psychotic symptom

psychotic symptom

Psychiatry A Sx representing an acute mental decompensation–eg, delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech or behavior, or catatonic behavior. See Pain.

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Patient discussion about psychotic symptom.

Q. Hi, everybody. I was wondering how long you've been diagnosed with bipolar and if you had psychotic symptoms? I've been diagnosed for coming on a year this December. how did you handle the news, how do you feel about medication and how do you feel about finding a partner, or how has your partner handled the news? I was totally shocked, stigmatized and ashamed. I thought I did something wrong and God could just heal me. I was in denial. And I flushed my medication down the toilet but I went right back to the hospital. Never want to go there again. I've come to accept it as my thorn in my side and to see the positive aspects of it: more down to earth, better able to relate, more trusting in God, and better able to minister. What do you feel is positive about your illness?

A. Hello Amylove54, I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder about 5 years ago. I Remember the feelings you are talking about as if it was yesterday.. naturally, I was shocked, there is no reason for people to believe they have manic depression the first time they hear about it.. it is so far feached! and so, I was in complete and utter denial.
for about a year, if not longer, I ignored what I was told.
What changed my disbelief was a Major manic attack, witch basically made me do Unthinkable things, that really hurt the feelings of my family and friends, and you can say I lost my job because of my disfuntion at the tiime.thats when I started to think, maybe I do have something.. but stil I wasn't at a state of mind of hlping myself, and so, it did'nt really matter that I had a good therapist, nor that my family and friends really wanted to help/ I was in a battle against the desease, which made it impossible to get better.
It took another year, in which I desided I can beat the desease..