I think my husband is going through psychosis

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Do your kids know what is happening?

I think the only reason he'd need residential care is because he won't seek treatment for himself. Such a pity that not recognizing one is ill should be a major symptom of the disease. I wouldn't try to diagnose him, but some, if not most, people with schizophrenia are miserable and would do anything for an effective treatment. So sad and frustrating.

No. I had to tell my kids that people choose what they want done with their bodies when they die. Some prefer to be buried, some want their body to be cremated and some people want their body donated to science. My husband is already saying he wants his body and medical records given to science, not the gov, and I told them he is just thinking ahead of time in case he dies from a seizure. He has epilepsy so I used that as an excuse for my kids to explain what they over heard.

Sounds like his anxiety has spiralled out of control.

I believe this can happen sometimes.

I'm so sorry you're going through this. Someone I really cared about (and still care about) dealt with psychosis and it was heartbreaking at times, but it was a very different situation and I wasn't trying to care for children and provide for a family on top of everything like you are.

I hope that in addition to your husband getting help, you and your kids can get the support that you need, too. I know you have a lot on your plate right now, but NAMI has some good resources and support groups for family members, if you find time to look into it at some point in the future.

You mentioned he has seizures. I don't know if this will be helpful, but in some instances epilepsy can be linked to psychosis. I think I remember reading that it tends to be more transient than the type causes by schizophrenia, but am not a medical professional and don't know much about it. Only sharing in case it could be worth asking his doctors about.

I’m sorry to hear you are going through this.Wish I could do more.

I just want to say my husband is back to his normal self and I am still recovering from it. I think I helped deaculate it by not challenging his delusions and when he stopped calling his family. They were making it worse by implying he was crazy and then it was making him worse and worse and I had to deal with it and I spent most of my time resting and staying in my room and today it's been normal. No more gov stuff and him "working" and "helping people" and "giving out information." But this doesn't mean the delusion is gone. I think whatever happened triggered it and then it blew over but it was still scary. Luckily our Kids didn't notice and just thought he was just being dad again. But I am worried it will happen again so my mom is still going to help me with it. I think next time I will just tell him the gov must not know this and if he tells anyone, the gov will know if he gets into this episode again. Then we wouldn't have to deal with it again if i make him believe this is top secret so he keeps it to himself so it won't escalate again.

It sounds like a psychotic episode. Were drugs in his system at the time? Sorry if I missed this. I’m glad that you have support. It must be so difficult.

He only does cannibus for pain.

Well I hope you can at least get a bit of a breather from it. I hope he doesn't start again any time soon.

I have to be really careful with psychosis because my PTSD triggers it and before I know I'm full blown paranoid and psychotic. It just creeps up on me.

I was wondering if he is aware at all of what he's doing. I know it's really difficult when you're in that state to realise that you're not in your right frame of mind but if there is any reasoning with him then it might be worth letting him feel like what he's going through is perfectly normal for some people when they get stressed or anxious and that it's ok to get help. It was just a thought I had yesterday because it might help him to calm down a bit if he knows you are on his side. But from what you have said you are doing really well and he must be aware that you are in his side.

I dunno if joining his delusions is a good idea with the whole top secret/the government will know thing.. then he’ll believe you believe his delusions and “know,” they’re real and that’s a slippery slope.

Not sure what the right love would be besides him seeing doctors to get diagnosed properly and treated.

Cannabis.

If he’s only using it for pain then maybe he should be ingesting cbd oils (or using a topical cream) instead of smoking potent full spectrum likely high THC weed. Cbd’s are the paint killer component, THC is the psychoactive stuff that gets you high. IF he has some sort of predisposition to thc use leading to psychosis, then probably best to limit or eliminate thc. (I would guess he Does have a predisposition to prolonged thc use triggering some serious mental illness if that’s the only thing you can figure is causing this.)

If he insists on smoking it vs taking a few drops of oil or a gummy or using a topical cream, then at least buy weed that’s high cbd and low to zero thc if possible. I know there are strains specifically bred for this. Then maybe he’ll get his pain relief without the psychoactive compounds making him paranoid & delusional.

I do also wonder if he’s been smoking a Ton of weed for 11 years if his diet is also straight up pure junk food garbage - munchies. Peoples brains and bodies don’t function properly on a diet of stoner munchies & mcdonalds. Could Also be the compound effect of 11 years of munchies.


What kind of pain is he dealing with? Does the weed control it? Could it be better? Maybe the way to sell him on trying different strains is to let him know the cannabis industry has evolved to offer better strains for pain these days and you wanna talk with an expert at a dispensary and see if they have any better pain relief strains for him to try that might do a better job And see if they also make him feel better in general.

The problem is if you argue with a delusional person or tell them it's not real or even imply they are crazy, it will just make it worse for them and you can't reason or logic them out of their delusions. Even webpages and articles will tell you the same thing and they will say to listen to them and be understanding and try and encourage them to go to a doctor to help them with it. It also says to go to a medical professional yourself if you believe your loved one is suffering delusions. I'm going to work on that.

I have an aunt with severe schizophrenia, we all go along with her delusions and it keeps things peaceful for all of us and she does get treatment for it and it's controlled by medication. Lot of people think if you go along with someone's delusion, it encourages them and reinforces it but the opposite is true. Put it this way, everyone keeps telling you your life experience or anything you are going through now isn't real, wouldn't that upset you and make you agitated? This is why delusional people get so erratic and very upset and get angry and then their delusions are worse. It escalates. This is something for a medical professional to deal with.

When his entire family didn't believe him and my parents, it was hell all day long and he had a manic episode and it was hard. I don't want to go through that again. Then I was relieved today when he said he couldn't tell anyone or it will ruin the whole plan and ruin it for him and the economy would collapse. He told me this was a top secret and to not tell anyone. Then I came home today and he told me the government threatened him so his work was done and now he can go back to listening to music and playing his online game. He is also convinced this youtuber talks to him through his videos and is taking care of everything for him. Thank god for now.

He has birth defects in his feet and he tried every pan meds out there until he got immune to them. Then he moved onto weed and had a medical card for it and then it became legalized.

Ok, I guess play along with his stories if it keeps the peace. I’ve played along with psychosis before a bit, I get it, but fortunately when my friend had a clearer mind at a later date he’d self reflect on my feedback and say things out loud like “..if that’s not real, then this must be some sort of schizophrenia or something..” coming to the self realization that drug induced psychosis is Really taking its toll on his mind. Long story short, he’s medicated now.. still doing terrible drugs, but taking antipsychotics.



Any idea what kind of weed he smokes? Does he have a specific strain he buys? Or does he buy whatever is on special or on sale for the lowest price per ounce etc ?

He might get Better pain relief from a high cbd strain. It might also alleviate some of his delusions if the psychoactive compounds in the weed he smokes are causing whatever his condition is to be exacerbated. But if he’s dead set on Also being super head stoned, then maybe he won’t wanna switch types of weed who knows ?? But imo it’s worth a try even if you have to sell him on the idea purely because cbd’s are more for pain relief and so high cbd content weed may be better for him overall. Might not be worth even having a conversation about it improving his mind if he’s going to get upset over it.. could just focus on the pain relief aspect and wanting him to have the best weed there is for That in seeing if he’ll try a high cbd strain and see how it works for him.

Needing weed for pain relief whilst being susceptible to psychosis sounds like a bad combination of factors.

Good news for now. He decided he will go to the doctor if Bo doesn't call him or my mom in 24 hrs. My mom had to confront him and told him if he didn't seek help now, we will have to sell our house and me and kids will live somewhere else and he lives elsewhere, its up to him and by state law, he gas the right to refuse treatment, we can't force him.

Well he took that as, "go to the dictors or the kids are taken from him."

He admitted to mania and says he thinks he's been going crazy like schizophrenia. Now that his job is done, now the gov is mad and is going to be after him now. I told him if he goes to the doctors now, this will all end and Bo and the gov will leave him alone, everyone. He looked up Mania and thinks it doesn't fit because he has controlled thoughts. No he does not. I told him I'm scared because delusions get worse if left untreated. I don't want him to become like my aunt who is in a group home.

I'm in my room right now because of the madness.

My husband also said he stopped taking his anti depressants because he was no longer depressed and didn't need them anymore. I told him the mods is what was keeping him from being depressed and he was doing good because of them. I think this is also the key to his delusions. I found out he has grandios and persecutory delusion and mania if you Challenge him. He hasn't spoken to his family since that one day when he got into an arguememt with his brother. Now I know why people with pschotic issues isolate from their family. He has been withdrawn because he used to be in contact with his family but hasn't been for maybe a year.