psychosis sucks

[Pixiegreen69]

hi, I’m new to the group. I have schizoaffective disorder, that means I have schizophrenia and bipolar one. I have PTSD, anxiety, depression, ADHD. Lately I have been fighting psychosis as part of the schizophrenia. It’s been really rough. The voices I hear are terrifying. I feel things like mice and rats crawling all over me. Or someone grabbing my ankle and squeezing it tight and holding me down. The hallucinations are terrifying as well. I’ve had to work during this cycle and I’m fighting bipolar as well which has been tough I get manic, and then I get so low I can’t get out of bed for a week which affects my work . I am on disability but I work very part-time 8 to 12 hours per week. I can’t handle more than that. Anybody have any coping tools during psychosis that would help? What do you do when the voices are telling you to do things you don’t want to do like kill yourself or that they’re going to kill you. I’m telling you these voices are not anything good. It gets really dark as well. I can’t really talk to my family because it stresses them out and gives them anxiety. I try to find support groups to find someone to talk to. I do have a therapist once a week and a psychiatrist as well as a life coach. I have several support groups that I check in with but it’s not like anybody’s on at the same time so it’s not really a live chat situation. I wish it were, any advice you have for me things that of works for you I’d appreciate it. Thanks for listening.

[Pixiegreen69]

also, if anybody knows of any late night support groups I’d appreciate it. By the time I get off work it’s 10 o’clock and there’s no groups. Where are all the people that need groups at night??

[MrsSippySlim in reply to Pixiegreen69]

Hi I'm new to the group as well. We suffer from all the same things except ADHD. I don't have any advice about the psychosis. When I get that way I think that I'm ok and my actions are justified. I don't realize how reckless I am. Right now I'm trying to recover from several hospitalizations in 2023 the last of them I was in for almost 3months. I'm on disability. I want to work but I don't feel like I can handle it. My anxiety is so bad I don't go anywhere or socialize with people. It's a miserable feeling. Although I can't offer you many solutions I can offer a listening ear to let you know you're definitely not by yourself.