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Originally Posted by RxQueen875
The psychotic bit may be true bit worrisome. Never even thought about that. The one thing I worry about most with BP is psychosis. Maybe I was a bit paranoid at the time? Ive been switched to saphris and maybe its not doing its job?! Now you got me thinking. Maybe anxiety triggered a bit of psychosis? The only time i recall having true psychosis is when I had a black out panic attack and lost the ability to talk. I somehow drove home but later in the day started hallucinations. I came too and did some self harm too. Only time Ive had this and could tie it to anxiety and an attack.
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I think it could very well be. Indeed, your antipsychotic dosage/type may need some work, but it does take some time to see the full effects (as in having no residual (pre-/proto-/post-)psychotic anxiety).
I think pure neurotic symptoms are pretty rare for us: anxiety together with a vulnerability for psychosis
will play a part, making the combination (more) self-supporting/catalytic than anxiety on its own.
We just aren't the "typical" neurotic type of people. An example is what you mentioned with a panic attack: for me, if severe enough, it will cause brief (sometimes also catatonic) psychosis.
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But it is less worrisome: a lot easier to treat than "pure" self-supporting anxiety.