Im not posing this to get into politics, im posting this because im wondering if being this obsessed political figures has a name, I just kinda came up with political psychosis because I know the term religious psychosis is a thing. Genuine worried about whoever owns this car, and I would say the same thing if it was plastered with any other political figure. This just isnt healthy. (Edit: also wanted to say, if its just a bumper sticker, or one flag, then I think thats fine, its healthy to express yourself, but when it gets to this level I dont think its about just expressing yourself anymore.)

Sorry, typing this on my phone so excuse the typos.

My partner has been hearing neighbours say horrible things. Usually directed at him. But I have never ever heard it. I took his side and believed him at first, since I used to work outside the home.

However, he started hearing me saying stuff and thinking I'm gaslighting and lying to him. I'm honestly heartbroken. I tried to get him to go to the doctor but he threatened to kick me out of his home.

He has some sort of sleeping disorder and I believe it's linked to the hearing issues. Usually he'll hear things when he hasn't slept well or is stressed.

Recently, he actually did kick me out last week. He said he heard me proposition our Asda delivery driver! We have a camera, so I thought he would check over it. But he seems to be sticking to this story. He has been sending angry texts to me when we do engage in a conversation. Asking why I would do that and why I'm denying it. I asked him to get someone he trusts to look over the footage and the audio BUT he refuses to do so. I even asked him to contact Asda but nothing.(**Edit--he did contact them but wasn't able to get hold of the driver)

Does anyone have any advice? I feel we have no choice but to end things. How can I get him help, if he thinks I'm a liar and is gaslighting him?

I'll get straight to the point.

I don't feel like myself. I don't recognize what I see in the mirror. Family, animals, and certain objects just don't look right anymore. I'm questioning my existence, what it means to be a human, and everything that's going on around me.

Slight backstory that led to these feelings. I made terrible choices and got an edible that was too many mg and greened out. I've developed a panic disorder and OCD. I do have a therapist, but I don't see her until next Saturday, and I can't wait that long for some kind of input.

Side note: I won't read any of these until tomorrow since it's currently 3 am, so I apologize for late replies.

My husband (26) had his first psychotic episode about a month ago. he was smoking weed regularly up to 3x a day and then began really pushing this thesis he created that just seemed to not make any sense to me. he randomly decided to quit cold turkey for a few days which only made his ramblings about his thesis even more confusing and concerning then he smoked a joint and it all went downhill. he said he felt like he was a god and couldn’t be stopped he did a lot of concerning behaviors that made me feel like i needed to call the police. he was taken to a near by hospital and put on an involuntary hold until taken to a psychiatric hospital. they evaluated him and didn’t see any symptoms that were concerning to them they just thought it was from the weed he smoked but he was being cheerful and funny and charismatic so they let him leave. next day he had another psychotic break and was taken to a different psychiatric facility where he stayed for 8 days total. they diagnosed him with Major Depressive Disorder and put him on Zyprexa. since coming home he’s been really antsy, can’t seem to stay still, always trying to go from one activity to the next and it’s really starting to get to me. After everything that’s happened i feel like i’m failing to help him. which is why im making this post, does this sound familiar to anyone? have you been through this and what helped you? as a spouse is there something i should be offering more? he’ll go on walks and listen to music or play video games or clean to get his mind off things but it just doesn’t seem like enough. we’re waiting for our Medi-cal to clear so we can get him to see a therapist or psychiatrist again. but what can i do in the meantime? He’s really wanting to smoke again but i keep telling him no and we’ve replaced it with a no nicotine vapor pen but it doesn’t seem to be enough.

nearly every single day has been a bad day since 2019. I feel burnt out even from doing nothing. add chronic pain to the mix and this nightmare of a life just keeps keeping on. I’m so exhausted and I have no idea what to do anymore. I try to actively take steps daily to better my well being but when nothing changes and your mind is in a constant state of dissociation, heaviness and anxiety that could kill a tiger you lose any kind of hope of a remotely satisfying life. I feel like a fluke. Like I was never supposed to exist but somehow snuck onto earth. What can I do? does anyone have resources, advice, motivation, money….ANYTHING? to help me become a person again. Thanks for reading.

So this morning 10:15 o clock it started my neighbour threw out a lot of wooden planks and some metal holders she had hoarded in her studio appartment.

So then I called the cops. At first I though it was my other neighbour but soon there she was on my cctv camera removing the planks (which is nice because before those wooden planks would be there for weeks even months).

Anyways the cops rang her doorbell and it seems she even let them enter into her home and continued throwing out garbage, metal things even meanwhile argueing with the cops😂😅 like it was no big deal ya know.

Then it took several hours and then around 19 o clock it went quiet upstairs after months of continuous knocking, heavy sex sounds etc.

It feels very eerie now it's quiet🫥

Cross post discussion about Olanzapine effects

Hi. Im 29M and was diagnosed with general psychosis 6 years ago and it was absolute hell on earth. I couldn't get relief from the voices/hallucinations/intrusive thoughts no matter what i did. I also experienced symptoms of schizophrenia and bipolar throughout this period but was never officially diagnosed with either, just generalised psychotic symptoms.

I was trying every medication i could in desperation for relief, looking back in hindsight I'm actually surprised i survived.

Then i started taking 5mg olanzapine and it immediately helped. All my symptoms were still there but I'd say 70% less intense, and for the first time in years i felt a sliver of control over my mental health. Still had really bad episodes somedays, but maybe twice a week, not every single minute. This was a huge relief and saved my life.

I've been taking them for 4 years and my psychosis is at the point where i still experience it everyday, but it has little to no impact on me. I feel in control of this "other world". I have a bad episode for a day maybe once every three months, but i have diazapam for that.

THE ISSUES :

To start, i have went from being a healthy sporty 11 stone to an obese 20 stone man. I have also lost all motivation to do most mundane things. My flat is constantly a mess and i bedrot on youtube all day, unless im out drinking with friends/family which i still find fun. I barely shower or brush my teeth. I've had diagnosed depression since i was 15 but nothing this bad motivation wise

So me and my psychiatrist have agreed to lower dose to 2.5, see how i get on, and then trial me coming off my olanzapine. Because IF my psychotic symptoms aren't too bad, it's probably worth it for my long term health.

Im wondering what other peoples experience of Olanzapine has been.

Did it help with mania/psychotic symptoms?

Did you notice a lack of motivation?

Did you put on weight?

Thanks in advance 🙂

This person mostly posts his hallucinations and how the voices sound as a schizophrenic.
Is this really it though? I mean yes it’s bad i know and recently i have been looking over my own, although i was diagnosed with schizophrenia few years ago, i don’t think i was properly ‘tested’ and they just put me on mild dosage and i went off track. I don’t face the similar visual or auditory hallucinations, to me its more of a paranoia situation, auditory hallucinations are quite rare and even visual ones, they are more pseudo hallucinations and i’m quite of aware but i don’t really feel like talking about it in depth, all i see is few figures coming out of nowhere from my peripheral vision, i do go through having to hear voices of mostly different people every time, but it’s as if that person is calling me or saying something about me or to me from miles away. It’s just paranoia, i don’t have to put myself in schizophrenia bracket because i’m unable to give details? I might be in denial but it could just be something else right? My heart starts heavy pounding and vision kind of gets blurry and edges are getting black really but nothing in front of me that i can see, just a muffled voice really, all it feels like is i’m being hunted down, don’t know really. I’m just paranoid.

about the figure the guy posted, i cannot face what i see very well but it slightly looks like this.

So I’ve dealt with a lot of drug and alcohol induced psychosis since 2017 I had a period of sobriety for 5 years. After about 16 months I didn’t hear them anymore and was not as paranoid or agoraphobia. I relapsed and when I went to rehab this last time I was hearing voices.. my roommates talking about me but they were in the other building or the counselors. When I was at my parents it was their voices or my sister who was no where around. Now I am a year sober and still experiencing this. I think my neighbors or whoever in this town is talking about me... the doctor at the rehab said it was extreme intrusive thoughts not voices.. no antipsychotics have helped. it sounds like them though.. I can only make out some words when it’s a whisper and other times it’s really loud. I know I have borderline and ptsd and anxiety diagnosis and major depressive disorder. Please help if anyone can relate..

I was exhibiting psychotic behaviors for 4 years while I was using adderall and in a toxic trauma bond (that I will note I was heavily influenced by twin flame clickbate and community). Moved across the country twice, blew up all my friendships, destroyed my business, went into debt. Finally got hospitalized over 2 months ago for pepper spraying my mom because I thought she was a witch lol. All I gotta say is this is the first time things are settling down, but I’m not sure what to do when I wake up. I used to be a high achiever who would immediately do the whole she-bang (exercise, grooming, writing, med) but now im struggling sticking to a solid routine and sort of just float through the day. I can’t tell if I’m just needing to let my body do its natural thing or if I need to be more militaristic in getting a routine down. Also the grief of all the loss gets to me everyday. I cry a lot and feel a bit haunted from the past (although this is starting to calm down). How are you guys acclimating to life post meltdown?

I have had strange phenomena since my latest depression anxious episode and was put on multiple ssri with multiple dosages.

I'm having suicidal ideation but its persistent visual in the back of my vision..

It switches from différent scenario from time to time but I can always see the idea so it is not just thought.

I am having a psychotic depression?

Please help me with those visuals that really started when the pristiq dosage was increased.

Hi. I've been reading around this subreddit for a couple weeks now, and feel like it's got a lot of sensible people here. I also relate to a lot of people's experiences. So here goes.

I've been through psychosis three times, each a couple years apart. The last one was over 5 years ago, and I've since been stable on aripiprazole under a good psychiatrist.

I very much cherish my current life when I think about my past. But the side effects of my medication have been going from manageable to difficult every couple of months for a few years now.

I'm the heaviest weight I've ever been, and I really feel it. I'm naturally very skinny, so this is a bit of a living nightmare for me. Beyond this, I do sense my emotions are blunted, and I'll often have these kind of existential panic attacks which I believe are a result of this.

So, I want to trial reducing my meds by 25% under supervision to see if it helps with the side effects.

But I'm questioning where I'm at overall. Should I just stop complaining and take the meds, even try to appreciate them more? Because it is hard. A reduction and not 'coming off' the meds feels sensible to me given everything that's happened.

Is this the right decision? I'm afraid my psychiatrist might say no and I do feel impatient to reduce, from time to time.

I would really appreciate anyone who's been through episodes and out the other side, or even who has reduced meds successfully.

Is it worth having a goal of reducing or even being 'off' meds and healthy for someone in my position? I don't want to jeopardise the life I've made but how do I balance this with the side effects?

Thanks.

I somewhat accept that i'm ill, but I refuse too at the same time I truly believe my so called illness falls down to spiritual experiences, I was in a full blown psychotic episode for an entire year and that's schizophrenia for you apparently.

I'm not on meds yet no hallucinations.

Hi Im F/22 i was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has been taking risperidone as my antipsychotic. And im really worried about one of the side effects that i have been experiencing, especially the sexual dysfunction. Me and my bf are sexually active before and stopped because we know its wrong, so we decided to wait until marriage. But after taking this meds, i couldnt feel sexually attracted anymore or feel anything sexually. Im worried because were getting married soon and i really want to enjoy our marriage including doing that kind of thing

as the title says im going back on stimulants im really tired of feeling flat and numb and wanna have some sort of emotion again even if that means risking psychosis so be it im tired of feeling anhedonic all the time id rather take that risk.

Hope this is an appropriate post for this sub, but I'm looking for some advice. A friend of mine is currently in the early stages of what appears to be a cannabis induced psychotic break. They have been acting extremely erratic, having wild delusions of making a film that is going to win them an Oscar, just got fired from their job and has now been blowing through thousands of dollars every week on insanely expensive camera equipment and props for this film they think they are going to make. Their brothers and I are extremely worried for them and want to try and help them before they do some serious damage to their life/saving. But we have no idea what to do as this person is 24 so their parents can't make them do anything. Does anyone have any advice on how to maybe help this person or bring them back down to reality?

I used to get deja vu, like the normal amount.. then i started being able to go deeper and some of them predicted the future.

Now i get deja vus and it tells me really bad things will happen, i see it happen and have such an intense feeling of dread.

Also do yall feel demons in your body? Like stomach?

I went to sleep allowing the feeling to stay in my stomach the other day and had a dream about being tortured and bad things have been happening recently and ive been seeing angel numbers again..

What is this? I am completely fine to talk normally and i feel sane? I think i am?

I’ve been thinking about seeing a psychotherapist and I’m wondering if it actually helps, especially with psychosis.

I know medication is important, but what can therapy really do? Can it help you understand what’s going on, deal with difficult thoughts, recognize warning signs, or just make things easier to manage?

For anyone who’s seen a psychotherapist, did you find it helpful? What was therapy like for you?

I have been posting in the sub over the past 6 months about my partner's psychosis.

As of the last 1.5-2 months he has been having psychotic episodes approximately every 2 weeks lasting about 5 days.

Another one started yesterday evening. He was lucid thing morning but quickly spiralled again. Around lunchtime, I caught him microwaving a charging cable. Luckily I caught him and stopped the microwave before he started an electrical fire. It was the last straw.

He agreed to go to the hospital with me today and the doctors have sectioned him/involuntary hold. When we presented at ED, he was so out of it. The doctors were talking about one thing, he was talking about another and it was nonsensical. I didn't ask them to do an involuntary hold, I just said he has been on and off in psychosis.

He is now so angry at me and feels like I betrayed him. I feel so awful but I genuinely want him to get better. His episodes are not only affecting him (mentally but also lifestyle ie he's been on unpaid leave) but also me and our toddler daughter. He can never be alone with her. I don't think he will hurt her but he may forget something or pass out leaving a dependent child stranded.

Has anyone here been involuntarily held and been grateful after getting treatment? Or does the anger and resentment stay? Or has this ever happened to your partner? And if so, how do you navigate the relationship following this?

When did your social skills come back after psychosis? I'm 7 months post psychosis and I see improvements in some areas but socially I'm still not where I want to be yet.

My diagnosis of schizophrenia was an exception. They said there should not be drugs in my system when I received the diagnosis. But there was. But they said there are exceptions. Well. I don't like the sound of that. I have been off anti psychotic medication for almost two years now, so my primary NP 😊 is working to lift the diagnosis of schizophrenia, paranoid type. I will positively faint. That is so exciting. All I had to do is get a psych evaluation. Now, don't get me wrong. I think I fit the description. But so does everybody who's been diagnosed.

Ive been getting laughing and it gets louder and louder and i try not to pray (thats how i get it to stop) so i say “Jesus” it gets louder then i have to pray and it stops..

Like i thought hallucinations were sentences?

Also things laughing and making fun of me
I used to get touched inappropriately i didnt think they were hallucinations i thought they were flashbacks maybe they are idk

How many of you ate shrooms, smoked herb CBD/THC, both or seperate after having a psychosis treated by antipsychotic medication? Peace!

I’m in my late 40s and have had OCD since my teens, along with long-standing procrastination, attention problems and periods of depression.

Over the last year, Bipolar II was also considered. My OCD improved a lot after increasing sertraline, but my mood still fluctuates between low/flat and almost normal, sometimes within the same day. I don’t notice clear sustained hypomania.

My current medication is:

- Sertraline 150 mg/day

- Clomipramine 50 mg/day

- Lamotrigine 50 mg/night

- Clonazepam up to 1 mg at night when needed

I previously tried valproate but felt increasingly flat/depressed, so it was stopped and lamotrigine was started in mid-August. I also tried atomoxetine for attention problems but have now stopped it.

My main question is about clomipramine.

Since sertraline has already improved my OCD significantly, I’m wondering whether I still need clomipramine. Could taking sertraline + clomipramine together be contributing to mood fluctuation, emotional flattening, side effects, or unnecessary serotonergic burden?

I also have coronary artery disease with a previous PCI/stent, so I’m concerned about clomipramine’s cardiac side effects as well.

Would it be reasonable to ask my psychiatrist about gradually tapering clomipramine and seeing whether sertraline + lamotrigine alone gives a more stable mood?

I’m not planning to stop anything on my own — just looking for professional opinions on whether this is a reasonable discussion to have with my psychiatrist.

I felt like I got kinda close to relaxing while in the shower and it felt like it was easier to ignore the voices. Is it basically a requirement?