Posted by med_empowered on December 20, 2005, at 9:31:39
In reply to Re: Am I paranoid? Or just self-absorbed?, posted by Emily Elizabeth on December 20, 2005, at 8:59:45
hi! First of all, thanks for the input. I appreciate it!
I've been in therapy, and I've done (many, many) meds as treatment. I think the problem may be both my lack of open-ness with docs about this (it just seems so...crazy, for lack of a better word) AND my suspicion (which has been once confirmed) that this sort of thing would be viewed as some sort of psychosis; I admit that there seem to be elements to this that could strike one as psychotic, but the overall effect (for me, at least) is mostly **extreme** anxiety, rather than psychosis per se.
I guess part of the problem is that I can't bring myself to agree that this problem is truly "psychotic"; I'm not out-of-touch with reality so much as I am overwhelmed by extreme, irrational anxiety and low-grade paranoia.
I think I will discuss this with someone--probably a therapist first, since shrink appointments take so long to make. I just want to be prepared before I go into the therapist's office.
Please--if anyone has any more input, advice, comments, suggestions, experiences, or whatever, **let me know**. I really can't allow my life to be dominated by these utterly irrational fears, but I also can't allow my mind and personality to be obliterated by neuroleptics.
Thanks again for the input, and thanks also to anyone who has anything further to share. I truly appreciate any assistance y'all can offer.
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