I use to have acute pychosis. And i am wondering what brang it about?

Question

It was towards the end of the school year. High School exams were rapidly approaching. It was my junior year, i have taken high school exams before. So, that couldn't have caused me a stress overload. I know that before i had acute pychosis. I started going through a personality change. I became extremely religious in my christianity. I was drinking alot of caffiene.

Answer 1

Who did your diagnosis? Weren't they able to tell you what "brought " it about? They should have had an idea if they were treating you. If they gave you and explanation and worked with you and you are better, It's likely they knew what they were talking about.

Answer 2

You don't say what kind of psychosis or if it was a medical diagnosis or a self diagnosis.

In any case if you havent sought help please do so. Schizophrenia is a terrible way to watch a loved one be.


Psychosis




Definition

Psychosis is a symptom or feature of mental illness typically characterized by radical changes in personality, impaired functioning, and a distorted or non-existent sense of objective reality.

Description

Patients suffering from psychosis have impaired reality testing; that is, they are unable to distinguish personal, subjective experience from the reality of the external world. They experience hallucinations and/or delusions that they believe are real, and may behave and communicate in an inappropriate and incoherent fashion. Psychosis may appear as a symptom of a number of mental disorders, including mood and personality disorders. It is also the defining feature of schizophrenia, schizophreniform disorder, schizoaffective disorder, delusional disorder, and the psychotic disorders (i.e., brief psychotic disorder, shared psychotic disorder, psychotic disorder due to a general medical condition, and substance-induced psychotic disorder).

Causes and symptoms

Psychosis may be caused by the interaction of biological and psychosocial factors depending on the disorder in which it presents; psychosis can also be caused by purely social factors, with no biological component