hi Iam a female and aged 20 years old and have been diagonised with severe depression for about 6 months.
Am on citalopram and Quetiapine Fumarate...I overdosed on my quitiapine a couple weeks ago and ended up in hospital. getting better from how down i got but over the last couple of weeks, i have started seeing people that arent actually there, this is been so real for me that i actually was waiting at the traffic lights to cross with my friends and i asked them where did the guy in the grey shirt go? and they said to me that there was no guy there. I wasnt drinking or on anything at the time tho.
Im worried because i drink quite often and also smoke weed, i have had a break from it for about 5 weeks tho. only started smoking again the other day. but these seeing things started happening before i was smoking up again.
do you think i mite have Schizophrenia?
what kinda interferance does drugs and alchol have on my meds?
is the weed causing me to start seeing things?
am i just going crazy?
iam afraid that if i tell my doc that he will stick me on antipsychotics or think i have lost it and put me back in the mental ward... i was there for 6 weeks about 4 months ago and really dont want to go back ae.
thanks
Hello Schizophrenia and Drugs.
If you don’t want to go back into the “mental ward” stop using all recreational drugs (including alcohol) NOW!
It’s your choice and as simple as that.
All of these substances can and will interfere with the way your brain functions and the way the medication works.
The active chemicals in “weed” take many weeks to clear from your body so the timing between using and strange experiences is not easy to sort out.
Talk to your doctor about your diagnosis and how to best manage it but only after you decide if you really want to get better. If you do want to get better you have to do what you’re told not what you want to. It’s up to you.