Bipolar Disorder Support Group
Bipolar disorder is not just a single disorder, but a category of mood disorders marked by periods of abnormally high energy and euphoria, often accompanied by bouts of clinical depression. This is the place to talk about your experience with bipolar disorder, learn from others' experiences, and find support.
I can have psychosis, but ive learnt to tell myself the things im seeing or hearing are not real. However, if i am delusional,I cannot tell what is real and what is not and get completely out of check with reality...
i know this wasn't explained very well but im very medicated right now!!!
And the last god knows how long is mushed into one. i dont know what was a dream and what i was awake for and even if it was either of the above. im answering my boyfriend when hes not saying anything... buildings are growing or shrinkind and things are moving when to everyone else they look still. People keep telling me i'm paranoid...
but im noticing that all this is weird... you see, im confused by that part.
I think fear, anxiety, and paranoia would be symptoms. Also, other's opinions can confirm or deny the accuracy of your feelings.
Anxiety can spiral out of control and make you over react to something that may actually be minor.
Are you taking any meds? Anti-depressants are terrible for BP's. They are actually mood destabilizers for us. Before I was diagnosed with bp, I took zoloft for 6 months. Toward the end of it, I thought I was going crazy and it scared the crap out of me.
Some people have insight for *some* of their moods (someone mentioned mania - I can tell when I'm hypomanic, but can't tell when it flips from hypo to full blown).
It sounds like you have pretty good insight right now. This would be a good time to call your Pdoc for a check in.
I asked my boyfriend what he thought, and he said 'your clearly going up' but I know that much... i think. I dont know. every day feels v different at the moment. even every hour sometimes.
I had a Dr in the ER tell me once that I was experiencing the cruelest kind of mental illness to be psychotic and know it .He said it would be less traumatic if I didn't realize it.I'm like DUH !!!! LOL
Good luck to ya.:)
whatcha think?