[xavier.s]

I use to get anxiety before but it's what I call normal anxiety, like maybe social anxiety or test anxiety. However the past month has been brutal hell. My brain feels on fire all the time and I'm having constant derealization. I have feelings that I'm dead or that the world is not real and I'm not even living. I'm completely sober but when I use to do drugs it feels kinda like a bad trip on edibles or something like that but 24/7. So here are the hallucinations, when I'm really out of it I'll see patterns like the tiles on the floor will move and I'll see shadows in the corner of my eyes. I dont hear voices or see people, but I have extreme paranoia and weird thoughts. When I had an episode at school, all of a sudden a ton of weight felt on my left side and I felt like I couldn't walk in a straight line like I kept walking to the left because of the weight. I then started getting extremely paranoid that people were seeing me not walk in a straight line and that I was tweaking. I then ran to my car and took some xanax, I got prescribed, and in 10 minutes I was sedated and didn't feel like that. Is this just severe constant panic attacks? or maybe signs of early schizophrenia. I'm 18 male so this would be the time schizophrenia would most likely develop. Please help, I'm going to see a psych but I need to know if this is serious or not thank you.

[Sometimes psychotic]

I'd say it's fairly serious as in it needs to be checked out. At the same time it's treatable so don't worry too much but yes it does sound like some sort of psychosis....some people just have one episode their whole lives, usually caused by high levels of stress.

I'm glad that you are going to see a Dr. They will likely recommend complete abstention from drugs because they could be causing your problems, or exacerbating them if you have an underlying MI. The effects of drugs can last longer than people think, especially with repeated use.

I hope that you feel better and get some answers (without abstaining from drugs, your Dr will not be able to tell if the drugs are causing the problem or if it is an underlying MI). If it is psychosis, whether drug-induced or otherwise, as Sometimes said, it can be treatable and it's not the end of the world

*Willow*