superpie wrote:Hi
I am new to this board and so to Psychology
I am interested in the cases of how hallucination happens in Bipolar and Schizophrenia. As far as I know Bipolar is more about mood swings, which seems to be a way different story compared to hallucination. If someone with Bipolar experiences with hallucination too, would it be correct to say that person also suffers from Schizophrenia? Thoughts?
A hallucination can be tactile, olfactory, visual, auditory, or gustatory. These, also referred to as positive symptoms, are basically distortions of a person's reality via the five senses. Delusions also fall in the same category as hallucinations, both of which are features of psychosis. An individual diagnosed with schizophrenia, in my experience, frequently experiences auditory hallucinations. Often he or she will complain of voices in their head. If the voices are having a conversation in the pts head, not a good sign. Now, an individual with bipolar would be diagnosed as bipolar disorder (I or II) with psychotic features, then you'd identify the chronicity/severity. Hallucinations in bipolar typically arise during a manic state. One possibility could be that, since sleep is extremely difficult to get while manic, the lack of rest impairs their reality testing.
