[tom2123]

Does anyone know if not wanting to eat can be a sign of psychosis? Could it also be a dissociative thing?

[Angelique67]

Hi Tom, that would depend on the reason for not wanting to eat. It's also a feature of depression.

[junkDNA]

Originally Posted by tom2123

Does anyone know if not wanting to eat can be a sign of psychosis? Could it also be a dissociative thing?

my voices would tell me not to eat

[Atypical_Disaster]

Not wanting to eat has happened to me as a result of psychotic states before. I most commonly started believing that food was poison and it gets weirder from there.

[newtus]

same with me that atypical_disaster said. I thought my food was poisoned. I still sometimes think that my water is poisoned occasionally.

[tom2123]

Originally Posted by Angelique67

Hi Tom, that would depend on the reason for not wanting to eat. It's also a feature of depression.

Right, I should've been more descriptive in my original post.

I'm not exactly sure why it happens or why I don't feel like eating, but I think it could be related to the dissociative symptoms I experience. (I have severe depersonalization/derealization symptoms) And when I was doing really bad this summer I wasn't eating for awhile and I experience this on and off still. It's not that I'm not eating because I think it's poisoned or something like that, it's like I just don't get hungry or don't even remember to eat. Just wanted to know if it could be a sign that my condition is progressing. I was so bad this summer my mom would offer me food and I'd just refuse it, it was like eating wasn't a part of my routine anymore. It felt very unnatural and wrong and definitely related to my mental illness.

[junkDNA]

Originally Posted by tom2123

Right, I should've been more descriptive in my original post.

I'm not exactly sure why it happens or why I don't feel like eating, but I think it could be related to the dissociative symptoms I experience. (I have severe depersonalization/derealization symptoms) And when I was doing really bad this summer I wasn't eating for awhile and I experience this on and off still. It's not that I'm not eating because I think it's poisoned or something like that, it's like I just don't get hungry or don't even remember to eat. Just wanted to know if it could be a sign that my condition is progressing. I was so bad this summer my mom would offer me food and I'd just refuse it, it was like eating wasn't a part of my routine anymore. It felt very unnatural and wrong and definitely related to my mental illness.

are you on a new med? has anything changed?

[tom2123]

Originally Posted by junkDNA

are you on a new med? has anything changed?

No, I've never been on meds for a continuous period of time whilst experiencing these symptoms for all these years. I have drug induced depersonalization/derealization from a bad drug experience. I don't think I've been firmly/officially diagnosed with anything though although my doctor(s) do know definitely that I'm experiencing dp/dr symptoms and have been for years.
As for if anything changed, like I said Im not as bad as I was during parts of this summer, Im back to eating more normally but I still experience this on and off I believe. Even if I dont really truly have that experience anymore, Im still curious as to what that was exactly that I was going through this summer with the not eating thing. Very alarming and concerning for sure. It felt like I was dipping into psychosis to be honest, but I'm not entirely sure about that which is why I'm asking about it here.

[mindfullymindless]

What drug induced your dp/dr symptoms?

[tom2123]

Originally Posted by mindfullymindless

What drug induced your dp/dr symptoms?

Synthetic Marijuana.

Originally Posted by tom2123

Does anyone know if not wanting to eat can be a sign of psychosis? Could it also be a dissociative thing?

Whenever an episode starts for me I always seem to go off my food. I'm not sure why but I don't even feel hungry and I usually feel a bit sick when I try to eat. I didn't think my food was poisoned but I did think people were trying to make me eat certain foods. I went for 3 weeks without any food just water because I didn't feel hungry at all. I only ate because I was threatened with going to hospital if I didn't eat. I'm not sure why it happens to be honest but it's usually an early indicator that I'm entering an episode

[tom2123]

Originally Posted by unsure123

Whenever an episode starts for me I always seem to go off my food. I'm not sure why but I don't even feel hungry and I usually feel a bit sick when I try to eat. I didn't think my food was poisoned but I did think people were trying to make me eat certain foods. I went for 3 weeks without any food just water because I didn't feel hungry at all. I only ate because I was threatened with going to hospital if I didn't eat. I'm not sure why it happens to be honest but it's usually an early indicator that I'm entering an episode

Ok thanks. Do you get any other physical manifestations or indicators? Like trouble swallowing food, excess saliva? anything?

Originally Posted by tom2123

Ok thanks. Do you get any other physical manifestations or indicators? Like trouble swallowing food, excess saliva? anything?

No not any I can think of. The only other thing I have a problem with is sleeping. My mind doesn't seem to switch off which in turn just makes my symptoms worse.

[tom2123]

Originally Posted by unsure123

No not any I can think of. The only other thing I have a problem with is sleeping. My mind doesn't seem to switch off which in turn just makes my symptoms worse.

If you wouldn't mind, do you think you could describe those symptoms?

Originally Posted by tom2123

If you wouldn't mind, do you think you could describe those symptoms?

The symptom I mainly struggle with is delusions. What I mean by making my symptoms worse is that i start to think that I'm being kept awake on purpose to make me slip into a psychotic state. Then I normally start experiencing thoughts that don't seem to be mine and voices. It gradually just gets worse from there. I always find hidden meanings in words people say, adverts on tv, music etc.