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Bluelighter
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- Dec 23, 2007
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I wrote a crazy post a while ago that got closed because it was blog material (I was just churning out words all circling around one idea). I ended up going to the ER for care on the recommendation of a crisis services place and being institutionalized for 11 days (traumatically horrific but necessary at the time). I'm now on abilify, 20mg/day in two divided doses, and I'm seeing an outpatient psychiatrist ASAP (quite possibly tomorrow); they also gave me two shots of haldol at a couple of points in the hospital and one oral dose, I know that stuff lingers forever. I'm also not using any drugs or alcohol, my favorite drugs were marijuana and psychedelics and those scare the shit out of me now, and beer but I'm living with my dad and mom again and my dad's trying to quit drinking too so it's become a father-son bonding thing. It's much easier to quit drinking when you don't have a fridge full of beer all the time.
I'd just love to hear from other people who have been through a serious drug-induced psychosis (mine was mostly from psychedelics/methoxetamine/weed/fake-weed but any drugs'll do), and what their recovery was like.
One interesting/disturbing thing about antipsychotics is they make you too restless to sleep. You DO sleep but your dreams are of you tossing and turning in your bed. And you have nightmares that are difficult to distinguish from reality. But shit like that will get better as I get used to the medication. Meditating and stretching and going on long walks also help a lot. But who knows where I'd be if I didn't have parents who could afford to support me.
I'd just love to hear from other people who have been through a serious drug-induced psychosis (mine was mostly from psychedelics/methoxetamine/weed/fake-weed but any drugs'll do), and what their recovery was like.
One interesting/disturbing thing about antipsychotics is they make you too restless to sleep. You DO sleep but your dreams are of you tossing and turning in your bed. And you have nightmares that are difficult to distinguish from reality. But shit like that will get better as I get used to the medication. Meditating and stretching and going on long walks also help a lot. But who knows where I'd be if I didn't have parents who could afford to support me.
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