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Reporting in on the effect of letting go and believing for the best. IT HELPED :O)
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<blockquote data-quote="Nomad" data-source="post: 606664"><p>"Some recent research indicates that <u>any</u> drug use in susceptible individuals can mimic, or result in, mental illness."</p><p></p><p></p><p>I go to another website for a completely different matter and became friends with a woman who shared a rather odd situation. Her stepson, now about 30, had used a lot of drugs in his teens. For the past decade, he was having some serious social problems, and acting very irresponsibly, arguing furiously with family members, losing jobs left and right, etc. and this behavior was worsening. The parents (dad and step mom) felt that it he was just spoiled, acting irresponsibly or possibly doing drugs. But, year by year, it worsened. I felt he was mentally ill. The parents would hear none of it. A couple of times he went for therapy and the therapists all offered the idea of a diagnosis and some prescribed medications. But, recently, out of no where...he very seriously and frighteningly and authentically (in his mind) heard voices in his head telling him to kill various family members. He himself got himself to a hospital, where he was admitted to a psyche ward and evaluated. It was determined that he was schizophrenic and more than likely, the drugs played a significant role in helping his body get to this place! For the first time, his parents believed that he is mentally ill. </p><p></p><p>NOT the same story,..but possibly somewhat related. A real shocker;an eye opener. Makes you wonder if this (drug abuse) is partially why mental illness seems to be on the rise.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nomad, post: 606664"] "Some recent research indicates that [U]any[/U] drug use in susceptible individuals can mimic, or result in, mental illness." I go to another website for a completely different matter and became friends with a woman who shared a rather odd situation. Her stepson, now about 30, had used a lot of drugs in his teens. For the past decade, he was having some serious social problems, and acting very irresponsibly, arguing furiously with family members, losing jobs left and right, etc. and this behavior was worsening. The parents (dad and step mom) felt that it he was just spoiled, acting irresponsibly or possibly doing drugs. But, year by year, it worsened. I felt he was mentally ill. The parents would hear none of it. A couple of times he went for therapy and the therapists all offered the idea of a diagnosis and some prescribed medications. But, recently, out of no where...he very seriously and frighteningly and authentically (in his mind) heard voices in his head telling him to kill various family members. He himself got himself to a hospital, where he was admitted to a psyche ward and evaluated. It was determined that he was schizophrenic and more than likely, the drugs played a significant role in helping his body get to this place! For the first time, his parents believed that he is mentally ill. NOT the same story,..but possibly somewhat related. A real shocker;an eye opener. Makes you wonder if this (drug abuse) is partially why mental illness seems to be on the rise. [/QUOTE]
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