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Avatar f tn Dont know - i went nearly 15 years not on meds and i thought i was fine until I wasnt and went psychotic manic, so you might be fine for a long time as well. And I wasnt fine, I was hypomanic and looking back had at least 3 mini breakdowns and burnouts in that time.
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 f tn My question is what is the difference between Bipolar disorder with psychotic features and Schizoaffective disorder? And which one sounds closest to what i am experiencing, if it's possible to answer?
1351968 tn?1278205300 Well there is a gradation between bipolar and schizophrenia such as bipolar with psychotic features (where a person experiences psychotic symptoms specifically during moodswings) and schizoaffective disorder, as was mentioned as I have where if untreated a person experiences psychotic symptoms at all times. Bipolar in some people can worsen over a life time, certainly if untreated and there are many subtypes of bipolar, including bipolar with psychotic features.
1201916 tn?1277603095 It works better than Geodon did for me but I take it for a psychotic disorder rather than a mood disorder but bipolar disorder can have psychotic symptoms and every medicine works differently for each person.
Avatar f tn 14 years old is indeed young but it might be psychotic episodes or something somehow leading to bi-polarity as it could be and it is very likely, that is is schizo but at this age who knows if she's just shizotypal or schizoid, well you wanna know if it's a personality disorder or a psychotic disorder. In females real psychotic disorders tend to appear later than in men, who are starting to get symptoms between adolescence and early adulthood.
Avatar f tn First off, thank you to all who spoke up for me the other day. I needed a little reassurance. In the doctors (pleural - my gp was told by the docs who work for the insurace company) defense, I have no sign, really, of organic disease. In order to explain my difficulties, they came up with somatization disorder. I spent yesterday researching somatization disorder, all over the world wide web. I then RE-researched the neuropathic pain which brought me to them. You know?
Avatar n tn That's not true. When I first developed schizoaffective disorder I knew I was psychotic. I just didn't know how much and why. And yes I needed treatment and because I got the wrong treatment (I was misdiagnosed with ocd and given Anafranil) I ended up in the psychiatric hospital in 1991 (now I am recovered, that was then). If someone is extremely psychotic they may not perceive reality at all but let's hope people get treatment before it approaches that point.
Avatar f tn t get a hold of myself. I do suffer from severe depression PTSD severe anxiety disorder with psychotic features. Is it all in my head or could something be wrong?
Avatar m tn I am going to sum this up kind of, I feel so speedy all the time. I haven't said much about this to anyone, I buy things constantly and don't know why, write things and then don't remember it. I feel as though I'm not on this planet, I get these signals from space, think of beings around me like Angels and Demons, I feel like the FBI is after me. I sometimes feel numb like I can't breath another minute but my oxygen reads 98.
202665 tn?1248806733 I have been a psych patient for 13 years and I'm 32. When I was 19, the pdoc thought I had postnatal psychosis, then about a year later they thought I could have schizoaffective disorder. I only know this now because my current pdoc told me, at the time when my family pressed for a diagnosis they were told I had "affective disorder with psychotic features". I strongly believe that our symptoms evolve over the years as our lives change, we learn coping skills etc.
Avatar f tn About 10 months ago I was on geodon because my doctor prescribed it to me, and about a couple weeks after i started taking it i felt that i was constantly in a dream and i felt like i was out of this world, living in someone else's body, and just life felt unreality, and i still fell like this. I mentioned this to my doctor and he said it could be depersonalization disorder. This is affecting my whole life from school to friends and everything.
Avatar f tn I recently requested information from the place I am getting help from and I was reading their off official word on me and it was Bipolar 1/MRE-manic, Severe with mood incongruent psychotic features. and Panic attack with Agorophobia. This is my diagnoses since I have seen them. I thought it was only bipolar one not all of this. Now with the Mania it never seems to let up even with the medication nor do my moods.
Avatar m tn Lets see feeling anxiety as I write this. Woke up this morning this way! Racing heart feel like I can't breathe upset stomach. I almost always have chest pain and stomach pain. I have anxiety 24/7 sometimes can't even leave my house because I feel so ill/nervous/sick. I take .5 klonopin actually on half of one and that helps me calm down most of the time. We to ER once because I was getting real bad heart palps doc said I should take a whole one. But half of one knocks me out.
Avatar m tn my doctors arde confused between bipolar disorder and schizo affective disorder....i hope i get cured soon....by the way, is there something by means of which i can wean myself off totally from these psychiatric meds bcoz i m totally fed up....thanks again.
Avatar f tn Thanks, that helps. All I have read says that this sort of problem is NOT related to bipolar disorder, but I was pretty sure it could be. I worry about everyone finding out everything that he is saying is not true...I mean, it's about to the point where everything he says outside of this house is a huge lie. It's amazing the fantasy world he seems to be living in. WOW!
Avatar n tn You could have depression with psychotic features or schizoaffective disorder. I have schizoaffective disorder and the mood disorder aspect is bipolar. I am recovered now with an antipsychotic in Phase II FDA study glycine as I've said on other posts but I know what the experience is like. But there are other forms of schizoaffective disorder that have depression instead of bipolar as the mood phase. And if you have suicidal urges you need to see a psychiatrist right away.
728480 tn?1312059930 Well you are talking about two different issues. First of all, psychological and Freudian theories are now considered outdated as regards psychiatric disabilities (my prefered term for mental illness). That doesn't mean people with psychiatric disabilities don't experience normal feelings that need psychotherapy. And there are complex issues.
1256303 tn?1291752568 My second question is how do I (and of course, my psychiatrist) differentiate between whether I am bipolar with psychotic features or schizo-affective? I definitely have the cycles of mania and depression, starting about three years ago, would have auditory and visual hallucinations when severely depressed. Recently with this batch of mania, I have begun to have the auditory hallucinations too, as well as visual. I also am having some problems with disorganized thoughts and speech and delusions.