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By KA Friday, March 26, 2010

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I currently am living with bipolar. I'm on 100mg of lamical and 10mg of celexa. Unmedicated I am really paranoid and sware i see and feel things and it scares me which is the reason I first got help because I was unable to function. When medicated it is less but I still see things out of the corner of my eye and shadows moving around the room. It happens mostly at night and I don't notic it relating to mood or anything else. I've had people tell me that I am able to connect to a spiritual realm. Some times I think thats what it is and other times I just think I'm going crazy. Does anyone out there have any thoughts on how to except or deal with this. Thanks for reading my post and helping

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Lori

3/27/10 12:21am

I know exactly where you are coming from. When I was diagnosed about six years ago, maybe more, I was experiencing many of the same symptoms.

It only happened to me at night for some reason. I thought that I was lsoing my mind. I seen shadows and actually seen people. I would hear people talking, but it was like I was at a party. I couldn't distinguish any one conversation. It got so bad that I ended up in the psychiatric ward. There were several other things that happened also. Believe it or not my ending up in the psychiatric ward was a blessing in disguise. I am not saying that you should go there by any means. They found out what I was going through was called psychosis. It only happens when I am really stressed or when my bi polar is out of control. It still happens to me when I am in certain situations that may stress me out or my depression get really bad.

You will get better with the right medicines, therapy will help so that you can talk to someone who understands. You have to give yourself time. It doesn't happen overnight. It is a very long process. Make sure you see your doctor and take your medicine.

My original diagnosis was major depression with psychoisis symptoms and bi polar. I am still here and working through things, but it has gotten easier. I have been having some trouble these last few months. It is the worst episode that I have had in years, but I am going to make it through. You will also.

Take care, Lori

tabby

3/27/10 3:24pm

When I'm having a really bad go of it... like right now, I have similar if not same symptoms.

Lately, I've been seeing movement, shapes, shadows, outlines of people and/or animals out of the corners of my eyes. They happen mostly at night when things start to settle down (house starts to quiet down for bed) BUT can and have happened even during the day.

I've also heard music playing but no source operating to produce music or one-sided conversation or bits and blurbs of sounds... even my name clear as a bell.

This only happens though, when things are at a extreme... like my depression is at the moment. Otherwise, I don't experience them (less it's on the opposite end which is, of course, the manic side).

I've told only 2 pdocs and only 1 tdoc. They nodded and they jotted it down but no one ever said anything outside of "psychotic disturbances" cause though I see them and I hear them... I also know they are not real and except for every so often... they do not frighten me as much as they startle me.

Not one of the 2 pdocs felt I needed to be medicated for them, which is odd. They feel I should be heavily medicated for the severe intrusive thoughts raging inside me head BUT not for the "psychotic disturbances" occuring outside me head.

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