Drug abuse and mental illness
Common Questions and Answers about Drug abuse and mental illness
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Some aspects of what you described such as extreme irrational anger could be from a psychiatric disability but only a psychiatrist could provide a diagnosis. The substance abuse issue is making things worse and should be addressed and would worsen any psychiatric disability. You should encourage him to seek help, the best way being from a distance such as a phone call and other family members and friends of his should be able to support you on this.
Drug or alcohol abuse is common in persons with bipolar disorder and can mask the symptoms, thus complicating diagnosis and treatment. Recognizing and treating any drug abuse is a priority, since it is a strong predictor of suicide, especially in men.
Before treatment begins, the patient receives a careful physical exam, and blood and urine are tested to detect conditions that could put medical constraints on the choice of treatment.
Anway in the end andy was sctioned to a mental ward for 3months for his own saftey while he was in hospital he was dignosed with sciphtzophere and was put on anti phsycotics madications and he was good again and the silly man still continued to smoke his weed/cannabis aswell.
But he was better once the docs got him on these tablets.it was the cannabis that had caused psychiatric problems with him anyway.
you need nutrients that were taken out of your system by this drug!
If you are prone to depression, anxiety or any other mental illness, I would suggest that you keep your experimentation to a minimum, and always make sure someone in your group is not on any drug at all to assist if there are any complications.
If you continue to feel out of sorts, go to your gp, and tell them the truth of the matter and you will get it all sorted.
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With 15% heart function she may mean an ejection fraction of 15%. With this she can function ok at rest. However her history of drug abuse, Hepatitis C etc may disqualify her for surgery. She may be a candidate for pacemakers or defibrillators but only her cardiologist can tell that for sure.
Hope this helps. Please let me know if there is any thing else and do keep me posted. Take care!
30mg of xanex is a ridiculous amount and dangerous with schizophrenia they use a lot of different meds zyprexa is common for many different mental illness but theres more to the story if he truly is taking 30mg of xanex hes ether got multiple doctors or hes getting them off the street this is a red flag of abuse to me............
for a long time now ive been having some weird mental problems like being afraid to be out in public I don't like going to places were people are going to see me like walking to the bp if there are a bunch of people there . or going to the swimming pool . I also am afraid of getting a job because of the people I would have to be around . I also have trouble concentrating ....
I guess what I want to know is, what are some things I can do to help with his illness and if my baby could possibly develop mental illness for the simple fact that the father has mental illness. Also, is someone with a serious illness like that suitable to raise a child. I love him so much, but my baby comes first.
Another issue become dealing with the psychiatric community if you have a know history of substance abuse. You may get a dual-diagnosis between addiction and mental illness, but docs have a harder time treating people who have used any sort of illicit drugs. Many won't treat you aggressively because their afraid that you'll abuse some of the medications that they prescribe.
I have a friend who has been laid up for over a year with BP disorder and has been pretty beat up.
m truly and extremely happy, the depression, mania, and hallucinations all go away and I act like a normal human being but as soon as it wears off I am probably the most hateful SOB on the face of the world and my girlfriend suffers the most because it seems to be always directed to her. I take one 15mg a daily and never exceed it due to the fact of addiction is so easy with this type of meds.
The L-Tyrosine will give you a surge of physical and mental energy that will help counteract the malaise. You may continue to take it each morning for as long as it helps. If you find it gives you the "coffee jitters," consider lowering the dosage or discontinuing it altogether. Occasionally, L-Tyrosine can cause the runs. Unlike the runs from opiate WD, however, this effect of L-Tyrosine is mild and normally does not return after the first hour. Lowering the dosage may help.
Namaste Tammie,
Drug addiction (dependence) is compulsively using a substance, despite its negative and sometimes dangerous effects. Drug abuse is using a drug excessively, or for purposes for which it was not medically intended.
A physical dependence on a substance (needing the drug to function) is not always part of the definition of addiction. Some drugs (for example, some blood pressure medications) don't cause addiction but do cause physical dependence.
Anyone else suffer from mental illness and pregnant? If so how far along are u? What's your diagnosis? And how have u been doing?
I suffer from schizophrenia and bipolar. I am now 27 weeks. And have been on very low dosages of meds. And doing incredible. I haven't been this healthy since I was 14 and I am now just months away from my 30th birthday.
I have depression, PTSD and severe anxiety. In the past - eating disorder and OCD. Currently, I am 22 F and I quit my medication about 2 months ago, because I have been on it a year or more and it made me tired and not quite myself. I originally switched from prozac because oddly I had hallucinations and I mean visual and hearing. It was so frightening for me I might never forget it.
She took him on a tour of the fire department (pre arranged) and a few of the firefighters talked to him and were rather, well, hard on him. Not over the top, but enough to scare him. He never did it again.
Point is, there could be a lot of reasons this happened. It may be a sign of a bigger issue, or just plain old kids being kids not understanding the potential consequences of their actions.
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