Psychosis

[theoriginalfarmer]

How would you react if your girlfriend of ten years had you hospitalized involuntarily for being in a meth induced psychosis?

 

[Nurse Ratched]

I'm going to shoot this over to the dark side. I'm going to assume your girlfriend did this to you.

I guess i would feel a bit betrayed but on the other hand psychosis from meth use is no joke. It was probably scary for both of you. If you couldn't come out of it on your own ( by putting the meth away ) then I suppose she only had 2 choices. Walk away and let you figure it out for yourself or get you some help. Either choice was probably very difficult for her.

I got Baker Acted ( years and years ago in FL ) because my Mom was fed up with my drug use and seriously thought I was going to harm myself by either OD'ing or doing something that seriously jeopardized my life. It wasn't meth or stims but drugs are drugs when we abuse and over use. The Baker Act is a 72 hour involuntary hold for an assessment of our mental health. We all need a wake up call once in awhile. Luckily that was my one and only stint but being involuntarily committed does indeed have a way to say to ourselves..." well that sucked. Really don't want to ever live through that shit again. Maybe I will just see if I can get ( and keep ) my shit together. "

Pretty sure a lot of people on here can relate to what you went through. All we can hope is that it had an impact on you and you don't ever want to be confined again. Not being able to walk out of there really scared me. I hated that I wasn't free. I vowed to never let it happen again. I hope you are doing better now.

 

[Nurse Ratched]

BDD>TDS

 

[Jabberwocky]

How would you react if your girlfriend of ten years had you hospitalized involuntarily for being in a meth induced psychosis?

I might be upset at first, most would.

But they wouldn't have held you if you didn't really need help.

Sometimes our loved ones have to make difficult decisions for us, to help us, if we can't help ourselves. Psychosis in particular needs to be treated immediately, it left untreated it causes more damage and can potentially have permanent damage.

 

[solarbear]

Insane shit happens when the tweak hits the sanity fan.

I would feel she has her mind in the right place in my right mind at least.

 

[washingtonbound]

How would you react if your girlfriend of ten years had you hospitalized involuntarily for being in a meth induced psychosis?

I’ve dealt with several different people getting me hospitalized for psychosis. It is quite infuriating at first, but you have to realize that people don’t understand psychosis and it’s a very disturbing experience for them. And if you could see yourself when psychotic, you might be inclined to do the same thing. I had to come to terms with the fact that my psychoses were going to continue causing disruptions to my life and ended up going on medication. You might not need to do that, but taking a break from meth would be a good idea.

 

[washingtonbound]

I'm going to shoot this over to the dark side. I'm going to assume your girlfriend did this to you.

I guess i would feel a bit betrayed but on the other hand psychosis from meth use is no joke. It was probably scary for both of you. If you couldn't come out of it on your own ( by putting the meth away ) then I suppose she only had 2 choices. Walk away and let you figure it out for yourself or get you some help. Either choice was probably very difficult for her.

I got Baker Acted ( years and years ago in FL ) because my Mom was fed up with my drug use and seriously thought I was going to harm myself by either OD'ing or doing something that seriously jeopardized my life. It wasn't meth or stims but drugs are drugs when we abuse and over use. The Baker Act is a 72 hour involuntary hold for an assessment of our mental health. We all need a wake up call once in awhile. Luckily that was my one and only stint but being involuntarily committed does indeed have a way to say to ourselves..." well that sucked. Really don't want to ever live through that shit again. Maybe I will just see if I can get ( and keep ) my shit together. "

Pretty sure a lot of people on here can relate to what you went through. All we can hope is that it had an impact on you and you don't ever want to be confined again. Not being able to walk out of there really scared me. I hated that I wasn't free. I vowed to never let it happen again. I hope you are doing better now.

I wish I had been scared straight like that. I wound up in the psych ward over twenty times from drug use and not treating schizoaffective disorder.

 

[theoriginalfarmer]

I'm going to shoot this over to the dark side. I'm going to assume your girlfriend did this to you.

I guess i would feel a bit betrayed but on the other hand psychosis from meth use is no joke. It was probably scary for both of you. If you couldn't come out of it on your own ( by putting the meth away ) then I suppose she only had 2 choices. Walk away and let you figure it out for yourself or get you some help. Either choice was probably very difficult for her.

I got Baker Acted ( years and years ago in FL ) because my Mom was fed up with my drug use and seriously thought I was going to harm myself by either OD'ing or doing something that seriously jeopardized my life. It wasn't meth or stims but drugs are drugs when we abuse and over use. The Baker Act is a 72 hour involuntary hold for an assessment of our mental health. We all need a wake up call once in awhile. Luckily that was my one and only stint but being involuntarily committed does indeed have a way to say to ourselves..." well that sucked. Really don't want to ever live through that shit again. Maybe I will just see if I can get ( and keep ) my shit together. "

Pretty sure a lot of people on here can relate to what you went through. All we can hope is that it had an impact on you and you don't ever want to be confined again. Not being able to walk out of there really scared me. I hated that I wasn't free. I vowed to never let it happen again. I hope you are doing better now.

Yes it was my girlfriend. To give you a better idea, i was baker acted. I checked the meaning of it after reading your reply. After mabe 12 hours i was discharged after being checked by two doctors. I wasnt acting anything out of the ordinary or not showing enough signs of psychosis, im gathering. After getting home she did not believe i was released (i had to walk home from the hospital). We went back to "varify"my release form. After speaking to the doctor who discharged me, they asked if i had taken heroin in the past and when i said yes they asked me to sit back down on the bed and injected me with sleeping medicine. Woke up i assume a day later, dressed in hospital clothes in the pshyc ward.




Spent four days, before again being discharged, showing no signs of mental issues.

 

[theoriginalfarmer]

I might be upset at first, most would.

But they wouldn't have held you if you didn't really need help.

Sometimes our loved ones have to make difficult decisions for us, to help us, if we can't help ourselves. Psychosis in particular needs to be treated immediately, it left untreated it causes more damage and can potentially have permanent damage.

I read your reply to what psychosis felt like to you, wow it must be horrible the visual hallucinations after the trip has ended. Im sorry about what happened to you, it sounds terrfifying. Luckily i cannot remember feeling anything like you discribed. This time atleast.

 

[washingtonbound]

Yes it was my girlfriend. To give you a better idea, i was baker acted. I checked the meaning of it after reading your reply. After mabe 12 hours i was discharged after being checked by two doctors. I wasnt acting anything out of the ordinary or not showing enough signs of psychosis, im gathering. After getting home she did not believe i was released (i had to walk home from the hospital). We went back to "varify"my release form. After speaking to the doctor who discharged me, they asked if i had taken heroin in the past and when i said yes they asked me to sit back down on the bed and injected me with sleeping medicine. Woke up i assume a day later, dressed in hospital clothes in the pshyc ward.




Spent four days, before again being discharged, showing no signs of mental issues.

I definitely understand how frustrating it can be to be committed when it feels like you didn’t do much out of the ordinary. I’m very familiar with the baker act (I also live in Florida), and it doesn’t take much for it to happen to anyone. But consider when you were at the height of your meth psychosis, you might have done things that were quite out of the ordinary but weren’t cognizant of it. I know there have been times where I’ve felt completely normal but everyone around me was appalled by my behavior. And often times psych wards just try to get people out of there if they are nearly full to deal with more “severe” cases. But I will say the fact that your girlfriend made you walk back and then took you back afterwards is a cause for concern. May be worth examining the relationship dynamic.

 

[kr155y]

I would feel bad, but relieved that she cared enough to put you in a safe place so you can recover. Psychosis caused by any drug is frightening....

 

[Tazadeguate]

I’ve dealt with several different people getting me hospitalized for psychosis. It is quite infuriating at first, but you have to realize that people don’t understand psychosis and it’s a very disturbing experience for them. And if you could see yourself when psychotic, you might be inclined to do the same thing. I had to come to terms with the fact that my psychoses were going to continue causing disruptions to my life and ended up going on medication. You might not need to do that, but taking a break from meth would be a good idea.

I had to go on medication because my psychosis lasted two years and I was hospitalized 7 times involuntary. I believed crazy things…but the voices made it worse because I was talking back to the constantly because it was more real in my head then anywhere else. I looked insane as I was.

 

[washingtonbound]

I had to go on medication because my psychosis lasted two years and I was hospitalized 7 times involuntary. I believed crazy things…but the voices made it worse because I was talking back to the constantly because it was more real in my head then anywhere else. I looked insane as I was.

Yep very familiar with that except my situation didn't really involve voices, but rather very bizarre ideas, that began consuming more and more of my time.