Posted by Ritch on April 16, 2005, at 11:04:53
In reply to Anxiety with psychotic features??, posted by B2chica on April 15, 2005, at 12:06:22
> is there such a thing as anxiety that causes psychotic features such as aud/visual hallucinations (shadows and such), uncontrolled laughter, or manic type symptoms including dyphoric episodes?
> can anxiety cause this or is this more the bp spectrum?
>
That sounds more like bipolar mixed state symptoms to me. I've never had any hallucinations (that weren't med induced anyhow), but I've talked to a couple of people with BPI and they told me about having some hallucinations, mostly visual ones from what I remember. Lots of stress can worsen bipolar symptoms that's for sure.
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