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Psychotic symptoms

Psychotic symptoms: Introduction

Further information about Psychotic symptoms is below, or review more specific information about these types of Psychotic symptoms: Postpartum psychosis, Psychotic Behaviour or other types.

Psychotic symptoms: Any symptoms which occur during a psychotic episode. See free access online books about Psychotic symptoms below. See detailed information below for a list of 49 causes of Psychotic symptoms, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Psychotic symptoms

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Causes of Types of Psychotic symptoms:

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Psychotic symptoms: Symptom Checker

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Psychotic symptoms Treatments

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Psychotic symptoms

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Diagnostic Guides for Psychotic symptoms

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Psychotic symptoms: Self Assessment Tools

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Psychotic symptoms: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Hospitals & Clinics: Psychotic symptoms

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Misdiagnosis and Psychotic symptoms

Various mental health symptoms caused by rare epilepsy: Temporal lobe epilepsy is a less common form of epilepsy that does not have the typical physical seizures. Patients can suffer from symptoms such as depression, moodiness, anger, ...read more »

Rare copper disease insidious and misdiagnosed: Wilson's disease (a form of copper overload) is a rare disorder that has a slow and insidious onset that can often fail to be diagnosed. Copper builds up in the liver and in the brain,...read more »

Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness because he suffered from sudden inability to speak. This was initially misdiagnosed as a "nervous...read more »

Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for a patient to show mental decline to dementia. Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions, such as a ...read more »

ADHD under-diagnosed in adults: Although the over-diagnoses of ADHD in children is a well-known controversy, the reverse side related to adults. Some adults can remain undiagnosed, and indeed the condition has usually been...read more »

Bipolar disorder misdiagosed as various conditions by primary physicians: Bipolar disorder (manic-depressive disorder) often fails to be diagnosed correctly by primary care physicians. Many patients with bipolar...read more »

Eating disorders under-diagnosed in men: The typical patient with an eating disorder is female. The result is that men with eating disorders often fail to be diagnosed or have a delayed diagnosis. See misdiagnosis of eating disorders or ...read more »

Depression undiagnosed in teenagers: Serious bouts of depression can be undiagnosed in teenagers. The "normal" moodiness of teenagers can cause severe medical depression to be overlooked. See misdiagnosis of depression or symptoms of...read more »

Undiagnosed anxiety disorders related to depression: Patients with depression (see symptoms of depression) may also have undiagnosed anxiety disorders (see symptoms of anxiety disorders). Failure to diagnose these...read more »

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Psychotic symptoms: Related Rare Diseases

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Home Diagnostic Testing and Psychotic symptoms

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Medications or substances causing Psychotic symptoms:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Psychotic symptoms as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

See full list of 18 medications causing Psychotic symptoms

Drug interactions causing Psychotic symptoms:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Psychotic symptoms as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Verapamil and lithium interaction
  • Calan and lithium interaction
  • Calan SR and lithium interaction
  • Covera HS and lithium interaction
  • Isoptin and lithium interaction
  • Isoptin SR and lithium interaction
  • Verapamil Extended Release and lithium interaction
  • Verelan and lithium interaction
  • more interactions...»

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Detailed list of causes of Psychotic symptoms

The list below shows some of the causes of Psychotic symptoms mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 49 causes of Psychotic symptoms

How Common are these Causes of Psychotic symptoms?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Psychotic symptoms. Of the 49 causes of Psychotic symptoms that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 0 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 3 causes are "common" diseases
  • 1 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 0 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 0 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 46 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 49 causes of Psychotic symptoms

Conditions listing symptoms: Psychotic symptoms:

The following list of conditions have 'Psychotic symptoms' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • ACTH Deficiency ... psychosis
  • Amphetamine abuse ... psychotic symptoms
  • Amphetamine withdrawal ... psychosis

    B

  • Bipolar disorder ... psychosis

    C

  • Calcification of basal ganglia with or without hypocalcemia ... psychosis
  • Cathinone poisoning ... psychosis
  • Chemical poisoning - Carbon Disulfide ... psychosis
  • Chemical poisoning - Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ... psychosis
  • Chemical poisoning - Manganese ... psychosis
  • Choreoacanthocytosis amyotrophic ... psychosis
  • Claviceps purpurea poisoning ... psychosis
  • Crystal meth addiction ... psychosis

    D

  • Dobriner syndrome ... psychosis

    E

  • Ecstasy withdrawal ... psychosis

    H

  • Hawaiian Baby Woodrose poisoning ... psychosis
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Wormwood ... psychosis
  • Hydrocephalus - costovertebral dysplasia - Sprengel anomaly ... psychosis
  • Hydrocephalus - Skeletal Anomalies - Mental Disturbance ... psychosis

    M

  • Marijuana abuse ... psychosis
  • Marijuana addiction ... psychosis
  • Mental retardation psychosis macroorchidism ... psychosis
  • Mental retardation X-linked - psychosis - macroorchidism ... psychosis
  • Mescal poisoning ... psychosis
  • Methylmalonic acidemia, synthesis defect of AdoCbl and MeCbl ... psychosis

    N

  • Norrie syndrome ... psychosis
  • Nutritional deficiency ... Psychosis

    P

  • Psychotic disorders ... psychosis

    S

  • Schizoaffective disorder ... Psychosis
  • Sjögren syndrome, secondary ... psychosis
  • St. Anthony's fire ... psychosis

    T

  • Toxic mushrooms - Anticholinergic ... psychosis
  • Toxic mushrooms - Psychedelic ... psychosis
  • Transthyretin amyloidosis ... psychosis

    V

  • Vitamin B12 Deficiency ... psychosis

    W

  • Waaler Aarskog syndrome ... psychosis
  • Wilson's Disease ... psychosis
  • Wyburn Mason's syndrome ... psychotic symptoms

    Conditions listing complications: Psychotic symptoms:

    The following list of conditions have 'Psychotic symptoms' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Amphetamine abuse ... psychosis
  • Asperger syndrome ... psychosis
  • Autism ... psychosis

    B

  • Bipolar disorder ... psychosis

    C

  • Cocaine addiction ... psychosis
  • Crack addiction ... psychosis

    E

  • Ecstasy addiction ... psychosis

    M

  • Marijuana abuse ... psychotic symptoms

    N

  • Narcotic addiction ... psychosis

    P

  • Pregnancy ... postpartum psychosis

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  • Classifications of Psychotic symptoms:

    Subtypes of Psychotic symptoms:

    Postpartum psychosis, Psychotic Behaviour (35 causes)

    Medical Conditions associated with Psychotic symptoms:

    Psychological problems (51 causes), Behavioral symptoms (3957 causes)

    Symptoms related to Psychotic symptoms:

    Delusions (116 causes), Paranoia (75 causes), Hallucinations (176 causes), Postpartum psychosis, Psychotic Behaviour (35 causes)

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