Hi everybody I’m B I’ve been having psychotic episodes for about 1 and a half months now I’ve been to the doctors and psychiatrist but they didn’t seem to help much my symptoms include violent agreesive mood swings dilusional thinking very mild hallucinations seeing things convinced people are out to get me or poison me I would really love some feed back and help if anybody could please
What do you mean? Those symptoms sounds worrisome, what did the psychiatrist say?
What do the doctors and psychiatrist say about it?
Are you on any medicines, have you been diagnosed yet?
And getting better is a slow progress.
He basically just told me I have psychosis and if the symptoms continue for more than 6 months I’ll go under tests for scitzophrenia but it’s really effecting my relationship with my girlfriend
Never got any meds or help off of them the mental health sector in the U.K. Is ridiculous
My only advice would be to keep up the fight. Don’t take no for an answer. Keep pushing them for an answer and telling them it’s urgent and how it’s affecting those around you.
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My brain feels like it’s about to explode I just feel like everything’s collapsing around about me and nobody understands
Try not to panic. If you panic about getting better or worse, you will drive yourself to get worse.
It’s like when one is having anxiety attacks; if you panic about the fact that you’re scared, you’ll get scared over being scared, and it’ll add to the anxiety.
Nobody is expecting you to get better tomorrow. Most people are pretty understanding that these things take time. And if they aren’t irl… You’ve come to the right forum. We of all people understand you.
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Thank you so much yous are the only people I’ve ever mentioned this to other than my partner/doctor when I start to get stressed I tend to be more psychotic
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Sorry can’t concentrate well enough to read your post…just wanted to say welcome to the forum and please keep posting. There are a lot of supportive/informed people here.
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I am sorry it seems you are developing symptoms. I am willing to answer questions if you have any.
If you are psychotic you will need professional help.
Huh… where are you located? I am in the US and got antipsychotics immediately. I told my pdoc that I see things that were not there, thought that I could read other peoples’ minds for about two weeks (even did web searches on it), and had trouble with paranoia (though was too embarrassed to get into some of the more serious paranoia issues). I also told him about the panic attacks and randomly feeling depressed or anxious for several days at a time.
He gave me a low dose of antipsychotic prescription at that meeting. But I still have no diagnosis. The seeing things did not go away until I got the 10mg abilify and had been on it for a couple weeks.
I’m in the uk (Scotland) I have ADHD also he says he never wanted to prescribe me anti psychotics because it might make my ADHD worst bearing in mind I went into this room to talk to hi. After a 3 day break down basically I had cut my arms chest and gave my self a black eye so the voices in my head would shut up he says because I had insight into it not being real I never needed anti psychotic drugs I’ve been my hardest trying to control but last episode I had I trashed. My apartment I self harmed I attacked my girlfriend and her dad I pulled a machete on him luckily nobody was seriously hurt and there where no police involved I’m going to end up getting sectioned under the mental health act that’s my biggest fear
Is there any way you can get an appointment with a different psychiatrist? It can’t hurt to get a second opinion from a professional.
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