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Old Jan 10, 2014, 08:15 AM
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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee View Post
PD was used to explain what is not happening in the DSM perhaps?

The last psychosis I had changed me. After that life became harder to live. It left me with some cognitive impairments. I definitely lost some IQ points. I had motivation to do simple things like shower everyday. It isn't unusual for me to go 6 or 7 days without a shower, even when I am not depressed. Gross. I struggle to eat properly and look after my apartment. I can't even fold my clean laundry. I never worked. I'm on disability. Yes, I attend university at a very reduced course load (2 classes). It is not easy at all. I have a lot of support provided to me by the university. Without that I could never make it.

Is it common to get symptoms in-between episodes?

Yes, I was on 1.5 mg of Abilify. I am small and very susceptible to side effects. Standard doses are too much for me. When I was in hospital medication dosing was a huge issue. A lot of the time my medications were dispensed in liquid form because the prescribed low doses were not possible with pill cutting.

Thanks for the reply.

I have been traumatized by the BPD diagnosis the doctors gave me when I was 16. I can't seem to let it go.
What I really want is to get BPD off my records.
. So first I have no idea how the records in Canada work..are they national? Here I the US all you would have to do is never mention that doctor who gave you the bpd diagnosis and no one would know about it because records can't be transferred between facilities without permission due to Hipaa.

I've only had one episode of psychosis so I have no idea on what happens between episodes I think a lot of people here have symptoms all the time and not just distinct episodes that's why I think you are unique. I still have mild hallucinations on rare occasion...I heard whispering this weekend briefly and like two months ago I heard knocking.
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