I had a psychosis 9 years ago and it was probably mania that triggered it…but I haven’t had neither a high that high or a psychosis since.
So if I come off the antipsychotic with permission and under guidance what are the chances of it returning ?
Want to stay on the mood stabiliser though
Yep.I am off all meds now,I am at the next chapter of my life.Life is still bearable,but I still get depress half the time and anxious mostly.Didnt have any psychosis at all,I was probably misdiagnosed.10 month clear antipsychotic
If mania triggered your psychosis then most doctors would want to keep you on an antipsychotic, even if it was 9 years ago.
Besides, the Abilify has mood stabilizing properties.
But I do understand.
What was your psychosis like? What symptoms did you have?
I guess so @Wave but I’m going to think about coming off if I don’t development another psychosis in the next five years.
@moonwalker , very vague recollection of having delusions. I kind of got obsessed with a colleague … To the point I wrote loads and loads to him. In terms of delusions…
One I remember was I started looking for properties to move out in because (I worked in a hospital at the time) my colleagues thought I had such empathetic powers they were gonna invest in me being a doctor. So I could afford it
t he parcels in the office belonged to me as it was my new lab coat … So stupid
Basically I was full of myself I thought everyone was in love with me
I’m no dr, but my feeling is that you probably don’t need an AP
It was definitely psychosis and I’m not denying that. I will look into coming off in a few more years hopefully.
Bipolar with psychotic features is a short term state. I don’t see why you’d be on an AP when the psychosis is gone
Bipolar disorder type 1 with psychotic features is a long term chronic illness.
It is usually managed with medications like mood stabilizers and antipsychotics.
Nothing to take lightly.
What’s the difference between that and sza. I always thought that bp with psychotic features was temporary. I was originally dx that so I’m curious
schizoaffective disorder is a mood disorder combined with separate psychotic symptoms that are not attached to mania or depression.
That answers part of it
There is usually a very fine line between bipolar 1 with psychotic features and sza.
Basically with bipolar, the psychosis happens during a mood episode, but with sza the psychosis can occur outside of a mood episode.
what meds’re you on?
10mg Abiify and 600mg Tegretol
I think the most important thing for a person with bipolar is to take their mood stabilizer whichvyou already said you plan on doing. So that’s good. I don’t know if it’ll return but you can always call your pdoc if you start to lose it again.
You shouldn’t tell her not to take her AP.
In Bipolar 1 the episodes themselves are temporary, but without proper medical intervention the episodes will typically reoccur throughout the persons life.
I don’t think @Moonwalker meant that besides I plan to do it under supervision if I do and my pdoc did say it was an option but I’m waiting for the right time as I recently come out of depression.
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