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newtus · Sep 29, 2015, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster

I'm just going to point out that as someone who is constantly psychotic in some form or another(this is based on what my treatment team and people who are close to me say), I never know I'm psychotic until it gets pointed out to me and I don't believe it when it's pointed out but I am able to acknowledge that I am thinking differently than most people do, that's about as much insight as I have. I'm not saying you're psychotic, I'm just saying that people who are truly psychotic don't go around saying, "I think I'm psychotic right now".

i say "i think im psychotic right now" to keep checks on myself. im so afraid of my episodes and stuff that i try to use that phrase to calm myself down and keep me in the moment. i know it sounds weird but its like how i stroke my arm when i have anxiety.

Atypical_Disaster · Sep 29, 2015, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by newtus

i say "i think im psychotic right now" to keep checks on myself. im so afraid of my episodes and stuff that i try to use that phrase to calm myself down and keep me in the moment. i know it sounds weird but its like how i stroke my arm when i have anxiety.

That makes sense to me, I wasn't thinking about you when I wrote that post I was just saying like in general you know? I think it's good that you're trying to keep checks on yourself. I can't do that very well...

newtus · Sep 29, 2015, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster

That makes sense to me, I wasn't thinking about you when I wrote that post I was just saying like in general you know? I think it's good that you're trying to keep checks on yourself. I can't do that very well...

its easier to keep checks on yourself with meds and practicing it but ive been having trouble lately. a lot of trouble.

Atypical_Disaster · Sep 29, 2015, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by newtus

its easier to keep checks on yourself with meds and practicing it but ive been having trouble lately. a lot of trouble.

Yeah... I've been watching your posts it does seem like you're having problems lately. That just sucks.

Sep 30, 2015, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Loial

I'm not really sure what you expect an MRI to show. You've already had one that was clear so why would you suddenly expect to find something now? It would stand to reason that this symptom is related to your original psychosis which you know wasn't caused by a brain tumour... it's not like they could have missed it.

Also just because you don't 'feel' psychotic doesn't mean you can't have hallucinations related to a psychotic disorder... I understand you aren't diagnosed with anything but that doesn't mean your psychosis isn't related to mental health problems. Many psychiatrists are unwilling to put labels on people where it isn't definitive.

I seriously doubt they will be open to the idea of a second MRI since they've already given you one too.

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Originally Posted by Atypical_Disaster

I'm just going to point out that as someone who is constantly psychotic in some form or another(this is based on what my treatment team and people who are close to me say), I never know I'm psychotic until it gets pointed out to me and I don't believe it when it's pointed out but I am able to acknowledge that I am thinking differently than most people do, that's about as much insight as I have. I'm not saying you're psychotic, I'm just saying that people who are truly psychotic don't go around saying, "I think I'm psychotic right now".

Thanks for your input guys. I really don't feel psychotic, if anything I feel manic. Could that be it? I went to my nurse today and he said I should see my pdoc tomorrow but I'd rather wait until the other good doc comes back in a couple of weeks. I know this guy that's on at the moment is just going to force medication down my throat and give out to me for not following along with the "plan"! So I'll wait a couple of weeks. I'm hoping these two incidents where isolated and won't happen again, I've been feeling better anyway in a sense that I'm not confused and thinking mad crazy reasons as to why I had those visions.

My nurse also said it could have been caused by the fact I'm not really sleeping and haven't been for a good few weeks. I don't feel the need to sleep and my mood is so good I don't want to change it so I'm not going to force myself.

I'm still going to push for an MRI or an EEG just to be sure.

Oct 01, 2015, 06:14 AM

I have bipolar 1 with occasional psychotic features and have experienced this several times. It's terrifying and fortunately I haven't had this happen in a long time. AP's took it away. xo

Atypical_Disaster · Oct 01, 2015, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by chickenfoot

Thanks for your input guys. I really don't feel psychotic, if anything I feel manic. Could that be it? I went to my nurse today and he said I should see my pdoc tomorrow but I'd rather wait until the other good doc comes back in a couple of weeks. I know this guy that's on at the moment is just going to force medication down my throat and give out to me for not following along with the "plan"! So I'll wait a couple of weeks. I'm hoping these two incidents where isolated and won't happen again, I've been feeling better anyway in a sense that I'm not confused and thinking mad crazy reasons as to why I had those visions.

My nurse also said it could have been caused by the fact I'm not really sleeping and haven't been for a good few weeks. I don't feel the need to sleep and my mood is so good I don't want to change it so I'm not going to force myself.

I'm still going to push for an MRI or an EEG just to be sure.

If mania gets taken to an extreme, it can become psychotic mania. Also, not sleeping enough can cause psychotic symptoms in and of itself. Back when I had akathisia in early 2013 I was hallucinating like mad (I was having a bunch of visual hallucinations, it was really strange because normally I almost NEVER have distinct visuals) because I hadn't slept more than an hour or two a night for over two weeks until I finally just took myself off of that **** medication that was causing it. Not fun!

Whatever is going on, I wish you the best of luck in resolving it all; and all I'm doing posting here is just theorizing on what could be the problem. I'm not a professional of course I'm just a lady with Schizophrenia, I am just sharing my thoughts and/or personal experience.

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