Marijuana Induced Psychotic Behavior

[metrotango]

How does one cure a person of Marijuana induced psychotic behavior?  How long does this psychotic behavior last?  And is the psychotic behavior as a result of withdrawal.  I have been using Cranberry Juice to flush it out of my son's system.  He is not bipolar for he does not get sad.  Bipolars get sad, not angry.  My son never gets sad.  He gets psychotic from good mood to psychotic mood in a split second within a conversation.  I, the mother, is always on eggshells with him.  One second he could be great in conversation, next second he turn psychotic verbage because he did not like what he heard.  When he is good, he is great.  When he is psychotic, he is psychotic.  I do not want him on medication for I read, Marijuana prevents medication to work properly anyways.  I want him to go the homeopathic route but he dislikes the big pill form.  Most of all, he does not see that he has this psychotic problem so, does not want to comply and try to help his situation.  With my amazement, he actually went to a Marijuana clinic and got a license so easily which gives him legal right to smoke.   I want to know, if my son is temporarily psychotic due to Marijuana inducement or permanently psychotic induced to due prolong use?  If he were to totally stop Marijuana, will his psychotic episodes subside eventually?

[metrotango]

Before I can get him to do anything, I needed to find a way to get him to follow simple directions without blowing up in anger.  If you read my comment to boogieman, I think I found it.

If this vitamin regiment works, he may not need any therapy.  Perhaps he just needed all that Marijuana out of his system.  For two weeks now, I have been pumping him with Cranberry juice and vitamin water to flush out his system.

Now I hope, he is on the road to recovery.

Thank you for your comment and taking the time out to reply.  :-)

[metrotango]

I have done so much reading on Marijuana and psychotic behaviors that I found the best description was the one I mentioned in my initial posting.  Marijuana induced my son's psychotic behavior.

The clinic who provided my son with the Marijuana license even said, how he responds to it was not normal.

My update info with boogieman, I listed that the vitamin regiment, cranberry juice, antioxidant waters might have cured him of his psychotic outbursts.

He no longer talks to himself, is able to hold a conversation, is polite, and most of all focused and calm.  And he did not laugh to himself, a trait he picks up when smoking marijuana, almost like when someone gets tipsy type of laughter.

Thank you so much for commenting!  I appreciate everyone's input and insights.

[cookie3114]

Best wishes for continued improvement in your son's health. How old is he? I assume that he is an adult to get a prescription for medicinal marijuana.

[boogieman]

Howdy. Glad that you have found an effective remedy, especially one that doesn't involve neurotransmitter altering drugs. Hope it continues to work for you, and keep posting. Take care, GM

[metrotango]

Hi Cookie3114,

Yes my son is an adult.  He is 22.  Yesterday was another great day with him being in a good mood.  However, I could tell by the end of the day, his mood was wearing thin.  This tells me, he will have to schedule his vitamin intake throughout the day and not just take them at the beginning of the day only.  It is amazing just taking vitamins balanced him.  Thanks so much for everyone's input.  :-D

[Paxiled]

Try to time the essential fatty acids with meal time.  Fat soluble nutrients should always be taken with a meal containing fat for maximum absorption.  And see if you can't get him to swallow the gel caps -- the chewables oxidize quickly so they're not as potent.  Also, look at the depression forum.  There's a long thread on Evening Primrose Oil that might be interesting to you.  Congrats on finding such a healthy fix.