Posted by bleauberry on March 1, 2010, at 18:43:59
In reply to How do I know if I'm psychotic?, posted by JohnnyBLinux on March 1, 2010, at 15:07:25
I would be curious to know exactly what behaviors are leading someone to think of you as psychotic.
Even a normal healthy person who takes ritalin for a few days can experience a change in behavior, some for the better, some for the worse. That doesn't mean there is anything wrong with them. Certainly you couldn't call someone freaking out on ritalin psycotic. It's a reaction to too much of stimulant. It goes away when the stimulant is reduced or stopped.
Your dose might just be a little too much. It doesn't mean it needs to be stopped. If it is helping you a lot, then it means the dose probably needs to be lowered. Or it may mean it needs a counterbalance...such as a low dose of lexapro, zoloft, or prozac. But it doesn't mean it needs to be stopped. That is unless you are throwing temper tantrems, getting delusional, going on spending sprees, feeling suspicious of others, getting emotionally sensitive to stuff that is meaningless, acting manic-like, getting in arguments, being unusually rebellious, engaging in excessive sex, stuff like that.
It really depends on what symptoms they are seeing in you and how severe or not they are.
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