Posted by daizy on December 12, 2002, at 12:42:02
In reply to Re: Psychosis, posted by linkadge on December 12, 2002, at 11:58:18
>i Thought it was just anxiety that i had at first, then i took effexor and stared to get really depressed, am still on it now, but i just kinda feel like im in space somewhere, I do get really paranoid and i see things that arent there, like in the crners of my eyes, fast movements make me confused and i muddle my speech sometimes. I have changes=d my living habits i dont go anywhere or do anthing, stuck at home all day, dont sleep at night. Just kinda got a sence of doom is coming, something bad is going to happen. Thanx for your explanation, i just needed to know if what i had was bad depression or something else. what do you think? and do you have any suggestions of hoew i tell my doctor what im going through? Anyone? im getting desperate. Thanx, much appreciated.......
Paychosis generally starts with an abject
> sence of fear, perhaps paranoia - like somthing bad is always about to happen. People then tend to change their life-style and living habits
> in attempts to controll their sence of fear.
> At this stage, psychosis generally is based on
> a world event. (most often something on the news)
>
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> They may feel it necessary to keep many guns an amunition in the house, or perhaps install many locks.
>
> The sensations typically grow and become more abstract. The person will prepare for things that they have absolutely no involvement in. People in this stage start to think that they are a very important person. (That the survival of mankind somehow depends on them) They start to believe they are a part of abstract or nonexistant scenarios, involving space aliens, god, Jesus, the pope, the president of the united states etc. They may form strage rituals that they believe are sustaining them or the world etc.
>
> In the more advanced stages, people feel extremely paranoid of everybody, and everything. They generally seclude themselves from others because they believe that others are 'in on it' or 'against them' etc. They may hear voices telling them to do things. Some see visual hallucainations but this is generally rare.
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> You do not need to be at the ending stages to be diagnosed, or treated.
>
> Example of classical psychosis.
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> Anna, who was 15 yrs old began to believe
> that her older brother was sneeking into
> her bed at night and injecting her with
> cocaine. She began to lock her door
> at night to keep him out. When asked
> by her parrents, she could provide no evidence
> but she just had this very unqunchable sensation that this was what was happening
>
>
>
> Hope this helps a little
>
> Linkadge
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