I’ve been a habitual user of all sorts of drugs since a young age I am now 21 years old. Last summer is when I began having delusions (I was 20 then) and with the help of drugs went into a full psychosis I have never used like this it’s almost like something made me do it. The delusions are about powers that I have. I feel that I can read people and I know what they are thinking I can hear their thoughts and what they are planning they don’t even have to be anywhere near me for me to do this. Some of the people I don’t even know and have never met it’s extremely hard to explain. I also have extremely vivid dreams and visions which to me look like the future. I get extremely paranoid that the federal government is out to get me in anyway possible. Recently I was very depressed had no motivation to attend my classes so I visited my psychiatrist who used to prescribe me ADHD meds which I had not taken in a long time. I didn’t tell my psychiatrist about my delusions because I don’t want people to think I’m crazy. I was given a prescription for 20mg of Prozac and 5mg Dexedrine. The Prozac made my symptoms considerably worse and I stopped taking it almost immediately. The Dexedrine made me extremely paranoid so I do not take it. I used to be on ADHD medication all the time with no bad side effects except some slight anxiety which was pretty easy to control back then. I’d really rather not take anti psychotics. I feel that sometimes I’m in my own world and other times I’m in mine and everyone else’s it’s getting worse and I don’t know what to do. I’ve been severely depressed basically my whole life. The stress of all this is almost too much to bare at times when I come out of my world and have one foot in the other.
See a pdoc as soon as possible…!!!
I agree that you should see a psych doctor as soon as possible. If you see doctors and don’t tell them about your delusions then they may continue prescribing the wrong medications that could make you worse. I know taking psych meds feels scary but they can be so helpful. I wish you well. I hope you stay here in this community and get some support from us.
Psych meds are extremely scary for me. I was prescribed seroquel after I was withdrawing from benzodiazepines which I was using recreationally last summer but it was for off label use basically to help me sleep and such. I flushed it after 2 days of taking it and it ended up making the withdrawal worse. People around me do notice that I am different and have told me my behavior is not normal. I am scared about how my family and others will treat me if I tell them everything that I am experiencing. I want to accomplish things in life and I think that the psych meds will put me in a fog where I will not be able to accomplish anything. At the same time I know something is not right. I wish every day that I could just go back to being “normal”. I do plan on seeing my psychiatrist but I don’t think he will be happy about me keeping this from him for so long and disregarding it and getting anti depressants and a stimulant which I honestly thought would help me. I’m not sure if I should go see someone else or what but I will figure it out.
Tell your psychiatrist about your drug usage and your symptoms if you want a real diagnosis and help.
Ask a professional about this. We can’t help you figure this out.