What is the difference between schizophrenia and psychosis?

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@The1stImmortal 2 жыл бұрын

So an analogous question might be "What's the difference between a cold and a sneeze?"

@Maria11110 Жыл бұрын

Same question 😹

@CindyWoodman Жыл бұрын

And let's not forget drug-induced psychosis, which may or may not heal over time.

@jakobpedersen 6 ай бұрын

What to do. 4 months after I did LSD I still get daily psychosis. Even on meds. I'm on Abilify and risperdal and still hallucinate

@ro340 2 жыл бұрын

Bipolar disorder here! Mania can feel a lot like psychosis too and often can lead to psychosis if left untreated

@whomiswhowespeaktobutwhoiswhom 11 ай бұрын

I suffered from drug induced psychosis. Coming off of heroin, I snapped. I was violent and not in reality. I really appreciate your openness and the education u give us

@SMARTIN85 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your videos. Any discussion of Schizophrenia is welcome and helpful.

@sherriethames6503 Жыл бұрын

I can't think of anything that is needed more than exactly what you're doing. Thank you.

@sallyproto2355 11 ай бұрын

In a world full of mental illnesses that we have thank you for clarifying the differences and explaining it so we can all understand it better

@user-qz7om3bw1d 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@6Fiona6_P_6 2 жыл бұрын

Also people can get Psychosis due to physical injury and also when a person has a very high fever....... ⚛️☮️🌏

@mymothersdaughter1265 2 жыл бұрын

Or lack of sleep , pregnancy and 100 other things

@lundsweden 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your explaination of the difference between psychosis and schitzophrenia. I've heard another explaination that I've found helpful too, which is psychosis is a symptom, just like a fever is a symptom. In theory, psychosis can be caused by what they call "organic" causes, like a brain tumour or some other physical cause. This is why they first try and rule that out, by sending people for CAT scans, EEG, blood tests ect. Once they've ruled out those causes, its all about what mental illness category that your symptoms fit best. I guess nobody fits in a box exactly, and even people with the same diagnosis are individuals with a lot of differences. I have read somewhere that it is possible to have transient psychosis in PTSD or personality disorders too, but not everyone with such diagnosis will experience it.

@mymothersdaughter1265 2 жыл бұрын

You can be in there psychosis from simple lack of sleep. Yes ptsd can have psychosis so can bi polar and even depression

@luongtam7662 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for answering my question, Lauren

@lindarosenthal6835 Жыл бұрын

Learning so much from you. Thank you. Take care.

@10byrdie 11 ай бұрын

Yes drug induced psychosis, depression w/ psychotic features, Etc. Also secondary psychosis from thyroid disorder, infection, autoimmune disease, dementia, etc.

@michaelw9680 2 жыл бұрын

You are just lovely.

@michellegigous8911 2 жыл бұрын

Yes very well said❤️🙏❤️

@salvia1264 11 ай бұрын

The joy of trippy living. Imagine being so trippy that you're hyper trippy. You don’t have to hit anybody on the head to be trippy. I always wanted to be ‘trippy,’ even before I knew what the word was.

@maostudio9256 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@LisaPittaro-ic5rl Жыл бұрын

Thank you I'm bi polar & didn't know this.

@Smile-br8yt 11 ай бұрын

😮

@FamousByFamily 2 жыл бұрын

hey there, i just wanted to say cause my comment got hijacked by an asshat. what i wanted to say was that medications make up to 10% at most of your recovery. you can rely on them but not as a silver bullet to solve all your problems. many many many people think that medications are the only way you can get better and this is incredibly wrong and harmful to your wellbeing if you take this falsehood as truth. you have many ways which can be getting help from non clinical workers (support workers,case managers, social workers etc.) which can help you in day to day life and working through some of your difficulties that way. there are so many different ways you can try to make your mental health better which is fantastic and please try to remember that you need to keep hopeful and find another provider if you aren't getting the supports and treatment you need to get better.

@ZadenZane 2 жыл бұрын

I understand your point but unfortunately for some people, recovery only goes so far... I used to know a guy with longstanding paranoid schizophrenia and I'm afraid to say the medication made up about 100% of the recovery that he hadーthat and natural remission. He'd been on 2-weekly depot shots for a very long time, and even years later had no real understanding that he'd ever been mentally ill, and even less understanding that he still had symptoms now... Even years after the fact he'd talk about hallucinatory experiences as weird things that had happened to him with no insight or understanding. It's sad because he was a nice guy... But! He was able to live an independent life outside of hospital and halfway housesーand, for the most part, he seemed happy with life. He had huge ambitions which were frankly delusional (thinking he was going to make billions, etc). Speaking as his friend I was just glad that he was able to cope with life day to day, because not everyone does by any means... I was just glad that something made my friend happy, even though most of it was based on delusions....

@FamousByFamily 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZadenZane horseshit, if you see a good psych these days they will tell you that medication only makes up to 10% of your treatment to recovery. Most of the best strategies are with non clinical mental health staff who help you with everything else which can make a much bigger impact to how you get better and manage your illness. I've had mental health problems most of my life and I can tell you that you aren't always going to get care and treatment that works all the time and the key is finding what combination of different services works for you.

@ZadenZane 2 жыл бұрын

@@FamousByFamily I agree. I read that famous book An Unquiet Mind by Kay Jamison and she talks about these extended manic and depressive episodes she had and how horrible it was having to take lithium which made her brain fuzzy and she really needed a clear head for her career as an academic... (weirdly she does mention antipsychotics and being prescribed them, but never in any detail) anyway she said very clearly that even though bipolar is a brain disease she never would have recovered as well as she did without years of therapy on top of these drugs they gave her. I knew someone who had pretty bad borderline personality disorder. I've met a few people who said they had it but this person was by far the most extreme, she used to have psychotic-like episodes (I don't know what a dr would call them but they looked like psychosis and she was very paranoid) guess what after years of counselling which she really needed AND was open to, not just someone who would talk talk talk and do nothing, come back and talk talk talk do nothing she genuinely worked on herself and they cut her off! I told her about dialectical behavioural therapy and we couldn't find it anywhere in London... maybe if you have money you can pay a lot and get it, but she didn't have a lot of money. I just thought it was crazy that the one person I knew more open to counselling than probably anyone else, someone who definitely needed ongoing support, they cut her off! The psychiatrist said it was so they could establish whether she needed it again or some such BS. I went to a few medical appointments with her and was there when he said this. She was quite a dramatic personality and I can understand how some of the professionals found her challenging but I think they let her down.

@FamousByFamily 2 жыл бұрын

@@ZadenZane this is the thing, everything is on a case by case basis. what works for 1 person might not work for you even if you have the same diagnosis and symptoms. everyone who suffers from mental illness needs a healthy dose of skepticism with any advice given because you will be given treatment from time to time that actually does NOT help and sometimes makes you worse. you have to find yourself treatment that works best for you and that is a pursuit which takes time if you haven't done it before. i personally haven't got a psychiatrist that i see regularly because i can't afford it, what i do have is a mental health service at the hospital that i go to when i need a medication review but as far as ongoing treatment i use a psychologist who is fantastic and a support worker. i've had a lot of different services over the years and it's about adapting to what works best for your current circumstances. if you feel like you're becoming more unwell then you need to get more support and organise more treatment for yourself.

@lol-ps3jd 7 ай бұрын

Hi hi, just wanted to remind you Jesus loves you :)) and u might want to be careful with the cussing as it is best to not let unwholesome things come out our mouths but He will forgive you if you ask (just a suggestion tho, Ik it is your free will but I should correct people when I can) God bless ❤❤

@blueneptune825 11 ай бұрын

Awesome haircut. ☘️

@wanya_telborn 2 жыл бұрын

I’m loving you in these mustardy warm tones 🥰

@eeveelynnashes 11 ай бұрын

Ptsd as well!!!

@goldenlamb777 11 ай бұрын

I had psychosis I have been diagnosed with adhd

@mursukkiii 7 ай бұрын

Me and some of my close ones think i got skitsofrenia instead of bipolar so idk what to do. These videos are helpful tho ty

@d3l_nev 9 ай бұрын

I have another question. If psychosis is a symptom, then what makes schizophrenia different from other mental illness? What's what makes schizophrenia schizophrenia?

@dougalexander7204 2 жыл бұрын

I’m sorry but I haven’t seen you for awhile. I hope you’re well and life is good.

@desertfox432 2 жыл бұрын

Pyschosis is the female version of Psychobro. lol sorry, had to.

@aimanshaheen973 2 жыл бұрын

wow..

@meredithfriday7798 2 жыл бұрын

I have mental illness. This is funny

@lundsweden 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, you gotta laugh sometimes!

@Anne_Onymous 2 жыл бұрын

Such pretty eyes

@Burevestnik9M730 2 жыл бұрын

PTSD CPTSD BD1 BD2 SZ SZA BPD SAD ASD Antihistamines Antibiotics Other meds Brain injuries and illnesses can all cause PSD.

@mymothersdaughter1265 2 жыл бұрын

Bi polar, depression, pregnancy, lack of sleep

@em20ten 11 ай бұрын

Social worker, here. Interestingly enough, elderly persons who have a UTI can experience psychosis. I don’t know the why, I just know it does.

@davidradenkovic5076 Жыл бұрын

What about non specified f29 psychosis?

@proanimaluver6487 11 ай бұрын

Stress can make you break

@KlipzStealth 2 жыл бұрын

I was in a mental hospital and 2 girls where in phycosis bc of drugs

@lundsweden 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Australia they don't allow people with addictions in the Psych ward. Everyone gets tested and if you come back positive, you might get a spot in a rehab unit if there vacancies.

@KlipzStealth 2 жыл бұрын

@@lundsweden is it a minor facility? Also it wasn't addictions it was girls being forced at party's and things like that

@ZadenZane 2 жыл бұрын

I'd say it's a bit like the difference between fever and malaria. Malaria causes fever but not all fever is malaria. Not all psychosis is schizophrenia. PS Lauren I'm glad you now correctly refer to your diagnosis as schizoaffective disorder and not schizophrenia because they aren't the same thing, either!

@MannysVlogs 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm always on psychosis

@Fightnight92 2 жыл бұрын

Lauren, Could you do a comparison between Schizophrenia and Borderline personality disorder? It seems like schizophrenia also involves unstable emotions, fear of abandonment, and black and white thinking often!

@mymothersdaughter1265 2 жыл бұрын

What?! They are nothing alike! I have sczhiophrenia

@yelenarotar2307 2 жыл бұрын

Can you explain psychosis a little more, please?

@cheezepye 2 жыл бұрын

Psychosis can also be drug-induced, not sure if that’s necessarily a symptom of a mental illness

@lundsweden 2 жыл бұрын

I've heard it refered to drug induced psychosis, but also once the mental illness is triggered, it does'nt always go away once you remove the drugs out of the equation.

@kathryncollins8708 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Lauren Do you know anything about scratching yourself in your sleep - waking up with scratches on face and body. Thanks

@WWS322 2 жыл бұрын

Lauren, i was on zyprexa for ten years and slept half those years. when i got off it my sleep was no good anymore. do you sleep straight through the night without getting up at all? do you have your days and nights reversed? i would like to hear about this and schizophrenia.

@warrend114 2 жыл бұрын

I'm not a doctor here but recently asked my daughter (has schizophrenia) doctor about insomnia and he said one of the best non habit forming sleep aids is 2 Benadryl. It works great for her.

@dianeaishamonday9125 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to go the herbal route, try ashwaghanda root, valerian, or wild lettuce leaf extract. Just be careful and look it up to see if it interacts with your meds (most likely not but always good to check).

@kathryncollins8708 2 жыл бұрын

@@warrend114 for me, it usually leaves me with a hangover the next day and eventually you need more to work as time goes by.

@dovanomarcello2264 Жыл бұрын

Magnesium threonate.

@cpzrecordings1993 2 жыл бұрын

Some places use long acting injectables. For schizophrenia. For treatment resistant the drug clozapine is used. There is many pills like abilify, zyprexa or invega in depot injection form. It can improve compliance of anti psychotic therapy. What differences do bipolar and schizophrenia illness have?

@mymothersdaughter1265 2 жыл бұрын

Bi polar and sczhiophrenia are nothing alike unless both are experiencing psychosis. Lauren has sczhioaffective disorder bi polar type which is a combination of sczhiophrenia and bipolar. You experience symptoms of both at the same time. Also getting shots instead of pills also differ in side affects. It is not as simple as getting a shot instead of using a pill

@cpzrecordings1993 2 жыл бұрын

@@mymothersdaughter1265 sounds full on. Yeah I got put under the affective banner after trialing a tricyclic and ended up spending 6 weeks inpatient. Plus some people are constantly experiencing symptoms. And it is a mental illness after all.

@vanessas2363 11 ай бұрын

It can also be a symptom of chronic stress

@oliviaa3014 5 ай бұрын

So what do people mean when they say that they’ve reached the final stage of psychosis. What’s the final stage? Schizophrenia?

@messpilo 2 жыл бұрын

I always go away from reality !

@lisadeav73 Жыл бұрын

Extremely strong religious beliefs

@Kiya-me 11 ай бұрын

Lack of sleep can also cause a psychosis

@updownstate 11 ай бұрын

I believed that there were rats living in my head. I could hear them walking around in there.

@PCMenten 2 жыл бұрын

So, to put it another way, psychosis does not equal schizophrenia. I live with someone who has psychosis but I don’t believe she has schizophrenia because she has none of the negative symptoms. Perhaps she has simple psychosis disorder.

@Burevestnik9M730 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes, negative symptoms lag behind and show up only later, even years later. She may be in prodromal phase, which can last anywhere from 1yr to 10yrs (during which between 40% and 50% will convert to full-fledged SZ/SZA.

@mymothersdaughter1265 2 жыл бұрын

You can have psychosis from so many illnesses. You are right psychosis does NOT equal sczhiophrenia however sczhiophrenia always involves psychosis

@mymothersdaughter1265 2 жыл бұрын

@@Burevestnik9M730 what! Negative symptoms happen first and usually disregarded as usual teenage behavior

@TTnoyb 11 ай бұрын

unless you're- a psychiatrist🛑

@nibussss 2 жыл бұрын

Do we absorb personalities around us and then they don't like? The drs...the bad around them..in society..? Very weird idea...we didn't get to have a personality develop some pick and choose..frimds...moviemstsrs.. scientist s... sucessful ppl? Hopefully by 35 we have our own....coz PPL comfortable with consistency