psychosis vs. schizophrenia.

Wow thats gonna take so much for me to actually get out there and run. I dont remember that last time I really exversised. I mean im not obese or anything im around 5 10 178lbs but in the worst shape of my life.

is psychosis and schizophrenia basically the same thing?

So there is something called drug induced psychosis...it isn't necessarily a mental illness because it happens only when you use...there are also potential medical causes like epilepsy brain tumors etc those aren't mental illnesses either...everything I went though above was a psych condition...so you probably don't have a mental illness yet if it only happens when you use drugs or alcohol...stimulants like adderall up regulate dopamine which contributes to psychosis...the early models actually used amphetamines to trigger it...

If you are having active hallucinations is that automatically considered psychosis? Or does that count under the reduced functioning?

Not really, no. Say if someone starts talking to a tree once.....and the tree talks back that is a form of psychosis. The fact that they just took a hit of acid an two hours ago makes no difference, the experience is still deemed psychotic by pdocs. Of course, the tree talking was caused by the acid, but the fact that it was from drugs does not make a difference to shrinks. You might be a totally sane person, but the experience was insane. If someone has the same experience once without taking acid, but it never happens again then the experience is still deemed psychotic by pdocs whether you are sane or not. However, if this happens all every day for at least 6 months and you cannot function, then your deemed schizophrenic. If the same guy who took the acid keeps conversing with trees 6 months later then he has drug induced schizophrenia