bipolar disorder with psychotic features

horatia · Newbie Joined: 05 Dec 2005 Posts: 8

I have 24 years old daughter that has recently been diagnosed with bipolar disorder with psychotic features and she is now hospitalized. As I was explained she would be on some antidepressants and mood stabilizations therapy that takes about few weeks to start reacting and than if it is all ok, she would get back home. But I still don't get anything she just seemed all fine until this happened and now this thing with bipolar disorder with psychotic features â€“I wonder if this could be only an episode or it will still keep going this way?

judith · Newbie Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 8

My daughter has the same diagnose â€“bipolar disorder with psychotic features and she was hospitalized 3 times already in almost 10 years after being diagnosed and she is now 34. Being diagnosed with bipolar disorder with psychotic features almost always demands patient's hospitalization under the antipsychotic drugs though much of them could be having some serious side effects such as hypertension â€“it was the case with my daughter. She is still on antidepressants and mood stabilizations for it is not like she could go on without taking them even after being out of the hospital. And also you may count on periodic bipolar disorder relapses for it is very frequent, in my daughter the bipolar disorder with psychotic features returns regularly on each third year and always in October.

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