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My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis

Lexxy17Contributor26 June 2017, 3:43 pm AEST

My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis

Hi, I'm not sure if anyone can help me. My husband endured a few months of drug induced phychosis 12 months ago which ended with us having him hospitalised in a mental health facility. He was very paranoid and was seeing a lot of weird stuff. He was placed on an involuntary treatment order but refused to believe there was anything wrong with him. We have been happily married for 25 yrs and some of the thinks he thinks I have done just breaks my heart. We moved away from the town and from all of my friends.
He refused to take the medication because of the bed wetting and nightmares but now I am really worried as it has been 12 months but he still believes all the things he seen really happened. We live in a very isolated area and while I don't believe he would ever hurt me he is starting to have more episodes where he becomes very angry. I think he may have other issues maybe bipolar but if I even suggest seeing a doctor he loses it. I don't want to have him placed on another involuntary treatment order as this is one thing he resents me doing and always throws in my face. I know he needs help but how can I get him to understand this.
Cheers

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In response to: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis

WinterzSenior Contributor24 Aug 2018, 11:36 pm AEST

Re: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis

Thanks so much. I will look in to it...
I just realised I accidentally hijacked someone else's thread so my apologies for that.

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WinterzSenior Contributor24 Aug 2018, 11:42 pm AEST

undtRe: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis

I understand how you feel. My partner gets abusive at times and so far it has caused numerous Police reports by bystanders, all of which have been directly referred on to family services and resulted in an investigation. So I am sure you can understand my reservations about talking to someone..losing my daughter is my worst nightmare ...

In response to: undtRe: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis

Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor25 Aug 2018, 6:51 am AEST

Re: undtRe: My husband endured a few months of drug induced psychosis

Anyone is welcome on any thread @Winterz, so don’t worry about that. Someone may start it, but the thread continues according to its general topic ..... so we try to stay in topic, but if the subject branches out too far, it can be worth starting a new one.

In saying that, many people do stick closely to a thread they began, or started posting on, most of the time if that is where theybare comfortable, and friendships tend to develop from that.

It can be a strong part of the support here, walking along with others who have similar challenges and struggles.

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