Ever since I had my episode of psychosis....?

Question

I've had trouble holding normal everyday conversation with people. I even ran out of things to say to the counselor. It's been a year and a half now since my episode of pyschosis (occurred after my ex-husband left) and I haven't been to counseling in over 10 months. I'm on a couple different medications too, so I'm wondering if that had anything to do with it. I just feel that with everything that happened to me last year (divorce, numerous hospitalizations, etc.) that I can't find the words to talk about everyday occcurances. I feel like my short-term memory is really bad too. It takes a real effort for me to remember things I've read or movies I see. And even then, I don't remember details like I used to be able to before my life fell apart. I've come a long way, I'm no longer filled with anxiety and major depression and have learned how to spend time by myself. But I feel like my mind has slowed down a lot and when I'm with a group of people, I just listen and can't think

of anything to say. What should I do to overcome this?

Answer 1

I looked up "psychosis" in Yahoo! web search (wikipedia, which you can do too) and it sounds as though, from your description of your troubles, that you are not over the episode you had. When one starts to improve a little it is often the case that they think they no longer need medication and/or therapy and drop out of counseling or stop taking med's. You seem to have some anxiety too about your condition. I recommend resuming counseling and continuing taking medications until your thinking and social impairments improve.

Good luck, good health, peace and love!

Answer 2

It may be medication side effects and also that yuo are not well yet. If you cannot remember what to say, print out this e mail and take it to your therapist and psychiatrist. Hope you are better soon

Answer 3

you exhibit signs of PTSD, or post traumatic stress disorder, I would look for a therapist that specializes in treating this.