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FigTree

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12. So you mean that after you started taking medications

Wed Oct 19, 2016, 02:57 PM

Oct 2016

you began to experience hallucinations as from within? If that's the case, then, good for you, that does give you a handle on things.
Although I have no research findings to back that up, my clinical experience is that bipolar hallucinations are different from schizophrenic hallucinations. I believe they are mostly an expression of the manic reaction to the depressive pull. That would make them a little less severe than schizophrenic ones, more "workable".

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hallucinations are a symptom of bipolar disorder yeah? [View all] retrowire Oct 2016 OP

has this happened before? irisblue Oct 2016 #1

back when I didnt know I had bipolar disorder retrowire Oct 2016 #2

check your PM irisblue Oct 2016 #5

wow thanks! retrowire Oct 2016 #8

They can be, but not everyone with the illness has them. Tobin S. Oct 2016 #3

ah great. lol retrowire Oct 2016 #4

I have a bipolar disorder and I suffered from hallucinations. Tobin S. Oct 2016 #6

heres the interesting thing retrowire Oct 2016 #7

Text-book dissociation. FigTree Oct 2016 #10

The fact that you recognized them as external FigTree Oct 2016 #9

That's the way I saw it before an anti-psychotic hit my brain. Tobin S. Oct 2016 #11

So you mean that after you started taking medications FigTree Oct 2016 #12

Yes, it was the realization that they were from within. Tobin S. Oct 2016 #13