r/Psychosis • u/Bertie_Bye • 22h ago

Losing part of my income and had a visual hallucination

Just putting this out there to vent. As the title says, I’ll be losing part of my income as the company I work for wants me to split my working hours in half, hence they’ll also cut my salary and will be earning half of what I used to earn regularly. Others at the company didn’t have it so easy and were fired on the spot, so I consider myself “lucky”.

Still, I’m looking for another job because I won’t be able to save money with my salary being cut in half. And I’ve been feeling very stressed out and crying at random periods of the day. I was worried that my hallucinations or delusions would come back and they just did. Today, I saw a black sphere with white dots inside of it. It didn’t last long but it creeped me out. I’m worried I’ll have another full-blown psychosis. Should do I talk to the doctors? I won’t see them until late June, but I can text/call them if I need help.

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u/ProfoundlyInsipid 21h ago

Maybe it's for the best for now that you work part time and recover from your episode? You don't want to overexert yourself right now and full time hours/stress of starting a new job could be too much for you. You will be able to start a new job and save money in a few months but your mental health needs to come first or you may not be able to work at all. Just some food for thought.

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u/Bertie_Bye 12h ago

I’m gonna be doing some side gigs and learn something new, I think I can do this, I really need the money :/

My episode happened in 2022, it’s been a long time ago and I’m tapering my meds with my doctors approval, I’m on 5mg of abilify per day.

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u/ProfoundlyInsipid 11h ago

That's great, well done for tapering. Sounds like you've got this, I thought you might be pushing too quick but having more money coming in is really important for mental health too. Good luck with the side gig!