Anyone else experience "psychosis" that felt like extreme ptsd or ocd? My experience wasn't like the typical psychosis. Sometimes I wonder if it was actually something else.

I have this too. I feel like this aren’t real. It’s an awful feeling.

Yes, I had that during the "psychosis" ... I felt afraid I was dead and in hell at times during it. It was intense terror/anxiety.

@Being Human Do you mind me asking… did you have meds? Did they help? I’m so scared of antipsychotic meds.

@Liz F Yes, I've been on seroquel extended release (first episode) then zyprexa (second episode). They helped me! One of my main issues was insomnia and they really helped with that. I'd recommend giving them a shot. Getting a good psychiatrist who you trust and will work with you on your fears and finding something that helps is key.

Thanks for responding. It felt like extreme harm OCD for me ... hypervigilance about someone hurting me or my family, or me unintentionally hurting someone while I was sleeping (a fear of sleepwalking and accidentally killing someone). I have those kind of thoughts occasionally but during the "psychosis" they were incredibly intense. Mine presented mostly as paranoia. I definitely had some bizarre thoughts, but that's the way my ocd often presents. I think maybe it was a combo of cptsd (emotional flashbacks) and anxiety/ocd. Even when I saw my therapist during that time, she was reassuring me it was "just" anxiety. But I had to be hospitalized eventually. I feel like it is rare for people to really understand ocd so I think that it gets missed sometimes. What was yours like?

@Being Human I’m currently experiencing this! I could have wrote this word for word. I am also experiencing things feeling wrong and weird. I have 3 kids and I don’t want to be hospitalized but I really need help. My husband thinks I’m making this up and God knows I wish I was. I’m scared I’ll be given meds that won’t help.

@Liz F I'm so sorry. It was a nightmare to experience. Getting on the right medication and sleeping was key. I also was treated for Lyme disease again (Iong story). That was 2 years ago. It has gotten so much better. Do you have a psychiatrist? I'd definitely talk with one about your symptoms.

@Being Human You definitely aren’t alone in those feelings. Sometimes it’s an intense like “tickle” in my head that feels like an urge but it’s really anxiety and tension. I also get PTSD in which I experience depersonalization and dissassociation so it just adds to the feeling of losing control. And even at some points it’s gotten so bad that my OCD will grasp at anything to make me spiral for example like magical thinking with aliens and shit. it’s so stupid because I know rationally what’s going on but my mind tries to grasp at anything. So just know you aren’t alone at all.

@Being Human I am going to a walk in facility tomorrow. Waiting to see a psychiatrist in my area is a month or longer.

I'm so sorry. 💞 I hope you're able to get help for it and see progress. Medication, therapy, various self care and other practices, have all helped me. I do *a lot* of personal work. There's always more to heal and more growth.

@Being Human Thank you so much for talking to me about it😭❤️

@Liz F Of course!! Happy to offer support and share my experience. 💞🙏