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Old Sep 30, 2015, 08:22 AM
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I'm actually curious how many people diagnosed with bipolar II also experience some form of psychosis. I know it's said that it does not occur in the dsm but I remember reading some people experiences with psychosis in bipolar II.

I have experienced delusions before but I'm pretty sure I don't have type I as I don't think I experienced mania.

I'm going to talk to my psych about it because I didn't get a chance to do so before.
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Old Sep 30, 2015, 09:54 AM
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I'm diagnosed BP II. I also have rapid cycling and mixed states.

Also, from around 1995 until around 2006 (not sure of the exact dates) I believed I was the "chosen one," the protector of my neighborhood. I had magical powers, (like being able to see the future, build magical barriers, and seek out evil and cleanse it, and other things.)

A new little office building had been built at the edge of the park in my neighborhood. That's where the secret organization of evil magic people made their headquarters. They were draining all of the goodness and joy from my neighborhood and the people who lived there. It was my job to stop them, but also they knew about me and were trying to kill me.

I used to have many visual hallucinations with this (6 wheeled cars would chase me, some even looked like police cars.) I also had a lot of auditory hallucinations of people walking around outside my window at night. I called the cops multiple times to tell them I was being stalked, but they never found anyone.

I was never evaluated during this time even though everyone I knew was fully aware of what I believed. I also wasn't diagnosed with BP until 2009. My dad thought I was just making it up for attention. My friends thought it was funny and played along. One set of friends even used to say the leader of the organization would call them every Tuesday at the pay phone at Dairy Queen to make threats. Every time I went with them he never called. Anyway, when I got my BP Dx they can't backwards diagnose me with anything from that time.

I don't know why it all stopped. I moved to another state and had a trauma of losing custody of my oldest son (due to being homeless.) Anyway, my brain put the whole thing away. When I moved back I went to pick up my son from Tae Kwon Do for the first time, I turned the corner and the building was right in front of me. It all came rushing back, except this time I realized something had been really wrong with me.

As of now I get random auditory and visual hallucinations but they are rare. I also have a lot paranoia. I get into thought patterns where I start thinking I'm being spied on, people are working against me, numbers have special meanings, or other random things. But, it's all really low grade and nothing like it was back then, but I always wonder if it might happen again.
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Old Sep 30, 2015, 11:00 AM
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I'm actually curious how many people diagnosed with bipolar II also experience some form of psychosis. I know it's said that it does not occur in the dsm but I remember reading some people experiences with psychosis in bipolar II.

I have experienced delusions before but I'm pretty sure I don't have type I as I don't think I experienced mania.

I'm going to talk to my psych about it because I didn't get a chance to do so before.

I have Bipolar II because the "highs" that I thought were mania, arent highs that are to be considered Bipolar I. I have lows, alot and they can get pretty nasty. But my meds are helping me alot.
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Old Sep 30, 2015, 11:17 AM
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I'm diagnosed BP II. I also have rapid cycling and mixed states.

Also, from around 1995 until around 2006 (not sure of the exact dates) I believed I was the "chosen one," the protector of my neighborhood. I had magical powers, (like being able to see the future, build magical barriers, and seek out evil and cleanse it, and other things.)

A new little office building had been built at the edge of the park in my neighborhood. That's where the secret organization of evil magic people made their headquarters. They were draining all of the goodness and joy from my neighborhood and the people who lived there. It was my job to stop them, but also they knew about me and were trying to kill me.

I used to have many visual hallucinations with this (6 wheeled cars would chase me, some even looked like police cars.) I also had a lot of auditory hallucinations of people walking around outside my window at night. I called the cops multiple times to tell them I was being stalked, but they never found anyone.

I was never evaluated during this time even though everyone I knew was fully aware of what I believed. I also wasn't diagnosed with BP until 2009. My dad thought I was just making it up for attention. My friends thought it was funny and played along. One set of friends even used to say the leader of the organization would call them every Tuesday at the pay phone at Dairy Queen to make threats. Every time I went with them he never called. Anyway, when I got my BP Dx they can't backwards diagnose me with anything from that time.

I don't know why it all stopped. I moved to another state and had a trauma of losing custody of my oldest son (due to being homeless.) Anyway, my brain put the whole thing away. When I moved back I went to pick up my son from Tae Kwon Do for the first time, I turned the corner and the building was right in front of me. It all came rushing back, except this time I realized something had been really wrong with me.

As of now I get random auditory and visual hallucinations but they are rare. I also have a lot paranoia. I get into thought patterns where I start thinking I'm being spied on, people are working against me, numbers have special meanings, or other random things. But, it's all really low grade and nothing like it was back then, but I always wonder if it might happen again.
This is really interesting. When I was delusional I believed I had magical powers too. I believed certain objects were magical as well.

I haven't read about very many people believing they have (or rather had) magical abilities. I don't know. Just interesting.
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Old Sep 30, 2015, 11:39 AM
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I was diagnosed as Bipolar 2 and have some delusional thinking...or at least, it's severe anxiety that gets so amped-up it causes delusional thinking. It's been referred to as 'dysphoric mania'.
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Old Sep 30, 2015, 11:54 AM
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When I was in a physical rehab recently, a psychologist interviewed me. When I told her I was bipolar 2, she immediately asked me about what psychoses had been diagnosed. I was blank, didn't know what she was talking about.

When I saw my psychiatrist next I asked him, and he said she was referring to my delusions and dissociating. He had never spoken of them in terms of psychoses because he doesn't consider most bipolar2s as being strictly psychotic because most were like mine--a way of dealing with the reality I was in, something that I felt threatened me and I either remove myself to somewhere else by dissociating or changing threats (e.g., shadows moving around me, a sense of someone being in the next room) into something friendly (shadows are animals who've passed on but linger to support me., people in other rooms also passed on but always within reach if I need their wisdom and strength. I have in fact rid myself of the negatives in my immediate space.

Now, if we were eyeball to eyeball and you asked me did I truly believe my dog was laying on my feet last night or were my grandfathers in the next room, sending me support and helping me explore my options--in that case, I would say no, I don't think these beliefs are reality. I know I'm manipulating what my senses experience into something my brain can use or at least not worry about.

Thank you for your question, coldwut. It's something I've wondered about but never put into words before. I hope a lot of people respond to this so we call all learn more about it. Take care of you.

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Old Sep 30, 2015, 01:19 PM
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I was diagnosed as Bipolar 2 and have some delusional thinking...or at least, it's severe anxiety that gets so amped-up it causes delusional thinking. It's been referred to as 'dysphoric mania'.
I have found that anxiety and stress can make me delusional. I mean, I occasionally have odd beliefs now and then, like there's a camera behind my mirror, but I don't really pay much attention to it. When I am really stressed out, I start paying attention and start freaking out.

The longest episode I had was over two months, and I'm pretty sure I was in a mixed state.
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I was diagnosed as Bipolar 2 and have some delusional thinking...or at least, it's severe anxiety that gets so amped-up it causes delusional thinking. It's been referred to as 'dysphoric mania'.
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I get auditory and visual hallucinations.
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