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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son has an MS in a tech field. Smart 1580 SAT kid, gifted, tons of friends, never misbehaved even as a toddler. Around age 27 he started saying his co-workers were laughing at his ideas during meetings (I didn't believe it). He took his passport on a day trip to DC. Why? In case he needed to flee to Canada on short notice (paranoia).  
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They took him to the psych hospital in Staunton.  Wonderful place where he stayed for a month.

His roommates told us our son and a friend had been smoking a lot of pot.  The psychiatrist dx him with some combo name of schizophrenia/bipolar and said the exact dx didn't matter, same meds.

She believed there is a link between pot and Schiz onset.  Either they turn to pot to handle  Sz symptoms, or possible pot usage can bring out Sz, which was lurking below the surface.

I was so grateful he didn't do something to get arrested during his psychotic episode, which had probably been brewing for a year.

Of course he went off the psych meds within 6 months. While he hasn't had a repeat episode in 6 years, I think he isn't smoking pot regularly.  However, he is now very under-employed, working part-time as an admin. He lives with his dad, so no pressure to pay bills.

I'm grateful he's "stable".  But boy, this story sounded a little too familiar to me.  This type of thing was my biggest fear.  I can't imagine how Luigi's parents and friends feel.[/quote]

I posted upthread about having a schizophrenic sibling. This is exactly what we think triggered her schizophrenia. I found several psychiatrist podcasts that talk about this. What's notable is that marijuana seemed to be the worst drug for triggering schizophrenia. I voted against legalization of marijuana for this reason. It is too easy to get access now. Her psychotic break was 7 years ago and we've given up on the idea that she may get back to her old self. She's gone. It's sad. 
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New poster chiming in with a very similar story about my son’s friend, who started abusing weed heavily in college and began having psychotic episodes.  He was pulled over for going over 100 mph on a busy highway while intoxicated and told the officer and his parents that it was ok because the god in his head told him he was not bound by the laws of physics.

His psychiatrist said it was hard to tell if the weed triggered bipolar disorder or if the episodes were a result of his severe weed addiction.  The psychiatrist also told the family that there were drugs that could effectively treat addiction to most drugs but not weed. He said today’s weed is incredibly dangerous and causing a massive uptick in the need for emergency psychiatric services.  I too voted against legalization as a result of this ongoing tragedy in our friends’ lives. [/quote]

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