{"id":815,"date":"2017-09-24T00:02:55","date_gmt":"2017-09-24T07:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-ii-and-psychosis\/"},"modified":"2018-05-15T09:55:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T16:55:58","slug":"bipolar-disorder-ii-and-psychosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/bipolar-disorder-ii-and-psychosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipolar Disorder II and Psychosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ensor<\/a>I call psychosis the forgotten bipolar disorder symptom! <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My bipolar psychosis intensified at age 19. \u00a0I consistently had hallucinations of seeing myself killed \u00a0and thought it was normal. I eventually learned to manage my psychosis, but it sure would have helped if the health care professionals in my life had explained the symptoms of psychosis and that they were often a normal part of the bipolar disorder diagnosis.<\/p>\n

I just received the following question from Mario on the topic:<\/p>\n

Julie, I thought that people w\/ Bipolar II don’t get psychotic? Or did you have a psychotic depression?<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hi Mario,<\/p>\n

People with bipolar II can definitely get psychotic. I’ve had psychotic symptoms since age 16. Mine are usually with depression – as it’s rare for someone with bipolar II to have psychosis with hypomania. One reason I can identify with so many forms of bipolar disorder is the psychosis. I have hallucinations and as I got older, delusions. Later in life, I realized that I also have psychosis when I am not depressed which is why my official diagnosis is schizoaffective disorder.<\/p>\n

The difference for those with bipolar two who have psychosis is in intensity- people with bipolar I have full blown psychosis – usually with mania. In fact, 70% of people with full blown mania have full blown psychosis at the same time<\/strong>. This is when most people with bipolar I \u00a0have to go to the hospital and often have to be committed by a family member.<\/p>\n

If you have bipolar disorder or care about someone with the illness, it’s essential that you learn about the signs of psychosis. I have a psychosis \u00a0Health Card <\/a>(my treatment plan) and am especially careful to look for paranoia (a psychotic delusion) when I’m speaking in public!<\/p>\n

Thanks for writing!<\/p>\n

Julie<\/p>\n

PS: Here is an explanation\u00a0of the difference between bipolar i and bipolar II.<\/a> If you are new to bipolar disorder terms, I think you will find this helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"ensor<\/a>I call psychosis the forgotten bipolar disorder symptom! <\/p>\n

My bipolar psychosis intensified at age 19. I consistently had hallucinations of seeing myself killed and thought it was normal. I eventually learned to manage my psychosis, but it sure would have helped if the health care professionals in my life had explained the symptoms of psychosis and that they were often a normal part of the bipolar disorder diagnosis.<\/p>\n

I just received the following question from Mario on the topic:<\/p>\n

Julie, I thought that people w\/ Bipolar II don’t get psychotic? Or did you have a psychotic depression?<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Hi Mario,<\/p>\n

People with bipolar II can definitely get psychotic. I’ve had psychotic symptoms since age 16. Mine are usually with depression – as it’s rare for someone with bipolar II to have psychosis [ Read More ]<\/a><\/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":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815"}],"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=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10549,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/815\/revisions\/10549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bipolarhappens.com\/bhblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}