[Anonymous]

A psychiatrist has said that I am at a high risk of psychosis. Does this mean I am in the prodromal stage of schizophrenia? Has anyone else been told this before? If I am at a high risk how long would this stage last until the psychosis develops? Is there any way to prevent it?

[Anonymous]

http://www.nature.com/news/psychosis...-dsm-5-1.10610

This might give you more information. Trials of taking omega 3 fatty acids have been found to help. It isn't the same as prodromal stage of schizophrenia, no, and it isn't definite that you or anyone else who has been told this will experience psychosis. There are things that can help.

[mld]

(Original post by Anonymous)
A psychiatrist has said that I am at a high risk of psychosis. Does this mean I am in the prodromal stage of schizophrenia? Has anyone else been told this before? If I am at a high risk how long would this stage last until the psychosis develops? Is there any way to prevent it?

I was 15 when I started with depression and psychosis. Now 35 years later I am psychotic, but take the meds and keep a job, well, am going back to work in a couple of months.

My advice is, keep an eye on yourself and if you feel depressed get the meds in you as quickly as possible, then you may not go on to develop the psychosis. Do what I say, not what I did! I went without medication for years and have been left with massive psychosis.

[Noodlzzz]

High risk may mean a strong genetic background of psychosis, a slight tendency towards delusional thinking or the occasional hallucination.

It doesn't mean you will go on to experience full blown psychosis, and often the fact that they've 'caught it' before it gets bad is a good indicator of a full recovery should a psychosis arise.

[anon2010]

Not only people with schizophrenia get psychosis. I am diagnosed bipolar and I get psychosis.

I have a friend with OCD and borderline personality disorder and she gets psychosis.

[Kailen]

Hi!
My father had schizophrenia and two years ago my little brother went volunteeringly to the mental hospital for a month with psychosis and he's on meds now. Of course the chances for him getting schizophrenia are much higher than to some who don't have it in their families but it must be very scary to everyone. It's been very hard for my brother to cope with the fact that he has a mental illness and I haven't really known how to be there for him. But I wish the best for all of you and hopefully the medication works because it is indeed possible to live a rather normal life despite that. My brother started university last year and although it's tough sometimes, he's tries to keep going.

[move on]

(Original post by Anonymous)
A psychiatrist has said that I am at a high risk of psychosis. Does this mean I am in the prodromal stage of schizophrenia? Has anyone else been told this before? If I am at a high risk how long would this stage last until the psychosis develops? Is there any way to prevent it?

I am not sure what does that mean but if you're in the prodromal stage you need to be very careful, don push yourself too hard. once it reaches the stage of psychosis you may need to be on medication for years, like me. my prodromal stage lasted for a month and went full-blown. had been thinking a lot whether there's anything that could be changed to have prevented that. my advice would be to keep close contact with your care coordinator, be it GP, nurse or therapist. they can be your good counsellors and in case your condition went out of control they can put you on medication immediately. in the meantime remember to eat well, sleep well and socialise, very important. when you're alone there is high risk you can think too extreme and become ill. if you're a Christian pray and go to church. talk to people, relax, don be hard on yourself, think positively, i wish you well and God bless