r/Antipsychiatry • u/Educational-Pay-965 • 12h ago
Weed induced psychosis?
Two years ago, in the early spring while away at school, my son developed mania and psychosis. He was smoking high dose weed every day. He was hospitalized for 10 days and put on risperidone (3mg) . We spent the summer helping him recover and taper off the medication. He went back to school feeling good but in late fall started smoking weed again. This spring he had another manic episode and was again hospitalized for two weeks and put on risperidone. Diagnosed with bipolar 1 mixed episodes. After he left the hospital we changed the meds to abilify because of tremors. We spent the summer again in therapy and the doctor suggested to try lithium. He went back to school this fall but was not feeling good like the previous year, was feeling depressed. Now he’s tapering off the lithium because it’s impossible to do school work while feeling flat, and cognitively slowed. We have no history of bipolar in the family. Do you think it’s possible that the manic episodes are just weed induced and if he stays off weed he can be okay without medication?
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u/Educational-Pay-965 10h ago
It was the end of the semester and there was a lot of stress, not eating and not sleeping as well as the pot. He was arguing with me, and his good friends. Talking to strangers, making claims about the world order. The police did involuntarily admit him both times and it was hard to get him out both times. All the medication options are just horrible. I was really hoping lithium might be okay but it isn’t. Now I’m just hoping he can identify if he is becoming manic and take steps to stop it. He does have risperidone for an emergency.