Posted by violette on June 11, 2010, at 2:54:05
In reply to thinking about adding antipsychotic., posted by Hunk20 on June 10, 2010, at 13:16:14
A sort of transient psychosis can occur with depression, anxiety, mania, after abruptly quitting alcohol or drugs, or in times of high stress/feeling overwhelming emotions. This can also occur with people who have borderline or narcissistic tendencies, etc.
Most of the time, it does not indicate schizophrenia....I also recall reading that people with schizophrenia are more likely to have auditory delusions rather than visual hallucinations...not sure if I remember correctly but that can be googled.
I remember when you first posted, it sounded as if you had mania approaching the borderline of delusions/psychosis. I wouldn't worry about schizophrenia (its not as if you don't have enough to worry about now!) and your PDoc might say a mood stabilizer, rather than an antipsychotic, is necessary. Or maybe just lowering the dose of your current anti-depressant?
Hang in there-you sound like a courageous individual. Therapy often gets worse before it things get better...In many ways, its a sign that therapy is "working".
Did you know you were having the psychosis at the time, or at least part of the time? If you did, I'm quite certain its not schizophrania. Let us know how it goes.
Best,
Violette
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