When I am psychotic small details seem hugely important and significant things can pale in comparison. What is the term for this type of symptom, is it thought distortion?
Im not sure I get what you’re describing. Though I have symptoms that i also would call thought distortion, but its like my actual thoughts stretch and grow in my mind like an expansive psychedelic experience. My thoughts sometimes feel like the bubbles in a lava lamp. Its pretty scary.
I know that deep depression can change your thinking too. I know this because I have it. My mind feels like its burnt toast too. I get hung up on stupid ■■■■ but again I think its from being out of social practice, possibly also from being demoralized from the illness and maybe again some depression slowing down the thought process. I don’t know if that helps but I kind of get the gist of what you’re describing
For me it doesn’t feel like my thoughts are a physical thing which is stretching or shrinking. It feels like normal or unimportant ideas spend a long time in my brain. Like ideas which would normally happen very quickly take a long time to go away.
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Never had this, but seroquel did a great job of messing me up. It didn’t suit me, to say the least.
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I have a counsellor who has other clients. He tells me that some people who are stable continue to hear voices. I know from my own experience with psychosis, voices can be tormenting and obsessive, grinding you down. As well, they can be delusive, tricking you into believing things which are neither true nor rational. I believe in the use of a mantra to block out intrusive thoughts. Do we need to control the mind.
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My inserted thoughts lately are the painful past haunting me and replaying in my brain over and over. It’s painful and distracting from the life I should be living. My idea of thought distortion is when I begin to become psychotic and my thoughts get crazy-er
47, have you tried Risperdal? I’ve always related to the experiences you’ve posted on here and Risperdal basically cured me of the same things, I’m symptom-free 95% of the time.
That’s what I take is Risperdal. I am being patient while I hope my symptoms will improve. I tried switching to Latuda but had unbearable restlessness and insomnia. Risperdal has kept me from relapsing for 10 months, so it’s helping, but I still am haunted by the painful past. I actually had that before I had a mental illness. I had a really rough life. I’m working on focusing on the present. I need to meditate, I think.
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Meditation and guided hypnosis has helped me. I really hope you can recover just like I did. If I can then you can, there is hope. And I believe in prayer, so I prayed for you.
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Thank you very much. I appreciate iit
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