Psychosis - causes, symptoms, and treatment explained

Leading consultant psychiatrist, Dr Adil Jawad explains what causes psychosis, what the symptoms are, and what the possible treatment options are.

[eyefeelpineal]

To anyone/ everyone here suffering with psychosis - I send blessings to all of you. Keep your chin up and know that you are not alone.
Exercise, eat healthily, meditate (but only root chakra at first, NOT stuff like your third eye etc), and pray (I am not religious but I am spiritual and definitely believe that the universe has sentience, hence things such as karma and quantum physics).
It is not something that defines who you are, it is merely something that you are experiencing at the moment! Once this period of your life is sorted, you'll appreciate life much more than the average person! I already am :)

[axlechancellor]

This guy has literally explained everything I go through...

[musik-gaming]

i had a breakdown one year and went to the hospital because i felt i needed mental help, two doctors came in and said "looks like self induced psychosis to cope with depression" that moment it was like a veil was pulled from over my head . so much clicked . i was like "so ive been doing this to myself?" but the meds totally made me beyond irritable. so i was like "if i just stop depressing myself and hanging around depressive triggers ill be okay." figure out your illness, break it down to digestable peices, know urself and work around triggers and shit. stop hanging around people who are narrsassitic fucks .

[codywilson]

Hope everyone's ok remember no one's crazy and your not alone❤️❤️❤️

[spcharrison]

I've been getting so down lately.. I should have never done drugs, been sober for 2 years and it's almost like I never stopped.

[ashleyer]

I experienced a psychotic break once which led me to br diagnosed with Bipolar 1. It was unlike anything I have ever felt. I had never felt so terrified, sheer terror, and then the next moment pure ecstasy. I felt so free of my inhibitions. I think it is a defense mechanism under too much stress that the person cannot handle.

[tomkosher]

I was almost hospitalized for the same reasons. I believed I had secret agents following me and they were out to get me, my family started freaking out and took me to a emergency room. When I talked with a nurse at a hospital she said it was probably because I was putting in too many hours at work and drinking too much caffeine. After I cut down on my caffeine intake and let myself sleep for a whole weekend, I started feeling better. The paranoia slowly started disappearing. I was pushing myself too much and my breakup with my ex girlfriend didn't help me.

[jasminebarnes]

It's hard to deal with this bc you don't know what you're getting day to day.

[marionrobi]

Actually doc, this is what happens everywhere now, many people suffer from psychosis but we don't know, you have explained it all thanks alot doc.

[jbcvids]

Today I had a really bad panic attack and was completely losing touch of reality . My dad calmed me down and starting praying for me . I realized I've been extremely stressed for years now to the point where I twitch a lot . But ive also done lsd couple times and had a really bad trip the last time I did it . But the psychosis I've just been through was by far the scariest thing that's ever happened to me

[topviralnews]

I'm tormented with this feeling, I want to recover

[Revilkappa]

I've suffered from severe psychosis where I was a step away from developing schizophrenia and I'm basically out of it now, just mildly depressed.
So the best advice to hopefully get out of all this, from my experience is:
1) it is VITAL to always be 100% honest no matter how hard or sad the truth is. It can be sad, but sadness goes away automatically, while delusion just builds up and reinforces making it harder and harder to snap out of and causing several indirect problems and connected delusions. You make your judgment on which one is the better option.
Also notice how it is only possible to identify that you have a problem and what it is if you don't lie to yourself.
(Remember convincing yourself of something will NOT change reality)
2)Find someone you can speak to. You'll see it's so much easier to figure out what you're problems and the real weight of things are by externalizing your thoughts. They'll become much more clear and you'll be consequently more aware.
3) Be 100% yourself. Not being genuine can detach you from yourself and make you develop so many more symptoms like it did with me, while causing so much stress. Better a bit lonely than tortured by madness.
4)Be aware of what are IRRATIONAL fears, in my case remember that NOTHING happens if you don't perform that mantra in your head, so just don't do it, it might be scary at the beginning but just take that leap into the unknown and you'll see that absolutely nothing happens, you'll be freer.
5)this was specific for my case, remember there is no need to try and direct your thoughts. Thoughts don't lock in, opinions change, so what you thought in the past is irrelevant, just think about what you think now in this moment (if it makes sense).

I think the psychosis was self induced but I'm not entirely sure so don't take my word for granted, anyway it started and endured in the space of two years and culminated for about two months and that's when I decided to get help.
Hope this can help find some sort of relief and get through this shit I'm with y'all

[Emily-ztcj]

I always had a fear of having psychosis. My half sister and mom both had schizoaffective disorder.

Not so long ago (around 6 months) I couldn’t leave my house. I was crying every day. I had a panic attacks every day. I kept having repetitive thoughts of suicide.
It’s like my thoughts weren’t my own. I could’ve sworn I was psychotic. Thankfully, I received help. Now I’m on meds and I’ve been able to cope a lot better.

[blindsoul]

Isolation is a recipe for psychosis. Then add in covid-19 quarantine...

Problem with isolation is you can be surrounded by people, a full house screaming, and still be cut off.

[goofball]

I have depression and I had a bad depressive episode once and I started having delusions and paranoia. I never hallucinated or anything, but the delusions and paranoia were bad.

[alyssamckay]

Anyone one experiences anything remotely close to this
TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
This is serious

[yuichan]

My friend suffering from schizophrenia, she don't want to believe that she is suffered from the disease but when she explained her self to me how things happens to her they are the same symptoms. She meet two or three psychiatrist here but they couldn't understand her, so I want to treat her by myself.and this video litraly help me.

[gmchessplay]

I think mental stability is the number one thing to strive for, which is the only reason I would condone using drugs. Once you have mental stability, it's easier to cope with stressors. The only issue is with psychosis and mood disorders, the stability is not there.

[Henryguitar]

I just want to say for some of these people saying “I think I have psychosis” you probably don’t and you won’t know you have it when it’s happening. It’s very intense. If you think you might be having an episode then go to the doctor.

[michaelcheevers]

Thank you for posting this, it has better explained things i had questions about .