How long does a psychotic episode last
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I have done some research and have found nothing good about this drug. She has all side effects. She is on day 1 with NO geodon.
Yes there is some research that expresses that concern so that is why there are studies to have anti-psychotics be used in children who may be exhibiting potential signs of psychosis although this is clinically controversial. I now know I always had behavior that was unusual and somewhat abnormal since I was a child, first started having psychotic thoughts when I was 13 and then at the age of 18 had a full psychotic break.
Psychosis can accompany depression, not just mania. I've had it happen both ways, though for me, it's far more common in a mixed episode or a manic episode. Each person is a little different. What behaviormakes you view her as being psychotic/delusional?
Personally, with what limited a glimpse I am provided by your post, I would continue to communicate with her as though she's perfectly fine for now. If an opportunity arises in conversation, take it and gently ask if she is ok.
I like valerinababy's analogy. Recovery from any kind of mood episode has at least three stages -
1. Feeling better - some kind of noticeable improvement. Usually happens within a couple of weeks of getting on the right dose and type of medication.
2. Having minimal if any residual mood symptoms.
My pdoc yesterday told me it's possible to have a psychotic break from too severe anxiety. This scares me bad, what is that? Does that mean I'll go crazy and hurt someone? Myself? Has anyone ever had one of these? Also is there anyone here that has had several months of severe anxiety, then slowly goes back to several months of calm? I'm afraid this feeling will last forever. Just to make sure I'm experiencing this "anxiety" what does it feel like to u all?
ve made a good recovery from schizoaffective which clinically is a step further than bipolar with psychotic features as in bipolar with psychotic features a person has delusions and hears voices during moodswings and in schizoaffective disorder its all the time. Even with current treatment the symptoms can be mitigated. He should have his psychiatrist follow up as to an exact diagnosis and when the onset of it was.
A person from my family went undiagnosed for many years despite strange behavior, only when she had a psychotic episode did she allow us to take her to a doctor and was diagnosed with paranoid disorder. The symptoms fit her "usual" symptoms (i.e. those she's had for years) - relatively coherent delusions of being disliked, plotted against, of her flat being bugged, someone stealing things when she's out.
I have a pertinent question to members of this forum which is does anybody know for how long we have to continue taking meds as sometimes I wish I could live a life without taking any meds.I have been having BP since 12 years and have been on an MS since eleven years.My Pdoc does not answer this question of mine and himself is not sure.
I am BP1, and lived my life around the disorder and still felt it progress to a psychotic breakdown. I would say that as my body aged and couldn't recover from severe episodes, it got way worse for me. The moods I could handle, the craziness of starting over was what really wore me down. The mania of BP1 is really the destroyer. Depression is hard, but I never wake up on a different continent. Also, google 'kindling,' that is the word for accumulative bipolar.
I have been married to my husband since my 7-year-old stepdaughter was just 3. We have always had a good relationship, though I have felt like she is clingy and perhaps a tad manipulative. She is the only child of two only children, and the only grandchild of well-off grandparents who spoil her rotten. She lives with her mother and grandmother in a city 3 hours away.
What is a good birth control method for someone with bipolar disorder with psychotic features? My wife recently stopped taking Depo Provera, which I believe may have contributed to yet another psychotic episode->hospitalization. We don't want any kind of permanent solution (e.g. tubal ligation), but we need a reliable method and one that won't destabilize her once we decide to have a baby.
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