Three month psychotic episode

Back in April I decreased my Seroquel and Cogentin because of thirst from lack of access to adequate water while in the foreign countries, Israel and Egypt. Eventually and soon enough I got bottled water.

When I returned from my trip, I suffered jet lag and associated lack of sleep for which I started taking Delta 8 CBD with THC every night. All of this triggered voices, visual hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia, that lasted from mid April to about a few days ago. Three months total.

Approximately a week and a half ago, a pdoc on call ordered my risperidone to be increased from 2 mg to 4 mg, saying that the THC triggered me. The risperidone apparently took effect within a few days.

I am perfectly fine now.

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Were you not on 8mg risperidone ?

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No. I was on 2 mg. Now I’m on 4 mg.

Delta 8 isn’t cbd. It is exactly like delta 9, which is regular thc. That’s probably what a large part of your problem is.

Edit, i missed where the pdoc said the same.

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Delta 8 is THC derived from hemp, not marijuana. The problem is it’s unregulated so you don’t necessarily know what dosage and all you’re actually getting.
I personally have no problem with anyone doing what they want (I do), but since it’s so man made I don’t trust it. I guess that doesn’t make much sense all the meds I’m on. Just take care. I’m glad the meds seem to be helping.

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That’s good to know that you are out of psychosis.

This brings back the memories of periods I was in bad form due to psychosis and mania. Things were very gloomy and and problem was even meds were not helping that much when I was in treatment phase. It was a physical ailment which coexisted and causing me not to work and have good life. I was alone most of the time and only time I am able to realise the benefits of medicine is recently from Feb this year. Apart from that my life was all gloomy and dark.

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Glad to hear you’re back on planet earth.

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I said, “saying that the THC triggered me”, meaning that my pdoc said it triggered me. She did not tell me that delta 8 was not CBD. The smoke shop store did tell me it was CBD. Sorry if I was not clear.

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When I say I’m perfectly fine now, the delusions are clear in the back of my brain, where they belong, and not in the forefront bothering me.

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They lied to you and that’s been getting out of hand all over the US. I hate those types of marketers.

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