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Originally Posted by Physicist
In January of that year I was admitted to the hospital, I stayed 3 weeks. The medicine, the antipsychotic, made me more sick. I remember having alot of difficulty walking the longer I was on it in the hospital. As soon as I could get away with it I stopped taking it, as it did nothing at all but the adverse side effects (antipsychotics I have heard recently can actually make hypothermia worse). Later that year in October I was readmitted, after October, I recovered. A full 2 years later (one full year off any medicine whatsoever) I have had a full recovery.
I have since learned that I have hypokalemia (low potassium). It turns out, hypokalemia is caused by hypothermia in 2 different ways. But also, hypokalemia can cause schizophrenia like symptoms.
Something that bothers me is how I am always cold. I was told to take off my winter jacket recently because it was 60 degrees outside. I felt as if it was chilly.
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Although I'd still advise you to see a medical professional if you think that there might be something going on with you from a medical standpoint that needs to be addressed, I will say that I've done some reading on some of the things (other than psychiatric illnesses) that can cause people to experience psychotic symptoms, and hypothermia isn't something that I've seen listed as a known cause of psychosis. I'm not qualified to say what caused the symptoms that you experienced, but given that I haven't seen hypothermia listed as a known cause of psychosis and that you were hospitalized for apparent psychotic symptoms twice over a nine-month period, I have my doubts as to how likely it is that a doctor will conclude that it was hypothermia that caused what you experienced. Having said this, if you still think that there might be some explanation other than a psychiatric disorder for the symptoms that you experienced, and/or if you have any questions about what you should do to address the problem with hypokalemia that you have, I think that seeing a medical professional would be advisable.
Take care.