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Originally Posted by moremi
I was just thinking to myself about psychosis. I know I have had hallucinations a few times they are usually spiders one of my greatest fear. Not sure if this is a hallucination or not but a couple weeks ago I felt spiders crawling all over me but there was never anything there. The thing that puzzles me about them determining psychosis by feeling you are given powers by God, like once I felt as though God gave me the power to feel what orhers were feeling. Supposedly if this is psychosis they can say by fact it isnt true. Honestly, they cant in that situstion because I was right everytime. What if my sences were heightened so much that I could feel the emotions they were having before they showed a physical sign of it? I dont know Im just thinking, and everytime Im manic I can feel God around. Is this considered psychosis?
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Well, technically, psychosis can consist of hallucinations, delusions, or both. Feeling that you have 'special powers' that other people don't have is (usually) a delusion. So in that sense it is a psychotic feature.
People with bipolar often have delusions (especially grandiose or persecutory delusions) when they are manic. But it's pretty rare for a bipolar person to have hallucinations when they are manic.
Personally, I have had both mild grandiose delusions (thought I was extremely smart/a genius) and stronger persecutory delusions (thought people at work were plotting against me, thought a guy in my class was going to bring a gun to school and shoot everyone). My delusions are always when I'm manic.
Now, if you ALWAYS feel that you have a special gift from god (not just when you are manic...but all the time), that's not really a delusion. In that case I would say you are just really religious. The difference is that in one case you only feel like you have this 'special gift' at certain times (when you are manic). In the other case, you feel like you have this 'special gift' regardless of your mood.
I would say most faith healers and stuff probably aren't delusional/psychotic, because they always feel they have the gift. They are just really really religious.
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age: 23
dx: bipolar I, ADHD-C, tourette's syndrome, OCD, trichotillomania, GAD, Social Phobia, BPD, RLS
current meds: depakote (divalproex sodium) 1000mg, abilify (aripiprazole) 4mg, cymbalta (duloxetine) 60mg, dexedrine (dexamphetamine) 35mg, ativan (lorazepam) 1mg prn, iron supplements
past meds: ritalin, adderall, risperdal, geodon, paxil, celexa, zoloft
other: individual talk therapy, CBT, group therapy, couple's therapy, hypnosis
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