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[Closed] Cannabis induced psychosis.

mcmoonter · 2015-04-17T13:43:44Z

STW has long proven to be the source of exeperience. This may be a challenge too far. My sister stays in rural France, she is Bi Polar and in the middle of cannabis induced psychosis. Totally out there. A few years a doctor described a 1-10 scale where patients who exceeded a number 'never came back', I can't remember the threshold number, but she was already beyond it. She has been on a semi even keel for the last few years, but last year she took to taking cannabis again despite warnings from doctors and family that the psychosis would escalate. She has a thirteen year old daughter who is currently away on a ten day school trip to Germany. December 2013 she admitted herself to a French hospital then discharged herself. After a lot of to and froing we brought her back to Scotland, eventually she had to admit herself to hospital here while we relocated her daughter in school. She recovered enough to get back to France. My sister is infatuated with a guy in Shetland who she is adamant is sending her messages via a drone on the internet. She is adamant that she is leaving France for Shetland when her daughter gets back from her trip. She unbeknown to us has been taking cannabis again in huge volumes, and there appears to be no rationality in her thinking. We fear she has crossed the 'never come back' line for good. My mother is in her mid seventies and at her wits end. We are proposing going to France next week in a bid to try and do something positive. But in reality we have little idea where to start. My sister turns 50 this year. Any advice or experience would be welcome.

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honeybadgerx

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Glad to hear things are (relatively) sorted. My other half used to work in an early intervention in psychosis team, and now works for a mental health charity in Fife, will quiz her tonight on advice, support, etc. that you can maybe use.

Posted : 06/05/2015 5:36 pm

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