[kenshin99]

I was just released from the hospital again. The doctor there told me he feels my anxiety is so high its causing my psychosis. The voices and visual hallucinations are out of control and I just don't know what to do. The hospital doctor told me me to stop worrying about psychosis and concentrate on my anxiety. Has anyone heard this before? My depression is only getting more severe cause my psychosis wont let up. Just looking for some thoughts on anxiety and psychosis. Thanks.

[Sometimes psychotic]

So I had one major psychotic break and that was thought to be triggered by stress...specifically social anxiety. I got cbt therapy and that helped a lot. In my case the cbt was also tailored toward psychosis but we dealt with anxiety as well. I mean you still need an antipsychotic so I hope he gave you something for it but once you are stabilized you can start dealing with what triggered the break/hospitalization if it was due to stress/anxiety.

[ThatsMe1981]

Well, just in case the doctor didn't rule it out some anti-psychotics cause anxiety as a side effect. This was the case for me and Geodon. While on Geodon I'd get the worst feelings of anxiety that I ever experienced. It tended to happen in the evening and it would feel as if I was jumping out of my skin. However, it would sometimes happen during the day in social environments. I switched from Geodon to Saphris and now I don't experience anxiety.

However, if this is not the case for you. I second the recommendation for CBT therapy. I saw a CBT therapist for a period of time and he helped me immensely with the condition.

[kenshin99]

Thank you for replying.
Thats the problem. I don't feel my psychosis is stable. People keep telling me i'm crazy and not to think like that but I have very strong beliefs right now and they are pretty severe if they really are not true. They won't prescribe me anything for my anxiety accept ativan and I don't do well on that. I don't know I'm just frustrated. They kicked me out of the hospital cause they said my anxiety is to high yet they didn't care about how unsafe I am. I can't go to a doctor til the 16th but i'm afraid my family will force me back into the hospital before then. Anxiety is a part of my life. I feel like right now I need to be stabilized not focus on anxiety.

[DePressMe]

kenshine, anxiety is a major component of my psychosis--they go hand in hand--if one gets bad then the other gets bad along with it. My approach to dealing with my illness is different than what the doc told you. I don't think its reasonable-or even possible-for me to just focus on my anxiety or just on my psychosis because they are so intertwined and I need to manage both of them to get better. Can you find another T or pdoc? I feel for you about the anxiety...and the psychosis...its difficult to go through...

[dmhobbit]

Originally Posted by kenshin99

I was just released from the hospital again. The doctor there told me he feels my anxiety is so high its causing my psychosis. The voices and visual hallucinations are out of control and I just don't know what to do. The hospital doctor told me me to stop worrying about psychosis and concentrate on my anxiety. Has anyone heard this before? My depression is only getting more severe cause my psychosis wont let up. Just looking for some thoughts on anxiety and psychosis. Thanks.

Hi kenshen99,

I too have psychosis (schizoaffective) with panic disorder and am on a tall order of meds. Fortunately for me the psychosis is handled well by my Zyprexa. The Xanax I take for my severe anxiety, just barely lets me get out in public ! I can't be in a room with more than five people or I feel the need to get out - including grocery stores.

Hang tight and keep on working with your p-doc for medline evaluations and let him/her know about your persistant anxiety issues!

TC, much peace,

[Victoria'smom]

I am so glad to see this post. I've recently went through stress induced paranoia and thought I developed BPD because that was the only thing I could find on stress induced paranoia. My anxiety likes to run ramped sometimes and I notice more psychotic symptoms.

[worthit]

Interesting, Miguel' s,my pdoc wants to change me from sza to BPD. Ill have to look into it more, but I think he's wrong. Sza really fits me.

[dmhobbit]

I know this may be sleep related, but after a busy day at work and then band practice I come home to lie down a bit and put on my mp3 player and then wake up at 3am remembering that I didn't take my meds!!! so I have to take them and then stay up and then crash late in the morning. I had to call off the job site today b/c I am about to fall asleep and would be no use to them if I can barely keep my eyes open. Should I just take my night meds when I get in the door even if its only 9pm? I'm thinking yes, but then I might be waking up at 5am several hours before work. Suggestions? Comments?

I take my tricyclic antidepressant (sinequan), my antipsychotic (zyprexa), and an off-label antipsychotic for sleep (Seroquel 100mg) at night. I must be fooling myself if I think I can just lie down "for a few minutes" as tired as I am and not take my meds. Thanks for letting me vent and just had to write it down somewhere.

[worthit]

I take Latuda at 6 p.m. So I am tired by 9 o'clock. I sleep for about five or six hours. Then if I awaken and can't get back to sleep I take a klonopin or something to sleep (which is lunesta). That's if I have enough hours to sleep before I have to get up.

[ashland]

he very much can live with this just take him to a pdoc and let the pdoc get him squred away.