LittleLu wrote:
I've been doing a lot of research on my GAD lately as it's been affecting my daily life. I have some questions about coinciding disorders and was curious if anybody had any input, as I haven't found much research online.
Is it possible that prolonged, untreated anxiety can lead to psychosis? Over the past couple weeks, I've been experiencing some rather uncomfortable, disturbing thoughts and feelings that I'd rather not go into detail on. But to put it straight, my perception of reality as I used to view it is slowly dwindling, and I fear my untreated anxiety is the cause. I can no longer sleep without being haunted every night with stressful thoughts, nightmares, and uncomfortable dream scenarios that end up ruining my day later. My perception of my body has gone alien, and I constantly feel like I'm not the right person anymore. Not sure how else to explain it.
Along with my previous question, is it possible that other mental illnesses can develop due to prolonged stress? I ask because five years ago I never had paranoia, and now I experience severe paranoia every day, increasing in volume. And I'm talking the super irrational, delusional stuff that sends me into panic attacks and mood swings.
My wife has decided it's time to start saving our funds to take me back into a psych to be re-evaluated. She's worried about my health, as it's affecting me physically to the point where I've developed chronic chest pain and body aches.
Anything that causes long term sleep deprivation and severe stress can cause psychosis. A very effective treatment for unrelenting, sleep disturbing anxiety, that is NOT addictive, is an injection of haldol (haloperidol). It is an antipsychotic so it will also stop any psychosis. If it works as intended, it will have a strong, apathy inducing sedative effect, and you will spend many hours per day sleeping peacefully for a few weeks, and your symptoms may not reoccur once it wears off. You should mention it to your psychiatrist because many are more accustom to prescribing narcostics and SSRIs for severe anxiety, and haldol is an older antipsychotic, which psychiatry is moving away from, first because the older ones do tend to have strong sedative effects, and second because they can cause nerve damage in the long term, I know a psychiatrist who has had good results in curing severe, sleep disturbing anxiety with two treatments of haldol injections. I can give you his name if your psychiatrist would like to discuss it with him.
10 Jul 2016, 3:44 am
