Discussion Anyone else had/stil suffer from psychosis?

[MrBlue]

I myself have been diagnosed with and apparently suffer/ed psychotic symptoms with my depression and OCD. I still can't shake the feeling that my "delusions and hallucinations" about myself are actually legit, and still might be true...because they weren't anything far fetched or unbelievable. In fact the only people to directly dispute them were my family and paid professionals, both likely to lie to prevent my mental health deteriorating further. Everything else is pretty major evidence in support of them, especially the way people distance themselves from me/don't want anything to do with me, but then that could be my mental state itself when I haven't been able to hide it.

 

[UpsidedownStar]

I do. But nobody will give me a direct diagnosis. Could be schizophrenia, could be depression with psychotic features, could be anything. But I've had some far-out-there beliefs that I won't delve into, other than the concept that I will get a second chance at life after I CTB, ironically. Therapy doesn't help much, my new antipsychotic (3mg Invega) work better than my old antipsychotic (15mg Abilify) are doing alright at keeping the major psychotic thoughts down, but it's actually probably made my ideation and desire to CTB even stronger.

 

[SHThrowAway213]

Yes.
I have to be on antipsychotics to function otherwise I just can't.
The hallucinations take over if I don't take them.

 

[mathieu]

Yes, I have had delusions and paranoia. I take 3mg of Rexulti. Right now I don't believe the delusions anymore and am not paranoid. So that's good. It's nice to be able to trust people again.

 

[FadingAway]

Yes it wrecked my life and took everything from me

 

[Slow85]

Yes , I have schizoaffective disorder. Delusional thinking is hard because it really can seem to
Real so you have my sympathies there x

 

[esse_est_percipi]

I still can't shake the feeling that my "delusions and hallucinations" about myself are actually legit

Would you mind sharing what those are?
Or maybe you'd rather not share them on here, which is fine too

 

[Apathy's Girl]

I have bipolar disorder and am prone to paranoid psychotic episodes. It can be debilitating when it happens and it can last from a few weeks to a month or more because I usually can't get myself to my psychiatrist for meds. The worst part is rationally knowing that what I'm feeling, seeing, hearing isn't real but not being able to stop it and react to it because it feels so real that it must be real. I can't explain it.