Posted by Solstice on August 28, 2011, at 14:19:46
In reply to Re: Are you disabled?, posted by Christ_empowered on August 28, 2011, at 10:03:58
> yeah, they call it "Bipolar I with psychotic features," which I guess is the best they could come up with. Agitated, manic psychosis; slow, mind-numbing psychosis...anxiety in between. Apparently, I don't have a "thought disorder" or anything else that would qualify for schizophrenia, so bipolar it is.
CE - or anyone - I am not clear on what psychosis is... on what it *looks* like. It would be helpful to me if those who have experienced psychosis can describe for me what makes an episode one that's called psychosis, as opposed to, for example, mania. In an episode of psychosis, are you aware of being in an altered state? Maybe it's very different for each person, and it would be very valuable to hear about different experiences with it. My work often involves patients with 'altered-mental-status,' and I think it would be helpful to me to better understand the range of characteristics that manifest during a psychotic episode.
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