Surviving Cannabis Psychosis -Son and Mother 

Hello. I cannot thank you enough for sharing this story. I’m seeing my 29 year old spinning into psychosis from marijuana and Delta8. She has been battling auditory hallucinations and psychosis for over 6 years. She has been on many, many medications over the last 6 yrs and to no avail has anything worked. We can get her mood better with the meds but not the auditory hallucinations. She had just graduated from a 2 yr therapy program then we noticed a huge shift in her .We thought we were close to recovery with her with the new medication Caplyta but just found out recently she had been self medicating causing her the break. She spent a week in the hospital and after picking her up yesterday I can tell the marijuana and delta8 are still in her system so now that she’s home I’m terrified she will begin self medicating . My husband and I have been supporting her, encouraging her. We are constantly trying to find something that will help her. I’m at such a loss right now. Why did she sabotage all of her progress? Why is she doing this? My father was an alcoholic and died at age 53. I’m 58 .I work full time. I just don’t know what to do. What medication did your son find helpful? how were you able to talk to him throughout his recovery because my daughter is secretive and combative. We don’t want to push too hard. Thank you great for any information. God bless and I pray this young man stays the course. Good job to his parents.

You can tell he has a huge good heart.. So thankful he found himself. Society has got a new great member. 🙏

My son experienced a psychotic episode 2 years ago. He was smoking Marijuana heavily but the doctors diagnosed him with bipolar. He had never exhibited añy signs of bipolar disorder. It lasted around 6 weeks. Most traumatic time for him and me. I am convinced it was the Marijuana. He was in complete denial. It took him about 7 mos to feel normal again. I just came home from where he lives due to a second episode. He is still experiencing symptoms. I am pretty sure he is using Marijuana again and I am convinced this episode is caused by the drug. I don't know how to help him. Thank you for sharing your story!

"It's the weed! It's the weed! It's the weed!" These are the words that need to be shouted to the medical industry for sure. I was stuck in denial for 8 years, in and out of mental hospitals, all the time thinking it was Adderall, or lack of sleep, or anything else but the weed! I recognize those other things exacerbate the psychosis, but the weed is the primary drug that causes acute psychosis and I am so thankful that I finally realize it. I could have died so many times in the last 8 years.

For me, I would get more easily excited or offended, and I had a hard time changing thoughts. I do remember thinking I was more righteous than others. I remember my psychosis on Halloween, I had a feeling something horrible would happen, so I stood staring out the window watching for about an hour or 2, sitting with my baseball bat ready. My behavior was very paranoid and internalized. This strange behavior made sense at the time. I was bullied a lot, but after smoking everyday, I actually hissed like a cat sometimes. I think I did that to a person once to show them I was unstable enough to do anything so they would be weary about bothering me. I would take everything personally and critically. People not saying hi to me on the street after I put everything I could muster to greet them would mess up parts of my day. Self harm was an huge issue at that time. After about a 7 year cycle, I kicked it recently. I can have money and still make the choice to not buy weed. I smashed all my pipes. My very last psychosis was mild but very disarming. I was feeling intense shame over a tattoo I had, and had an interview a day after. I was thinking they would make fun of me for it, so I decided to not show up. I had the tattoo for 4 years. I felt trapped in shame and guilt until I feel asleep. I dont know if that counts as psychosis, but the emotional pain was intense and memorable.

I pray for everyone.

Amazing young man! Thank you for sharing.

I am now 17 years drug free now. I am 42 now and I do not smoke or drink any more :D

Also given Canada's regulatory approach, where the legalization of substances including psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana has revealed more cons than pros, it seems unlikely the current situation will remain unchanged. From my perspective, Canada may become the first country to reverse legalization, ironically having once been a model for progressive drug laws. Initially anticipated to be among the first to legalize in 2002, it may now lead in the opposite direction by being the first to retract those laws.

Please let us know. How is Cody doing now. We are going through it with our son as well. God bless you and continued healing to Cody.

Question: can the family share what kind of treatment they found to be the most helpful/impactful for long term recovery? I see that many loved ones relapse even after a year or so of residential treatment, which is shocking .

How many months its takes to fully recover from second episode weed pshycosis ms linda

We went through the same thing !

Given the increasing incidents involving individuals previously not identified with mental health issues, it seems increasingly probable that the legality of these substances, including alcohol, may be reversed. The substantial tax revenues collected from their sale might then be redirected to combat their black market, aiming to reinforce laws and regulations to curtail illegal trade effectively. This approach suggests a shift towards stricter control and a recognition of the broader implications of substance use on public health and safety, information about the harms caused by drugs will be sealed and erased to prevent scaring people about the extent of harm these substances have caused.

Whoa dude went to CHOP?!? Uh…

33:33 What worked to treat the son? Looking for help for friend, with weed psychosis.. this is a real issue ...

What did they give him to come out of the psychosis?

I feel the mother's pain.

This was very special thank you both mom and son. I have experienced pretty much an identical experience ❤

I feel very confused. I experienced psychosis after heavy cannabis smoking but i was diagnosed with bipolar disorder type 1 at the hospital. How can they know the difference? As afraid as I am to confront my psychiatrist, I’ll be asking her why I was not diagnosed with cannabis induced psychosis instead. I wonder if I am alone on this. I no longer smoke and I would like to be medication-free!

Thank you to Aubree, Kobe, and Linda. We used this video as part of a lead up to an intervention for our son. We know your story impacted our son deep down, even though he denied he could relate to Kobe at first. Our son became manic and delusional after years of marijuana dependency and abuse during his teen and young adult years. He is beginning to admit there might be some issues with high potency THC products. Again thank you!

This mad funny he thinks like me

Pray my son just got back into it after 1 year😢

Drugs and medication can bring out the already psychosis within a person. It would develop sooner later eventually.

Thank you for sharing. Trying to convince my 19 year old daughter to seek effective treatment for CIP She started smoking last fall By march her thoughts became distorted and paranoid. By June she had very intense psychotic symptoms and asked to be hospitalized. We placed her in treatment for 30 days and she came home worse than when she left.

At what point does it go from CIPD to schizophrenia? I understand weed can induce schizophrenia? But how long do they have to be off the weed to know? Or, is it just CIPD where the psychosis is on-going because they refuse treatment? Does psychosis go away, if left untreated, over time if the weed is stopped? Can weed induce bipolar and how can you know if it is CIPD or one of the others? My son was fine until he smoked weed. He did this after a break up for curiosity and the break up. Then he used more and more and daily. He started nicotine to try to taper off. He's been off weed, so far as I can tell, at least 2 months. But, his delusions seem pretty consistent, he gets verbally aggressive and threatening, contemptuous, disrespectful, isolates, can drive and socialize but has paranoia over weight gain and food, takes showers and can talk coherently but talks to himself at times, sleeps and does eat and can cook but won't work. He is worse when he first wakes up. He finds double meaning in words, colors, hand movement, certain pictures are triggers. Sometimes he does chores, he can remember lists of things to get from the store but he is fixated on the idea the government can wirelessly brain hack people and even shows me videos of people talking about that, that the world is a simulation etc. OK so that can just be out there but real stuff but he also thinks I am some villain on the astral and deserves to die...he doesn't kill me, he says, because he doesn't have proof which would require a brain scanning device. It sounds schizophrenic but he doesn't do word salads and such. He's an adult and refuses to get a doctor to look at him. He tried going to the ER once and was sent to a mental facility for 5 days where he saw a therapist all of 30 minutes. They never talked with family or set up after care. They gave him a presciption and told him to do group teletherapy. Cops (CIT) do nothing to bring him in because he can tell them what day it is and is calm when they come. Most places require a doctor evaluation and referral (like West Pine in Colorado) but he won't see a doctor. I have no idea what to do. If you don't have money, most people say evict him. I wish I could find a therapist who understands CIPD and psychosis and CBT or a place that accepts Medicaid and can handle this and help but I have no idea where to go. Your site and Johnny's Ambassadors have helped me a lot.

I would love to share

How many months kobe second episode auditory hallucinations lasts

It was the hardest thing I went through in my life! We went through! Thank you, it took a lot of strength and education

Is there a difference between shatter and a joint filled with weed?

How many months kobe experienced second episode psychosis

Thank you for sharing. My son had the same experience identical.

My son still does not believe it

Right now I’m going through that, and am feeling very sick of my stomach because my son is using that junk. People kept telling he was too much of a good kid and that he needed to explore. Now I’m suffering the consequences. I’m not sure what his outcome will be.

Thank you

Thank you!!

Is Kobe on any psychiatric medications now?

i'd say it was the stresses of life that was the main cause

What type of weed did Colby use?