I just received the following comment from Laura regarding my article on psychosis for healthyplace.com. She raises an imporant point- how do you know the difference between the diagnosis of bipolar disorder and schizo-affective disorder?
Hi Julie,
Your article was very helpful for me. It not only educated me but gave me hope which I desperately need [...]
I doubt you ever expected to read the words exciting and bipolar psychosis in the same sentence! But this is an exciting event. I recently wrote a very comprehensive article on Bipolar Disorder Psychosis and how it differs from the psychosis found in other disorders such as schizophrenia. I wrote about my experience writing the [...]
Bipolar Brain Weirdness – while watching movies!
When I’m slightly depressed and psychotic, it’s hard for me to watch movies. Something odd really happens- I have a voice in my head that makes comments such as
- This is not real, these people are acting
- Look at the makeup he’s wearing. I can only see his eyeliner
- [...]
Hi Julie,
Recently, my daughter switched from Risperdal to Abilify. I am hoping Abilify will be good for her, contrary to what I have heard. Do you have any information regarding the success of bipolar people on Abilify?
T.
Hi T.
Risperdal and Abilify are anti psychotic drugs. They are often used in the treatment of bipolar disorder. If [...]
Manic/Psychotic Talk
“He blew a glass jacket. The walls were mayo and I was chewing all of the dirt off of the vegetables.”
The above is known as a word salad ( no pun intended!) – the sayings are close enough for us to understand them – but overall, they just make no sense.
A psychotic friend of [...]
Dear Julie–I thought for the diagnosis Bipolar II you could not have any hallucinations–is this not the case? Just wanted to understand. Thanks, R
Hello R,
Oh yes! All people with bipolar disorder can have hallucinations. It’s a very normal part of bipolar I and bipolar II. There are many different types of hallucinations- from hearing voices [...]
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