Drug induced psychosis – what is it, is it permanent, who gets it?
It’s psychosis caused by taking drugs. This means you experience psychotic symptoms like hallucinations (seeing or hearing things which aren’t there), delusions (you believe things which aren’t accurate) or disordered thinking (this is when you’re brain doesn’t work like it normally does and your thinking is confused). It is not a mental illness but a reaction to drugs in your system. It’s temporary and goes away as your body processes the drug and gets it out of your body. It is often related to an overdose of speed but other drugs can cause it, cannabis in large quantities can cause paranoia, ice can cause psychosis even if you don’t take very much. A sensible way to look at it is if drugs other than LSD are causing you to hallucinate or experience extreme delusions about people, places or things then you’re probably experiencing a drug-induced psychosis and you might want to think about a drug free night or two and visiting a hospital to check you out. What’s the impact of drugs & a
