[Nevvy]

Howdy.

Okay, so as the title says, I have been what I can best describe as stable/back to the good ol' days? Okay, no, my anxiety is still sort of there and my mind is all sorts of recovering....but that's a work in progress and it's manageable. I consider myself stable except for the lingering thing below...

But interesting problem I guess? When I had my last crash, I had hallucinations at night while entirely coherent and okay, amplified after drinking. I am experiencing these once again, not to the point where I would run screaming or yelling (it used to be that) but they have returned. Now, my mother has schizoaffective personality disorder, and I have always sort of thought "well...that's how it is, and I guess I can't shake it". Coming from two BP parents, I have sort of been in the "Well, that explains this thing" the more I talk to them, so never really thought "are other people going through this?".

Soooo yea, anyone else experience this?

I don't think it has much to do with stability...it's just a weird thing that seems to have just...stuck.

[Victoria'smom]

schizoaffective isn't a personality disorder it's schizophrenia and Bipolar mixed together basically even with your mood stable you still have psychosis. Which it seems like your talking about. Usually the treatment for SzA is the same as BP except for a higher level of anti psychotic medication. When do you see your dr again? Does your therapist know what's going on? A higher Anti psychotic may help with anxiety too.

I have SzA and my husband has BP. So my son has mood disorder nos.

Hi Nevvy,. Yes, Schizoaffective Disorder is a MI and not a personality disorder (a combination of Schizophrenia and Bipolar).

I have just finished my input about Mary Ellen Copeland's WRAP.
I'll give you the link and hopefully that may give you hope:

https://forums.psychcentral.com/bipo...-wrap-%85.html

Best hopes and wishes for you!

[Nevvy]

Originally Posted by Miguel'smom

schizoaffective isn't a personality disorder it's schizophrenia and Bipolar mixed together basically even with your mood stable you still have psychosis. Which it seems like your talking about. Usually the treatment for SzA is the same as BP except for a higher level of anti psychotic medication. When do you see your dr again? Does your therapist know what's going on? A higher Anti psychotic may help with anxiety too.

I have SzA and my husband has BP. So my son has mood disorder nos.

I see my Pdoc again in two weeks I believe (he just rescheduled on me), but I think I brought it up with him before, but I think dismissed it as lack of sleep and drinking...which he advised me not to drink -period-. Since then it seems to be happening more and more often.

And that's another thing...I got taken off of my anti-psychotic all together awhile ago, I can't remember why, but I think it was a way to just reduce what they thought was ineffective? Didn't even make that relation back then....damn.

Yeah, definitely need to have a good chat with him. I feel a bit dumb now for not making that connection, but good to know that it's not just me and that I could indeed be stable with these things going on. Thank you!

It was a bit of a concerning feeling, because usually my anxiety goes crazy as my relapse warning, but now I am feeling just fine, but with the night crap.

[Victoria'smom]

Try to cut back the drinking until you see your psychiatrist. Drinking can make episodes worse. I'm not sure the cause episodes though. I would ask about adding an antipsychotic to help you anxiety and thoughts.

[Sunflower123]

Good luck with your pdoc appointment. I hope you get things smoothed out. Best wishes.

Best wishes for you Nevvy! If I were you, I would have used time to write down what goes on with you now. Then you can bring this with you to your doctor and it will help so you don't forget anything. I would also have asked to be put on antipsycotic medication again if I were you. Please stop drinking! If that is difficult; one way to do that is to fill your glass to the top and not fill it to the top the next day, the day thereafter continue to fill less in the glass. After a week you have come to the bottom and to the end of alcohol. What about drinking a coke instead? Alcohol may destroy your opertunities to become better.