I'll spare you the details of my mental health history and keep it simple and direct. I'm bipolar 1, I've had dozens of episodes in my life, many resulting in hospitalization. During my last two stays, I was experiencing psychosis. My mother told me today (rather put of the blue) that "they" (the doctors treating me) said I may not come out of it, and to look in to long term assisted living arrangements for me. Due to the often strained dynamic between my mother and I, and just who she is as a person, I am skeptical of this. I feel like she just said this to spook me in to being med compliant, and that doesnt actually happen to people.

I have every intention of asking my psychiatrist about the validity of her comment at our next appointment. I realize this is a broad question, and should be looked at on a case by case bases, but I'm curious-

Tl;dr Can a person experience lifelong psychosis? Or in my case specifically from a manic episode?