Posts Tagged ‘Psychosis’

Falling sensation: Is this psychosis?

Is the sensation of falling a symptom of psychosis? It feels like I am falling or going to fall. I searched around the internet this morning to find an answer to my question and I was unable to find anything that sounded even remotely related to this sensation. Has anyone else experienced this? Standing, it [...]

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All About Bipolar: Remembering someone who had psychosis

Psychosis can lead to death at your own hands. I have seen it firsthand. Talking about psychosis the other day made me remember a portion of my early childhood. My grandparents owned a rent house that was right next door to their house. There was a man named Bobby who lived in the rent house [...]

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All About Bipolar: My experience with psychosis

Psychosis is a common symptom of bipolar I disorder, but it is often misunderstood by those who have not experienced it firsthand. I have bipolar I disorder with psychotic features. Over the past few years I have experienced psychosis a number of times and each time it seems to be different. I believe this is [...]

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All About Bipolar: Long rant…hypochondriac? Puh-leeze

Sometimes I feel like no matter how hard I try, things just aren’t going to get any better. Today is one of those days. My husband has always been the one person I am completely honest with. I have always told him exactly how I was feeling and I thought he tried to understand what [...]

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All About Bipolar: Very lucid dreams?

Oh, the things medication used to treat bipolar disorder do to your brain. I have had much worse side effects while taking other medications but this is down right annoying. I don’t feel like there is much difference between this and psychosis. Psychosis is when the lines between reality and imagination are blurred and it [...]

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All About Bipolar: Psychosis…again

My last round of psychosis was somewhat amusing and less bothersome. This round is starting off on a bad note. It kept me awake most of last night and now I am exhausted with tons of things to do today. I had just finished watching a comedy and turned off the television to go to [...]

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All About Bipolar: The Eye and psychosis

I was reminded of psychosis this weekend and it frightened me beyond belief. Have you seen the movie The Eye with Jessica Alba? If you have and you have experienced psychosis, then you understand what I am talking about. If not, then this movie should give you a good idea of what it is like. [...]

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All About Bipolar: Bipolar I – Symptoms and Characteristics

Most people do not know that there are four types of bipolar disorder. While they may share the same basic characteristics, each one varies in severity and one type has additional symptoms. Bipolar is often commonly misspelled as bi polar or bi-polar. The four types of bipolar disorder are: * Bipolar I * Bipolar II [...]

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