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Nov 21, 2016, 10:53 AM
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Last night I started having a bit of a panic attack while at a restaurant, and almost immediately my paranoid thoughts came back. Everyone's talking about me, laughing about me. Which makes me panic even more because the whole world is caving in on me. I managed to leave the restaurant but I haven't really calmed down yet.
Can anxiety cause paranoia like this?
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dx: schizoaffective bipolar type; OCD; GAD rx: clozapine, clonazepam PRN |
 Anonymous45023, xRavenx
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Nov 21, 2016, 10:58 AM
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I think they can co-exist for sure.
Can you be anxious without being paranoid? Yes. Can you be paranoid without being anxious? I doubt it. |
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Nov 21, 2016, 11:08 AM
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Yes, anxiety can but you are left with the chicken egg thing. Which came first? Did anxiety cause the paranoia or did the paranoia cause the anxiety? (((Hugs)))
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