Wrecking Ball - medication induced psychosis

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I take Wellbutrin and apparently an increase in dosage led to major personality changes and to gradual week long psychotic break... Shoulda gone in patient, but ER thought I was 'anxious' and filling a void .... Wth?! !! (Shades of trying to pin BPD on me... No disrespect!)

As a female - psychosis manifestation came as paranoia over relationship infidelity. But it wasn't until I went to another ER and nice Dr actually took Aspergers into consideration and sat and LISTENED.

Rage, exfrene anger and agitation skid into full on psychosis as meds built up!!

Wrecked my relationship - bank account - house and cant find stuff like DL.

It sounds bipolar like mania. But not..... Antipsychotic brought me back to life.

Lost a week and a half and had dream like state ... Confusuon. Terribly verbally abusive to boyfriend. Talking to myself. And obsessive texted to a point I probably am lucky I didn't get slapped W a restraining order!! !! !! I absolutely could not stop!! ! Omg.

He broke up W me, but just now kinda coming too. I emailed him... Trying to get a PDOC as my family doc prescribed these and hadnt noticed issues, but then again how many of us who live alone really do???

Advice on meds? Relationship? How to assess life to know when something is wrong? Anybody else do this?

I'm a suspected aspie and meds NEVER work right. Bah.

Love, Wrecking Ball Girl

That sounds really sh***y.

I wouldn't be too mad about the diagnosis; I'm diagnosed BPD and I still hang around on these forums because I find the similarities, especially in those that are emotionally unstable to the point of meltdowns, fits with me. I only 'act' right when I'm motivated to and have the energy to. Neither diagnosis means you've done something 'wrong' or are something 'wrong'. In fact, a BPD probably holds more hope for a better future.

I tried wellbutrin as my first antidepressant back when I was like, 19 or something. It didn't work well whatsoever, made me worse emotionally. Had my first suicide attempt on it.

I do not think it's fair for your ex to sustain a break up over a psychotic episode, however, if he does, then you know he's not right for you in the long run. You need someone who will take you for you; if you get sick sometimes with psychosis then that's who you are. It's like dating someone with kidney failure and you balk at how much time they have to get dialysis done. If the dialysis bothers you that much, don't do it.

Thank you for the kind words. They didn't diagnose me.... I probably sounded like it because I kept babbling about 'the relationship' as I couldn't find the right words. So they sent me home and it was really invalidating as I should've been gone inpatient ... Went home and flipped out SE deal days before going to another ER.

Docfir listened as I explained everything including possible Aspergers diagnosis... Going through the process of testing. Dr said I had psychosis... Gave me the antipsychotic and was immediately better.

I'm having to wean off this stuff and it's awful. The guy is super pissed. In my paranoia I contacted his friend and very nicely told her he was notva nice boyfriend. ... On Facebook. I was a total jerk and I don't blame him for not speaking to me.

Maybe he will come around, but I'm interested in knowing more about BPD. I think there are several parallels. Wonder what main differences are. Can't take any meds it seems. Daughter was just DX W Aspergers.

He broke up with me in middle of the episode... Had no idea I was psychotic and neither did I. Kept bombarding g him W abusive texts!! !! Meds kept me going at it, but finally stopped after realizing something was NOT RIGHT.

I see numerous parallels between BPD and ASD. I might make another thread about this at some time.
However sensory issues are not BPD, neither is repetitive behavior, and neither is a lack of understanding -general- social rules; BPD can easily misinterpret specific interactions.