This video explains a lot. Long ago in the summer of 2020, I got off my antipsychotics (which I was on due to sleep deprivation induced psychosis) and ended up relapsing into a major psychosis. I had fevers, delusions that I was dying of toxic mold syndrome, major paranoia, etc. I stopped bathing for weeks/months (my friends had to bully me into a soapy bath occasionally) and I rarely went outside unless I needed food from the store, soap, or for therapy. I was sleeping all day as well because I thought people were hunting me during the day, and only night was safe. Eventually after 6 months (February 2021) I had a long bath and then woke up feeling clearheaded the next day. A few slight relapses here and there, but I was on the mend. It took me another 2 years to pick up the shattered pieces of my life, but I'm slowly getting there: I'm volunteering nowadays, I have friends and I'm a likeable member of society again. (Only slight issue is that I struggle to see the need to wash more than once a week, ever since then). I thought I had schizophrenia for a good while because of it (despite not being diagnosed by my therapist) because I couldn't understand why I'd relapsed whenever I tried quitting my meds. So your video gave me something to think about, and seems plausible to me. It's scary how prescription meds, drugs, etc. can cause psychosis out of the blue. And it's terrifying how insidious psychosis can be.
I stayed in a drug induced psychosis for over a year on the drug and two after I went sober, and it kept getting worse. I fully believed my delusions, trusted no one and it took ages to get help, even more ages to find a professional and then some to find an antipsychotic that worked. Thanks for putting this information out there and happy to see you again! Lots of love.
This this is an amazing video that explains a lot. I have never experienced psychosis other than during my schizoaffective disorder onset, And really never gave much thought other neurological conditions or outside things that could cause psychosis this video was full of amazing information as always.
❤ Thanks for the effort it took you to put up these videos! As a young man in my early twenties I was really messed up mentally due to my relationship with religion. At nineteen I gave up the by far the best job that I ever had because of that relationship 😢 Looking back on it, that was definitely in the top four regrets. I got married around that time, June 1979 and the impact of this decision began the inevitable slow decline of my marriage 👎😭
Very informative and well organized talk Carolynn. The friend I once mentioned who saw herself on TV shows also once had a weed habit/addiction. It was before I met her, but she told me she would do things to get it that she wasn't very proud of. She told me stories that read like porn films. The pizza boys sticks in my mind. Pot is the last drug I would expect someone to be addicted to. Before hearing your talk, I thought it was just her. Maybe you've covered this before...what was once called 'Brief psychotic reaction'. I broke off with a girlfriend who I loved dearly, for that reason. Every month just before menstruation she would display psychotic(like) thinking and reactions. We were young, she 21, me 35. (I know). Her immediate relatives were both 'loaded' so I didn't feel I had a chance and ended it. EDIT - I just found the term ' Menstrual psychosis '. I wish I knew then what I know now. A friends mother had a psychotic break during menopause where she thought her husband planned to kill her and put her in the trunk in the basement. It may also have had something to due with her working in the 'glue room' at a lamp factory. Bye!
I don't think I've had full psychosis from weed, but a couple times I had terrible panic attacks with thought loops I couldn't get out of. I don't have hallucinations with my eyes open but sometimes I will see fractal patterns and other disorienting light trail patterns when I close my eyes. I took a while off smoking and I found I handle 5mg thc/cbd gummies quite well when I am well rested. that seems to be the sweet spot for me. but I basically stopped having any weed for years, and most of the time when I would partake I would be quite anxious.
I quit smoking when I was 25 for that same reason. The panic and paranoia was terrible. I had been suffering from GAD and later on depression, but was not aware of it just then. Something that affects you like that is best put aside for good.
This video explains a lot.
Long ago in the summer of 2020, I got off my antipsychotics (which I was on due to sleep deprivation induced psychosis) and ended up relapsing into a major psychosis. I had fevers, delusions that I was dying of toxic mold syndrome, major paranoia, etc. I stopped bathing for weeks/months (my friends had to bully me into a soapy bath occasionally) and I rarely went outside unless I needed food from the store, soap, or for therapy. I was sleeping all day as well because I thought people were hunting me during the day, and only night was safe.
Eventually after 6 months (February 2021) I had a long bath and then woke up feeling clearheaded the next day. A few slight relapses here and there, but I was on the mend. It took me another 2 years to pick up the shattered pieces of my life, but I'm slowly getting there: I'm volunteering nowadays, I have friends and I'm a likeable member of society again. (Only slight issue is that I struggle to see the need to wash more than once a week, ever since then).
I thought I had schizophrenia for a good while because of it (despite not being diagnosed by my therapist) because I couldn't understand why I'd relapsed whenever I tried quitting my meds. So your video gave me something to think about, and seems plausible to me. It's scary how prescription meds, drugs, etc. can cause psychosis out of the blue. And it's terrifying how insidious psychosis can be.
I stayed in a drug induced psychosis for over a year on the drug and two after I went sober, and it kept getting worse. I fully believed my delusions, trusted no one and it took ages to get help, even more ages to find a professional and then some to find an antipsychotic that worked. Thanks for putting this information out there and happy to see you again! Lots of love.
This this is an amazing video that explains a lot. I have never experienced psychosis other than during my schizoaffective disorder onset, And really never gave much thought other neurological conditions or outside things that could cause psychosis this video was full of amazing information as always.
❤ Thanks for the effort it took you to put up these videos! As a young man in my early twenties I was really messed up mentally due to my relationship with religion. At nineteen I gave up the by far the best job that I ever had because of that relationship 😢 Looking back on it, that was definitely in the top four regrets. I got married around that time, June 1979 and the impact of this decision began the inevitable slow decline of my marriage 👎😭
I have been on antipsychotics for over 20 years.life changing.i will have to stay on.these meds for life
Very informative and well organized talk Carolynn. The friend I once mentioned who saw herself on TV shows also once had a weed habit/addiction. It was before I met her, but she told me she would do things to get it that she wasn't very proud of. She told me stories that read like porn films. The pizza boys sticks in my mind. Pot is the last drug I would expect someone to be addicted to. Before hearing your talk, I thought it was just her.
Maybe you've covered this before...what was once called 'Brief psychotic reaction'. I broke off with a girlfriend who I loved dearly, for that reason. Every month just before menstruation she would display psychotic(like) thinking and reactions. We were young, she 21, me 35. (I know). Her immediate relatives were both 'loaded' so I didn't feel I had a chance and ended it. EDIT - I just found the term ' Menstrual psychosis '. I wish I knew then what I know now.
A friends mother had a psychotic break during menopause where she thought her husband planned to kill her and put her in the trunk in the basement. It may also have had something to due with her working in the 'glue room' at a lamp factory. Bye!
Psychosis was traumatic and frightening
I don't think I've had full psychosis from weed, but a couple times I had terrible panic attacks with thought loops I couldn't get out of. I don't have hallucinations with my eyes open but sometimes I will see fractal patterns and other disorienting light trail patterns when I close my eyes. I took a while off smoking and I found I handle 5mg thc/cbd gummies quite well when I am well rested. that seems to be the sweet spot for me. but I basically stopped having any weed for years, and most of the time when I would partake I would be quite anxious.
I quit smoking when I was 25 for that same reason. The panic and paranoia was terrible. I had been suffering from GAD and later on depression, but was not aware of it just then. Something that affects you like that is best put aside for good.
Just by looking at your "enhancements" I know something is wrong.