{"id":12452,"date":"2018-09-16T17:08:22","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T00:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/?p=12452"},"modified":"2018-09-16T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2018-09-17T00:08:22","slug":"9-facts-you-should-know-about-psychosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/9-facts-you-should-know-about-psychosis\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Facts You Should Know About Psychosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_12426\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12426\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018--225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018--225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018--113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018--400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018-.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie A. Fast Mild Psychosis 2018<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Do people with bipolar get psychotic? \u00a0Yes, we do!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s common for people with bipolar one to get psychotic during full blown mania or a depression. \u00a0Those of us with bipolar two usually experience psychosis during depression, but we can also get psychotic during dysphoric mania. \u00a0If you are unfamiliar with these terms, this blog has a search feature you can use for more information. \u00a0I also write a lot about bipolar disorder in general on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bphope.com\/blog\/welcome-to-my-dysphoric-manic-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bp Magazine for Bipolar Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following article from the Health Central website answers the questions, What is Psychosis? What are Hallucinations and Delusions, Can Cannabis Cause Psychosis and more.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy writing about this topic. It&#8217;s underserved in our bipolar community. I have bipolar disorder and a psychotic disorder. \u00a0My official diagnosis is schizoaffective disorder. My psychosis started at age 16. I hope you enjoy the article. There is no need to be scared about these words: psychosis, schizo, psychotic. They simply mean that a person has psychosis. A person like myself!<\/p>\n<p>Here is the first section of the article:<\/p>\n<p>What is Psychosis?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re psychotic!\u201d Many people use the words psychotic and psychosis to describe a person\u2019s behavior and yet few understand the very real and quite common symptoms of psychotic experiences and disorders. Psychosis is a break with reality that results from changes in brain chemistry created through illness, substance reactions, or sleep deprivation. The main symptoms of psychosis are hallucinations and delusions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthcentral.com\/slideshow\/facts-you-should-know-about-psychosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read\u00a09 Facts You Should Know About Psychosis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please visit me on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fastjulie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> to read more about my daily symptoms and how I manage bipolar disorder and my psychosis.<\/p>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em><strong>Julie\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12426\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018--225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018--225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018--113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018--400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Julie-psychotic-mild-Aug-2018-.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-12426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie A. Fast Mild Psychosis 2018<\/p>\n<p>Do people with bipolar get psychotic? Yes, we do!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s common for people with bipolar one to get psychotic during full blown mania or a depression. Those of us with bipolar two usually experience psychosis during depression, but we can also get psychotic during dysphoric mania. If you are unfamiliar with these terms, this blog has a search feature you can use for more information. I also write a lot about bipolar disorder in general on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bphope.com\/blog\/welcome-to-my-dysphoric-manic-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bp Magazine for Bipolar Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The following article from the Health Central website answers the questions, What is Psychosis? What are Hallucinations and Delusions, Can Cannabis Cause Psychosis and more.<\/p>\n<p>I really enjoy writing about this topic. It&#8217;s underserved in our bipolar community. I have bipolar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/9-facts-you-should-know-about-psychosis\/\">[ Read More ]<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[],"tags":[610],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12452"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12453,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12452\/revisions\/12453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}