So am I the only one who developed a mental disease?
I guess it all started in 2016 when I went for a world trip in my gab year and smoked the hell of a lot weed every day for 2 months straight, till I got home, and for 4 -7 days had PAWS, never realized what it was before it/PAWS already was gone. Then I started university and was on/off weed for half a year, then I smoked regularly again, and at some point a switch went off in my brain and something just felt differently, put I couldnt put my finger on what exactly... In short, I dropped out of university, quit weed, but still felt something was off. I ran out of money, and ended on the streets for a year and first 2019 I sought out help from government in Denmark, got a place to stay, got money to live by, but things still seemed off in my brain, I had intrusive thoughts like “what if kill someone”, “rape someone” or “kill my self”, hard dp/dr like “am I real” and what is reality, I had kind of tunnel vision like the degree I could see was compromised and “visual snow” and “eye floaters” irritated the hell out of me. It wasnt till last summer 2020, where I had a breakdown and talked about memories with family which they couldn't relate to, but I was sure they happened. At some point I think I got so caught up in my fantasy world created by me because of loneliness, that I thought some memories/dreams to be true. I got into a psychiatry for 2 weeks and was diagnosed with schizophrenia .
Till now I sometimes feel like Im not schizophrenic, but I guess I must be, unless my whole family is in on some conspiracy against me, which I highly doubt. I guess to be schizophrenic you dont need to hear voices or have different personalities, but it can be rather low-key.
Also, my energy level is so low, Im basically sitting at home for the most time, surfing on the internet. I have developed social anxiety, im still fighting with intrusive thoughts like when Im sitting in the car and someones driving and I think “what if I just grip the steering wheel and cause and accident”, its damn annoying. Im also on medication now, Abilify, which I think helps a lot. Or anxiety like what if someone stabs me with a knife in the supermarket.
Well, I guess the “silver lining” in this whole mess is I never did harder drugs, and the damage done isnt irreversible. I believe in physical exercise, healthy diet, go out-doors and feel mother nature, and being part of some bigger social circle. All tho I dont have all that yet (im only left with 2 friends), I have a goal, to explore those things, and with that in mind, Im optimistic about the future. Its not going to be easy, hell im even struggling to put together a healthy diet now, but Im going to fight on. Every day counts.
Funny thing is, I never really had problems quitting weed. That was the easy part, because I felt like crap when I smoked in my final months, and every time I tried it since, it triggers bad memories and a general bad feeling in my brain. SO I dont smoke anymore at all, havent done it in years. But the difficult thing is to repair the damage done by weed, and for 3 years now, I have struggled, but I also feel like things are getting better.
Are there other people in the same boat (developed mental diseases, and fighting with dp/dr, and intrusive thoughts in particular)?