By: Greg

I was also intrigued by this study, not because I put much trust in the hypothesis, but because of my own two seperate experiences with psychotic symptoms over the past 6 months. I’m 37, so the onset of SCZ in the traditional sense seems unlikely. Both times I was trying to learn very fast, and I WAS learning fast. My learning triggered a certain manic euphoric state, which accelerated my learning more (or seemed to). The psychotic symptoms creeped up on me, and before I knew it I thought I was a prophet practically. Connections were being made, and everything I saw seemed to be about me, every story, every narrative, and had universal implications. The euphoria turned to paranoia quickly and I slowed down –thinking I had obviously overstressed myself. The symptoms cleared in a few days. I could just write it off as bipolar symptoms, since I also experience depression. Interesting article though, because I’m convinced my learning drive (and success) was related to my euphoric trigger, and the subsequent psychotic schizophrenic thinking patterns.