spryte

Hi,

Has anyone else been through this?

My doc doesn't think I have schizophrenia, nor do I have a history of delusions.

The best way I can describe it is that I have paranoid tendencies and I went through a very difficult time and went to a retreat and meditated for 3 plus hours a day - a recipe for disaster.

I have been taking 1 mg of risperadone and all the delusional thoughts are gone.

My doc is planning on tapering me off the risperadone in one year just to be safe.

Has anyone else been through this? A serious psychotic break, non alcohol induced and not related to a permanent illness like schichophrenia?

It has taken me a few months to get my mind back, it is slow going, but it is happening.

The way I would describe what happened was that it was a nervous breakdown in the old fashioned sense. I just broke down and my mind went awry.

Just throwing this out there to see if anyone has anything to share

spryte

My psychosis brought me to my knees...I could not function. Life fell apart as I knew it. I will take the prescribed medication although I fight about the dose. We have gone from 1.5 to 2 to 1 mg. Currently I am on 1 mg.

Alex1776

My original psychosis was alcohol and pill withdrawal induced in the first place, It was rather scary.

Alex1776

I thought I was dead and in purgatory that time.

ippochick

i had a breakdown last year. i was suicidal rather than psychotic, but i didn't know who i was at all for a while there.

i still take meds. they keep me alive. hope things continue to get better for you. don't stop any meds without letting your doc know - it's your choice whether you take them, but a monitored taper is almost definitely your best bet.

Dee74

I removed some posts that went beyond simply sharing experience into making obvious recommendations.

I have no experience in this, Spryte but it's great to see you back

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spryte

thanks Dee, glad to be back!

Restless1

Why is it if you talk to God it's a prayer, but if God talks to you it's schizophrenia ?

Threshold

I experience psychotic breaks. One of the suckier bits of mental illness.