoid schizo and i had no idea i was sick and had i been offered treatment would have refused cos i was just waiting for 'them' to get me would have thought they were trying to kill me
i would fit STP dissorder perfectly if it wasnt for this breif psycotic period it only lasted about 6 months and for a year and a half afterwards was extremly withdrawn and did little exept walk like my life depended on it
then things settled down and went back to how i was bf

any ideas am i schizo?