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Originally Posted by Rebecca1
I sort of genuinely would believe that I was famous and being watched by the world and get quite suspicious, but it would last for several hours and then stop, often being interspersed with excited moods e.g listening to music, getting epiphanies. It’s really difficult to tell if I should be concerned about it because it was so long ago and not technically a delusion
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I would characterize what you have described as mostly mania with psychotic elements trying to weasel their way more firmly into your brain and life.
Extremely common in bp 1. More common in schizoaffective. Everyday issue in schizophrenia.
My first manic episode was at 41. First full psychosis three months later. My illness is psychosis-dominant now. My specific disease lies just about exactly in the middle between bp 1 and full schizophrenia. Onset toddlerhood. Constantly euphoric and hypo as a child.
According to current DSM taxonomy, I have schizoaffective disorder. I am choosing to call it a bipolar-schizophrenia spectrum illness.
Lastly, I do believe psychosis in subtle forms is far more common in bp 1 than most folks appreciate.