Rebecca
For several years, Rebecca would go on and off her medication, as well as in and out of psychosis ….Rebecca believes that this diagnosis is accurate, because while she does have paranoid thoughts and psychosis , she has not had difficulty regulating her moods. Read More…
Katie
When she finally received a diagnosis from her doctors, they were conservative, saying that she had “bipolar with psychosis .” She was given medication and noticed improvements in her ability to function. Read More…
Chris
He describes himself as “deteriorating” at this point….Chris returned to Cincinnati in 1996, at which time he was referred to as a “psychiatric patient.” When he was 22, he received a diagnosis of psychosis , posttraumatic stress disorder(PTSD), and schizophrenia. Read More…
Rebecca
When she became severely psychotic , Rebecca finally agreed to enter a psychiatric facility….Once she was admitted, Rebecca was kept alone, away from the other patients, for about a week until medication took effect…. After this first episode, Rebecca received a diagnosis: bipolar with psychotic features….She thinks that when people learn that an individual has schizophrenia, or witness a psychotic episode, there is the tendency to “dehumanize” that person. Read More…
Mindy
Unfortunately, her boyfriend at the time drugged her one night, leading to another psychotic break…….Mindy continued to jump from job to job, but the medication she started taking following her second psychotic episode began causing a side effect called tardive dyskinesia. Read More…
Jason
He had a psychotic episode while at the airport, but was later able to be cleared by the airport medics to travel back and forth by himself….Jason struggles to manage his illness and his symptoms, living in constant fear of having another psychotic episode. Read More…
Victoria
This event triggered Victoria’s homecoming and entry to rehab….After Victoria’s “rocky teenage years,” she earned a college degree and got married. After a seemingly uneventful period, she experienced her first psychotic break at the age of 36. Read More…
Katie
This triggered the “most demented psychotic episode” she had ever experienced. Read More…
Susan
…Susan was in graduate school working on a PhD in 17th Century English History when she had her first psychotic episode; it occurred after trying a diet drug to help her lose weight. Read More…
Joseph
Due to this paranoia and related psychotic episodes, individuals “alienated” Joseph, and he began to feel isolated. Read More…
Antoinette
She had her first psychotic episode while she was in college. Read More…
