who knows that?
I only find negativity on the internet.
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The chances are pretty high, actually. Most psychotic disorders are temporary conditions, which are only treated temporarily.
If your psychosis lasts longer than six months, or you’ve had multiple episodes, you’re less likely to permanently recover, and more likely to need meds for the rest of your life. It also depends on your diagnosis. Schizophrenia and bipolar are usually lifelong diseases. Drug-induced psychosis, f29/Psychosis NOS, and psychotic depression are more likely to be temporary conditions that go away after being treated.
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Ik had a drug induced psychosis after a half year dexamfetamine abuse. I took 80mg a day.
But it feels like I can get a psychosis again. they have diagnosed me with psychosis nos. Because psychosis lasted for 2 months after stopping dexamphetamine.
I do not know what the course is like?
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For people with a single episode, most doctors recommend staying on your meds for at least a year and a half, to allow the brain a chance to rewrite itself in a healthy way again. Then, they will slowly lower your meds to see how you do. But different doctors handle things differently for different patients. Talk with your doctor about your own prognosis.
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He says it’s 50 percent change that i can stop medication without psychosis
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Then I would trust your doctor.
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its like roulette youknow haha. I don’t know if i dare to take the bet
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I knew two people who had an amphetamine related psychosis. They were on meds for about two years each, but were able to be weaned off under a doctor’s supervision after staying clean for a certain period of time.
I had more significant symptoms that never went away, even after a substantial amount of time being in the hospital. I was eventually diagnosed sza, then sz a few years later when my depression seemed to lift. I believe my mood disorder symptoms were the result of the effect speed had on my system and just having a hard time with the way my life had changed, especially after the onset of my voices.
Looking back, I had significant symptoms at a much earlier age. But because I did well in school and my parents weren’t very involved in my life, certain dangerous signs were ignored and I received no counseling or therapy.
Speed can have some pretty profound effects that can last a very long time. My friend had a break with reality, but didn’t see anyone. He eventually got a job and went on with his life, but even today he tells me that using speed affected him permanently.
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I am just so emotionally stable since I no longer use speed. First I got ritalin. But they stopped because they thought it was bad for me. Now I’m without it for a while and I feel really emotionally unstable. I do not take much 2mg risperidone. But you think your speed use has caused lasting damage? That is ■■■■■■■. But I still have to live with me and doubt very much.
I do not mind getting a psychosis. But I especially dont like the damage that I do with it. I dare to get a psychosis again. But the consequences are so terrible… choices choices haha
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I’m sorry, i wasn’t quite clear.
I don’t feel that speed has had a permanent effect on me. I have almost no positive or negative symptoms anymore. No serious problems with mood. When under a abnormal amount of stress, i still have breakthrough symptoms. But they are very fleeting and are not so disturbing that I pay much mind to them. But I’m lucky that I respond well to meds and have been med-compliant for many years.
My friend is the one who tells me he is still affected by his previous use. He is a little neurotic at times and seems to have a little trouble with worrying too much, but he really didn’t go that much into to detail about it.
Is it possible that you gravitate towards using speed to self-medicate feelings of depression?
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yes, that possibility is certainly present. I think that was also a reason why I started using it so excessively. It was a panacea against worry. I just do what I have to do. But now that is gone, I am the old one again. Now I suffer from anxiety and worry. That is why it is so tempting to use amphetamine again. The psychiatrist had proposed to use an antidepressant. But I do not want a low libido.
It is difficult. If I had known that this would happen I would of course never have swallowed that mess. But yeah. life is hard.
I just do not want fear and no more psychosis. I am completely finished with that.
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I think the low libido can be controlled somewhat by being careful with your dosing and keeping up on it with your doctor.
But honestly, going back to speed is probably a bad idea. I actually used far less than a lot of the people around me. But it still affected me for many years. I had a hard time giving up on it for most of my adult life. Made a lot of poor decisions over the years and severely limited my own prognosis because i refused to stop.
It’s very toxic and had many health drawbacks and concerns. On top of things like brain damage and psychosis in certain cases. Wish I never would have ever even tried it. I can understand the temptation,but i just can’t endorse that behavior.
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Do you take antidepressants?
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I’m going to get some food at the supermarket. I’ll talk to you later.
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Nope. just anti-pysch. 15151515
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