psychotic paranoia

(Even if this is not true, they take that more seriously than just a thyroid issue) One of the worst things about being hyperthyroid in extreme is the fact it can make you psychotic. Many hospitals now test thyroid when a patient is brought in for psychotic episodes. Left untreated she may well do something drastic. I urge you to call a hospital and ask her to organise getting her to psychiatric help as soon as possible. You will not regret doing this. I hope it all goes well.

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...

But their fears are realistic. A person with paranoia is psychotic. Their fears are delusions. They realistically would not happen. They think someone will persecute them or "people are after them". For social phobias people are overly nervous about social performance or everyday events. Two totally different issues. A lot of people experience social anxiety. If its extreme it can be part of anxiety disorder. Paranoia is part of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders.

My wife has had paranoia for many years. It led to her depression recently and she has been on medication for two months now. If you have heard any successful story on treatment of paranoia, pls share with me. Thanks.

Thank you very much for your amazing answer, Ive been on prozac since February, the scary thing is that I read it may cause schizophrenia, thats why Im scared of taking an upper dosage, but many assured me it has nothing to do with this, and knowing Im already 24 years old,they said Im not in danger.

I was paranoid right before I became psychotic and manic. It lasted for months. I had nightmares for years though every night. Horrible ones where they effected me throughout the day. When I was paranoid, I thought everyone was out to get me including my boyfriend my friends and my own family (I am very close with them). I didn't realize how paranoid I was. Medication is the only thing that helped me. I hope you see your doc asap before it gets worse.

My wife has been identified with delusional paranoia. She is scared about the world and feels very insecure. She fights with me severely, mainly on issues related to girls. She fears that I may deceive her. Is this a serious problem that requires medication? We met a psychologist and he prescribed medication (oleanz 2.5 and Feliz S 5mg), but she is not willing to take them saying it will have some adverse side effects. Can this problem be solved by counseling or other methods?

I just started back on Abilify and ambien (temporarily for sleep) after being off meds for 10 days. I am taking 10mg which is an increase from the 5mg that i was on. I was experiencing psychosis, paranoia, anxiety, and sleep deprivation. I'm not sure how my mood was at the time. When i went to my psychiatrist he mentioned Schizoaffective disorder but did not diagnose me with it.

If you are saying he is having psychotic behavior that does not sound (to me ) as something caused by withdrawl .Slight paranoia is one thing highly paranoid is another .There may be an underlying problem that he was using the drugs to mask ? Do you think that is possible.

Bipolar with psychotic features is not that rare. When a person has bipolar with psychotic features they have psychosis specifically during moodswings. When a person has schizoaffective as I do they experience psychosis all the time (as I did before my current recovery). The whole spectrum of bipolar to schizophrenia is linked up and they are just learning how.

I tend to get psychosis when i'm extremely depressed or manic. When I am depressed I know when i'm psychotic. Auditory, visual, paranoia and delusions. It is frightening for me to say the least. I once thought the wallpaper on my wall was my boyfriend and he kept telling me to bang my head against the wall and punch the wall till my bones crumbled. I was fully aware but could not control it. I ended up in the hospital really hurt.

Paranoia, I think everyone experiences paranoid thoughts or everyone around me does anyway from time to time. I am trying to come to terms with my BP2 diagnosis and try to sort through my past to see if I can tie all this together.

I would not of course know the specifics. I would then speak to my psychiatrist. But if someone is completely psychotic they lose track of reality completely. As well a person's awareness they that have a psychiatric disability can be completely lost. I did once before I recovered stop medication and of course have to sign myself into the psychiatric hospital. But I remembered that experience and never did that again.

-) Does anyone know of anyone experiencing paranoia after quitting opiates or maybe meth? Someone close to me sister is displaying paranoia and I know she has an opiate dependency background and maybe meth. Anyone have experience with this?

I was fully aware of them and that they were not mine, I also experienced short periods of paranoia ( obviously at the time I beleived it to be true ) and visual hallucinations that I was fully aware was not real. I thought that people in this state would not know that these things were not real can anyone shed some light.

He is starting to show other symptoms like fear anxiety and paranoia. It started very heavily about a month ago. He has a hard time eating and feels like people are out to get him. It is more a fear based on the anxiety. He knows something is wrong with him and wants to get help. Is there something that I can do for him to help him through this besides what I have been doing and that is reassuring him that I love him and his family loves him and no one is trying to hurt him.

Mood change ranging from troubled to anxious,mood episodes,psychotic episodes where you hear voices,an impulse to go shopping,incoherent thoughts or speech during episodes and long spells of depression

He has c/o forgetfulness, h/a, and had a severe manic episode with auditory hallucinations and paranoia. Could all this be related to his cyst? No family history of bipolar disorder. Also, what would treatment be? Surgery? Expected recovery time? What are chances mania will recurr?

No bipolar disorder will not turn into schizophrenia if not treated, the two are totally different illnesses. However, the two can sometimes be mixed up when a doctor is initially trying to diagnose someone. Bipolar disorder is an illness where the chemical inbalance in someone's brain causes their moods to be more extreme than those without the disorder. It also causes the moods to shift between the extremes (that's the difference between bipolar disorder and unipolar depression).

I went to the pdoc yesterday and he decided to put me on 40mg of Geodon to help with my racing thoughts and slight paranoia, as well as my concentration problem. I wanted to take everything I said back (I was hoping he would up my lithium since my levels are low.). I am scared of this medicine and I was wondering if anyone else has taken it and how did it work/not work for you?

t anyone else there, I even get a sense of paranoia with it, as in the corner of my eye, I think I see a shadow of someone or something moving across the room. This again, I'm quick to ignore and carry on, I do acknowledge it's nothing real and there isn't anything there, but it's still troubling me none the less. What do you guys think?

this is not psychotic paranoia. Fact two : all of the above could be in my head; CBT here...I am projecting my own negative thoughts into my world. Even posting on here makes me feel guilty and undeserving (like I don't belong and shouldn't really be here) Fact three : all of the above could well be perfectly true to a greater or lesser extent. Anyone relate / help ?

Sweating, anxiety attacks,hallucinating, rapid heart especially at night, paranoia, insomnia, staying busy, rapid impulses, fear of death and being alone, talking to god and seeing signs that arent there, i get a wierd nerve sensation under my forehead/nose sometimes after i eat. Any ideas would help, i was fairly a normal person until this and i dont understand it.???

Did he experience delusions/paranoia on the Ritalin? Is that why they put him on these meds? Was there a diagnosis? Even if there's a diagnosis, it might be time for a second opinion if he's hallucinating!

Does not occur exclusively during the course of schizophrenia, a bipolar disorder or a depressive disorder with psychotic features, or another psychotic disorder and is not attributable to the physiological effects of another medical condition.

Psychotic paranoia

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