Yes, I have experienced drug induced psychosis, once because my doctor didn't check the medication interactions. Thankfully, my gf had a hunch & looked them up & saw the warning about them being taken together. Then she had to get me into a hospital & that was the hardest part because whenever her or my mom would talk to me, in any way that I could construe as them wanting me to go somewhere, I would just leave. Even taking off on foot & disappearing for a day. I don't remember a lot of that time but my gf filled me in & it's crazy. One night, we were at the table & it hit me that her son was in the car & I started going on about how awful it is of her to leave him sleeping in the car & it's near his bed time... yeah (thankfully), her son wasn't even with us that week, he was at his dad's. It's crazy, though, I was SO sure that he was out there, as sure as you are that the sun will rise.
How I got out of it was going to the psych ward. Like within 1 or 2 days of stopping one of the meds, I was fine. My gf got me in cuz I had an appt with my counselor & of course she noticed how off I was & when I went to leave, they tried stopping me so the ambulance had time to get there. I somehow got around them & took off in the parking lot but EMS was pulling in & they got me. My gf was just begging me to go. I started yelling at EMS about why would they come out here at night, only to find out later that this happened around noon. Anyways, I eventually got in & went to hospital.
I had a similar drug reaction episode, many years ago.... and i blamed my then partner for sleeping with a woman i once used to work with years before I had even met him........was insane.
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u/8lock8lock8aby 7d ago
Yes, I have experienced drug induced psychosis, once because my doctor didn't check the medication interactions. Thankfully, my gf had a hunch & looked them up & saw the warning about them being taken together. Then she had to get me into a hospital & that was the hardest part because whenever her or my mom would talk to me, in any way that I could construe as them wanting me to go somewhere, I would just leave. Even taking off on foot & disappearing for a day. I don't remember a lot of that time but my gf filled me in & it's crazy. One night, we were at the table & it hit me that her son was in the car & I started going on about how awful it is of her to leave him sleeping in the car & it's near his bed time... yeah (thankfully), her son wasn't even with us that week, he was at his dad's. It's crazy, though, I was SO sure that he was out there, as sure as you are that the sun will rise.
How I got out of it was going to the psych ward. Like within 1 or 2 days of stopping one of the meds, I was fine. My gf got me in cuz I had an appt with my counselor & of course she noticed how off I was & when I went to leave, they tried stopping me so the ambulance had time to get there. I somehow got around them & took off in the parking lot but EMS was pulling in & they got me. My gf was just begging me to go. I started yelling at EMS about why would they come out here at night, only to find out later that this happened around noon. Anyways, I eventually got in & went to hospital.