I think my husband is going through psychosis

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He has been a weed smoker for 11 years to deal with pain and my online friend told me it might be the weed making him delusional. So I google it and there is a connection between the two and I am now worried it's the weed making my husband go insane.

He believes he has no personality.

When he argues online, he believes he is helping people and putting the information out there.

When he gets suspended on twitter for a short bit, he believes it's because he was right and the republicans don't like what he is saying so they are trying to stop him.

He now seems to think videos he watches online have a hidden message. I have been reading what he has been typing and it's all gibberish.

He thinks his brain works like a PC and he is the only person in the world with it.

He doesn't want to go to doctor to give them any information what he found out because he doesn't want the gov to know or the gov will find out if he goes to real life doctors than online.

When he tries to explain to me what he found out, none of it makes sense.

His has been more irritable and his mood has changed, he gets excited and then he gets irritable.

My mom and dad plan on trying to get him to a doctor when they get back next week but how to convince my husband to go to a doctor without the gov knowing.

Yes I am scared and stressed out from all this and I am afraid he is getting worse. Plus his own delusions have been causing him distress and making him anxious as well because he believes he is the only person in the world who is a computer.

My husband has always had some strange or delusional thoughts but they were never that bad and now they are causing him distress and changing his mood.

His entire family has told him to go to a doctor when he told them some wonderful news and believes we might get rich now. This upset him because he felt they were calling him a liar. No they are all worried about him. Even my parents are worried now when he called them and told them. If they were in Montana instead of Wisconsin, they would be hopping in their car and coming back here asap. But my grandfather died so they are in Wisconsin and doing the funeral and then will be back.

Last edited by League_Girl on 10 Nov 2023, 11:44 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Short and sweet, but it sounds like he might be a paranoid schizophrenic. Hopefully someone with more knowledge than me sees this and can give you a more expansive answer. It’s a terrible thing to have to deal with, both for him and for you. He definitely needs to see a professional, but it’s getting him to go that’s the problem. I’m not sure which country you’re in, but but here in Australia we have a 72 hour involuntary admission to a mental health facility, for evaluation and treatment.

We're in the US and he just yelled at our son randomly. His was upset because he got into an argument with his brother over the phone and he took it out on our son. Only thing I can do right now is keep our kids separated from him until my parents get back Wednesday.

The most important thing is you and your children’s safety. If you have any worries about that at all, go and stay with family or friends. Take care.

It doesn't sound good LG.

What would you like from members here ? or are you just sharing ?

As someone else mentioned in the thread, he does sound like he has developed schizophrenia, or at least some kind of drug related psychosis (possible with cannabis).

You would do well as you say to keep your kids away from him whilst he is in this state.

What I'd like to know is; is this something that has come on all of a sudden or is it something that has been gradually building. And if it has happened all of a sudden has there been some kind of stress that has triggered it.

I had something similar happen to me about 30 years ago. It was definitely psychosis but it was brought on by a lot of stress I was going through at the time.

I hope you are able to keep yourself strong and safe LG and I wish you and your family all the best.

It started in 2016 when Trump took office and he got over focused and very paranoid, I made a thread here about it too back then, and then he figured out it was the new meds making him that way so he quit them cold turkey and went back to the doctor. Then it took him a month to go back to normal and things were fine again. But he has had some strange thoughts online since but it wasn't a big deal because it didn't interfear with his life. Now since Halloween it's been bad again and he said something last night that concerned me. He even texted my mother about it too and I figured this will be evidence for his illness. Might be brief psychotic period or delusional disorder or the side affect of cannibus.

I think what has been going on in life right now with high costs of living and inflation being used as an excuse for greed, it escalated into this for him.

Last edited by League_Girl on 11 Nov 2023, 12:23 pm, edited 1 time in total.

He needs help, and I hope he can get it.

(hugs)

Yeah for sure

Does he trust you? Can you question his beliefs without you being part of the 'delusion'?

You never challenge a delusional person. I keep the situation deescalated by going along with his delusions. I brought up going to the doctors to give them the information they need to know and now he started saying he had been talking to them online. Yikes.

I'm not going to argue with you but 'question' and 'challenge' are different things.

Even though your husband is going through this, so are you, and you need to take care of yourself and your own mental and physical health as this will benefit your husband in the long run.

Fingers crossed for you and your family.

It must be a really difficult time. Take care LG

You're absolutely right about that. As to what you might be able to do, I Googled the question:

"what to do if a spouse shows symptoms of psychosis but won't seek treatment?"

and got a lot of what looks like good information. Maybe you already did that, but if not, it's probably worth looking into.

To what extent do you depend on his contribution to the family's income? Of course having him hospitalized might not be a realistic choice if you're dependent on him. The thing to do would be to get him a prescription and then get him to take it. I wish I knew the answer.

He gets social security and I make most of the money because I work. My mom is going to help me with all this when she gets back.

I know to call the 988 number if I feel he needs immediate care and must be removed from my home.

Our kids are old enough to be home alone for a few hours but my concern is sibling rivalry and no adult around to stop it. Kids can get into so much trouble when they see no adult is around. Plus my son has emotional immaturity so I can't expect him to act his age to handle his sister if she decides to do something to provoke him.