[Natalya]

Is it true the brain suffers from brain damage after every psychotic episode?

I've never heard that before. It's worth looking into. I'm interested in the responses that you get.
I remember mentioning to my doctor while I was in the ward that my brain felt different after my episode. She said that's probably because it is different. So, perhaps if not brain damage then some kind of change occurs?

[CopperStar]

I believe that depending on the severity and nature of the psychosis, and how it is handled by others, it can be traumatic. And trauma does change the brain. I don't think it is really brain "damage" but I also think subjectively one could feel like it is damage if the effects are negative. If you look up studies on how trauma changes the brain, I think it is kind of like that. Because I know I have had a couple psychotic episodes that were traumatic.

[Shmooey]

I recently asked my pdoc this question after a particularly long and intense psychotic episode. She said that they really don't know whether the brain is damaged or not, but that brain damage occurs when not enough oxygen is in the brain. So I guess the question is whether oxygen deprivation occurs during psychosis? I didn't feel any smarter after her answer.

I feel like psychosis does cause brain damage. Every time I go through a bad episode, I go that much farther down the continuum of "I'll never be the same again."