What is psychosis?
I can help. Psychosis is a state where you are not in touch with reality. Psychotic symptoms include paranoia, hearing voices, seeing hallucinations. You made need an antipscyhotic medication like Seroquel and Zyprexa. Talk t your doctor to see what psychosis is. I REALLY hope that helps you. If I helped you please vote me for best answer. Feel better HUGZ Raymond
What is psychosis? How could it be treated without seeking a doctor?
Psychosis is a mental disorder characterized by a disconnection from reality.Psychosis (as a sign of a psychiatric disorder) is a diagnosis of exclusion. That is, a new-onset episode of psychosis is not considered a symptom of a psychiatric disorder until other relevant and known causes of psychosis are properly excluded. Medical and biological laboratory tests should exclude central nervous system diseases and injuries, diseases and injuries of other organs, psychoactive substances, toxins, and prescribed medications as causes of symptoms of psychosis before any psychiatric illness can be diagnosed. In medical training, psychosis as a sign of illness is often compared to fever since both can have multiple causes that are not readily apparent.Two important signs of psychosis are hallucinations and delusions. A hallucination is a perception in the absence of external stimulus that has qualities of real perception. Hallucinations are vivid, substantial, and located in external objective space. They are distinguished from the related phenomena of dreaming, which does not involve wakefulness.A delusion is a belief held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary (somebody is always following me, people can hear my thoughts, aliens have implanted a chip in my head and... ).Have in mind that these are all medical signs and the patient experiencing them is not aware that they are not normal (If the patient is aware of it, it's not psychosis anymore and it's called pseudo-psychosis.So the best thing to do is to visit a doctor for ruling out other causes of mental disorders and establishing the diagnosis. psychosis is usually medically treatable by a doctor or a professional.Bests;
Is this OCD, depression, or Psychosis?
I have worked in mental health medical records since 1987. I have seen psychiatrists change a diagnosis at the drop of a hat Sometimes diagnoses are changed and the medication stays the same. I have heard psychiatrists admit that mental illness diagnoses are very subjective. I only have a bachelor's degree and I have had psychiatrists change a diagnosis when I let them know the insurance won't bill. Once I told a doctor the program wouldn't reimburse for OCD and he changed the patients diagnosis to Disorgranized Schizophrenia, just like that. I once asked a doctor why she put "Major Depression" as a patient's diagnosis, but in another part of the record it indicated the same patient had "Bipolar Disorder." When I asked her which was the correct diagnosis, she told me "it doesn't make any difference." My impression is that the diagnosis is really only for purposes of billing the insurance company. Whether it's OCD, psychosis or whatever isn't really all that important. What really matters is if the treatment helps or not. Your question details are very long and I don't have the patience to read the entire thing. But when you say some medication "didn't help"; how long did you take it? Did you take it as prescribed by your doctor? No medication is going to help if you don't give it a chance. Generally, you would need to take it for at least a month to be able to tell if it's really helping. I don't think there is really any point in dwelling on "do I have this, or do I have that." I don't mean to be crass, but how do you know for certain you aren't just looking for attention? I have been diagnosed with Major Depression, Dysthymic Disorder, and Panic Attacks. Sometimes I have symptoms that seem like Bipolar Disorder or OCD. When I was very young, I had symptoms that seemed to be a lot like ADHD or mild Autism. I asked my doctor one time if I might have ADHD, and she said even if I did, she would give me the same medication anyway because it appeared to be working pretty well.
Is being Psychotic bad?
so when i was in the psych ward awhile back(im different now, way different from how i used to be), the psychiatrist, therapist, doctors and whats the other one called, psychiatrict or whatever, something that starts with a P. But anyway, they told me i was legally declared psychotic. I think that was the word they used, it was something like that, something them and the "state" would declare me as from all the evaluations and tests. But is being Psychotic bad?? it sounds like some nutcase. lol. but thats what they told me, i had and still have issues but Psychotic? that word means someone sufferring from psychosis, and psychosis means something like being delusional, and something like not seeing reality like it is and being socially unevolved, something like that. it also says someone suffering from a severe mental disorder. Yea, im majorly depressed, and still suffer from post traumatic stress disorder, insomnia, i guess i dont eat much but i dont suffer from eating disorders like i used too and i USED to be a cutter on a regular daily basis but DELUSIONAL?? whatever lol. so what does that mean in my case? i know alot of people have it worse but they had to use psychotic in my case as well as in many others. but when i think of that word, i think of some serial killer or someone in a horror movie. is being psychotic bad???? serious question folks, so plz no dumb comments
What does the ending of the creepypasta "Psychosis" mean?
John is on his end of a three edges. But delusional or not the entity is still there and has been gotten. One edge is that he is not crazy, the doctors and Amy are being controlled or they are not really there and it's the entity (given the thought by Verity Rieman). On the other edge he is delusional crazy and there is no real entity but yet there is! John thinks everyone in the world has been gotten by this thing but the doctor and everyone else knows that it's not true. the doctor sees it as pure madness. A beautiful dark twisted madness and wants to encourage it. yet the entity is there in the doctor and others; to be a “sane” means that he can't do such a thing and would not tolerable in his work or in life for such. Thus makes everyone is part of the an “entity” due they are hiding “real” impulses. Like puppets in survival. Impulses which could make John think different. On the last edge of this he is still has gotten the far worse. blind and not living a life, he is living one worse than death and one in fear. Either way delusional or not on the last edge the entity has gotten him, survival or madness..
Am I experiencing psychosis?
This is strange and messed up, please be objective, I'm coming here because I don't know what to do, I'm too scared to visit a doctor and i don't want to start meds again :{ 22 years old divorced parents gay in closet male Hispanic been treated for depression and was put on anti psychotics due to paranoia, been off all meds for...coming up to a year soon I feel disconnected, I feel strange even writing this, like I'm one step back away from my mind looking out thru my eyes, as if not looking with my eyes I've been talking to myself...in one version of me speaking I'm a dominant and perverted individual who is looking to torture and humiliate my person, then there is "me" who begs not to have to do what is being told...is this how it is for other people? is this just me actually being a pervert? or should I seek help and explain this to a doctor? I've "made myself" or the aggressive me has ordered me to do some very very nasty things...I go into my roommates room and sniff his boxers while I am waring a dog collar. yesterday I washed my hair and took a shower in my own excrement (both of them mixed together), I make my self swallow it, and just now (today) I brushed my teeth with both my excrement mixed together...after I do these things I feel awful and I quickly clean myself, all the while in my head "I" tell myself, "that's what you deserve *****, that's all you're good for, you're a toilet bowl" etc etc... the dominant voice always says, "I can make you do anything I want, if you doubt me, I'll show you" When I feel like that dominant individual(? which is weird to say) I masturbate and relish in my own disgrace... am I just a pervert or am I having psychosis or what the **** is wrong with me? I don't want to do these things, what the **** :(
First time weed, sleep deprivation, psychosis, tell doctor?
THAT IS WHY THIS CRAP IS ILLEGAL. Did you know 1 in 8 uses of cannabis go on to develop LONG TERM mental health problems.
What are the symptoms of stimulant induced psychosis?
Those are some pretty bad side effects but If you've just recently been prescribed Vyv and this is the first AD/HD stimulant you've ever been prescribed to or taken, then this reaction probably indicates that this dose or medication is too strong for you. I'm prescribed to a much higher dosage of Vyv and feel like that at times, so I take breaks from Vyv and switch to Adderrall (immediate release) and my side effects aren't as bad. I think amphetamine induced psychosis is a long-term effect that affects ppl who've been taking a lot and lot of amphetamines over that long period of time consistently, (I could be wrong, ask you're doctor) These effects seem temporary but may indicate that you need to be on a lower dosage, or a different stimulant that's less potent, or maybe non-stimulant drugs that treat Ad/Hd like strattera. One more thing (sorry this is so lengthy) is that lack of sleep makes it so much easier to experience paranoia and hallucinations. So if you haven't been sleeping b/c of Vyv, that could also be why (Vyv is like an extended-extended release Adderall). I've posted a source that explains what the preferred stimulants are to treat AD/HD at first, and then if those don't work, what the next preferred ones are.