How long will a psychotic episode last

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Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar m tn I am sorry but a doctor, especially on this forum, would have to see you in person and go over you and your family history along with medical conditions and medicines. You really need to get into a hospital for a full evaluation. Probably long term, like 30 days or more. It is going to take time and your commitment but in the long run ir will be worth it. Get help now, please.
Avatar m tn psychotic depression can encompass a wide variety of symptoms. i treat people with "psychotic depressions" a lot. Depending on what symptoms people are experiencing, different medications will be used. People will often respond very quickly to antipsychotic meds (even within days). The deeper depressive symptoms may take longer to fully resolve but that does not mean you cannot get feeling much much better relatively quickly.
Avatar f tn 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.
1965148 tn?1354978634 As others here have commented, a real psychotic episode, which is a very serious event, must occur in order for their to be a true 'bipolar I' diagnosis. The diagnostic 'bar' for labling someone as 'manic depressive' must be high, because of the risks of the medications that are needed to control this illness, among other factors.
733744 tn?1337950650 I start hoarding for a rainy day. I get real psychotic and paranoid. My last episode I went into mixed state...depression and mania. Not a pleasant feeling.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar m tn t suffer any episode for 3 consecutive years then chance you will get stable for a long time. hope so. again it depends on the case itself, bipolarity is not standard kind of illness there are very severe cases which needed hospitalization as well.
Avatar m tn 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?
12268405 tn?1427853361 On April 2nd I made the decision to admit myself to a psychiatric hospital due to a psychotic episode. The thing that I'm having the hardest time comprehending is if I induced the episode or not. I convinced myself that I was covered in fleas, I heard voices saying my name and calling me worthless in the past, & I experienced paranoia. I don't know what to think right now. I wish I could know if I made the symptoms worse or not...
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar m tn Hi, I suffer from BP and have been on a mood stabilizer since eleven years and was stable till july 2009.I suffered a Hypomanic episode in July 2009 because of a huge stressor and I was put on Risperdone to calm me down.I became better in a week and my Pdoc decided to keep it at 3 mg for a month.He then started tapering me very slowly off the med after seeing that I was stable since August and it has taken me eight weeks to come off the med from 3 mg.
1256303 tn?1291752568 For schizoaffective, you have to have the psychosis part (the part A criterion for schizophrenia) for at least 2 weeks without being in the middle of a mood episode. If you only ever have psychosis while in a mood episode, then it's probably bipolar with psychotic features. But it doesn't really matter from a treatment standpoint; you'll need an antipsychotic and maybe lithium/an anticonvulsant mood stabilizer as well to control the bipolar and the psychosis either way.
Avatar n tn They usually only happen in the morning, sometimes they pass and I put them down to a bad dream but other times I physically get up and go on a hysterical rampage through the house, sometimes I hurt myself. I am I feel out of glucose but not energy. My partner I live with does not have the strength to hold me down to take a blood sample. Would it be better if my partner just stuck a glucagon needle in me and ask questions later.
899491 tn?1243773627 I had a horrible time last year in early spring and early summer with bipolarism. It remind me of my episodes I had thirty years ago. I was diagnosed in 1992 and with medication I been pretty much stable. Feeling secure of my emotional state I became confident and started to miss my doses or didn't take my meds on a regular basis. I went manic during spring break and ventured into psychosis depression.