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27-06-2017 02:10 PM
27-06-2017 02:10 PM
Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis
While he is unwell he is not the husband you once knew, although that man is still in there somewhere, held hostage to his mental illness.
Guard your energy reserves carefully, prioritise your daughter, and engage in as much self-nurturing opportunities as you can, so you don't end up being a patient as well ..... these are the golden rules of carers.
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28-06-2017 07:07 AM
28-06-2017 07:07 AM
Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis
Thanks everyone
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28-06-2017 09:08 AM
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Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis
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28-06-2017 09:15 AM
28-06-2017 09:15 AM
Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis
hello @Lexxy17 and welcome
That is a great idea @Faith-and-Hope xxx
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28-06-2017 11:05 AM
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29-06-2017 11:57 AM
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Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis
Good morning @Lexxy17, @Faith-and-Hope
how are you today @Lexxy17
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03-07-2017 12:08 PM
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03-07-2017 03:17 PM
03-07-2017 03:17 PM
Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis
how totally wonderful @Lexxy17
I have 4 step children who are adults now
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05-08-2017 05:55 AM
05-08-2017 05:55 AM
Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis
Hi @Lexxy17
I totally understand what you are going through. I have shared my story previously @Demi in another forum on delusional disorder. (Don't know how to link sorry) I have been married 29 years and my husband started displaying unusual beliefs 10 years ago and our relationship has suffered and he has not worked. He has been under an involuntary treatment order 3 times which has been extremely difficult to invoke and see happen. He now is at the stage where he receives his medication "voluntarily" by injection at the doctor, once a month. The medication has had side effects, he stays in bed up to 16 hours a day, but the delusions are no longer part of his conversation, the psychiatrist believes that my husband no longer believes the delusions are real. I have never had the courage to bring up the delusions as I don't have the courage knowing where those discussions have led previously and my desire to avoid confrontation.
Make sure you look after yourself and get any help you need. I only recently discovered these forums and wish I had known about them all those years ago so I knew I and my husband were not the only ones having these experiences.
Kind regards,
Demi
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15-07-2018 07:25 PM
15-07-2018 07:25 PM
Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis
Hi, this is the first time I have ever been on a forum. The very first post I read was yours and it is almost a carbon copy of what is happening to my son and his wife. One year ago he went on holiday and bought some weed (he was used to smoking) but his one was very high in THC and over a period of 2 months he became more and more psychotic and paranoid. He really believed he was Jesus, he saw and heard strange illusions. He wanted to be in the dark and needed silence. Anyway eventually he was going to harm himself in a church and his wife committed him to a psychiatric unit where he thought he was the head psychiatrist and was very happy to be there because he was helping the others! He hated taking the anti psychotic drugs but they did help him and after a week he was discharged. Since then he has blamed her for committing him and still doesnt believe there was anything wrong. One year later they went on holiday again and he bought the same weed, from the same man and with the same result. He now wants a divorce, never wants to hear her voice again, and is psychotic. But if she were to mention a doctor, an anti psychotic drug, anything on those lines he would run away....and then nobody would know where he was.
My questions to you and the group if anyone can help are: How are you today? Is there anything that helped your husband and can you share that with me? Can the psychosis go away without medication? Should his wife commit him again even though he hates her for it? We just do not know what to do. Thank you for your help.