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What Causes Hallucinations After Smoking Marijuana?
Question: my smokes a lot marijuana now thinks hearing things shadows
Brief Answer:
It is cannabis psychosis.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
I appreciate your efforts for medical consultation in so much distress.
The major psychoactive chemical compound in marijuana or cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Its use lead to acute psychosis (Cannabis Psychosis) in many individual.
In psychosis patient can hear voices (auditory hallucination) and see things (visual hallucination) which are actually not present.
It is a serious psychological condition which need urgent attention. Following urgent measures will help you:
-Ask for help from friends and family members. In serious cases patient loose awareness and they start realizing unreal world as real one. In that case family members will take command in treatment.
-Drink plenty of water.
-Stop marijuana use.
-Meet psychiatrist or general physician. Treatment with antipsychotic medicines (like olanzapine) and sedatives (clonazepam) bring fast relief in such cases.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. In case of any doubt, I will be available for follow ups.
Wish you good health.
Regards,
It is cannabis psychosis.
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for your query.
I appreciate your efforts for medical consultation in so much distress.
The major psychoactive chemical compound in marijuana or cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Its use lead to acute psychosis (Cannabis Psychosis) in many individual.
In psychosis patient can hear voices (auditory hallucination) and see things (visual hallucination) which are actually not present.
It is a serious psychological condition which need urgent attention. Following urgent measures will help you:
-Ask for help from friends and family members. In serious cases patient loose awareness and they start realizing unreal world as real one. In that case family members will take command in treatment.
-Drink plenty of water.
-Stop marijuana use.
-Meet psychiatrist or general physician. Treatment with antipsychotic medicines (like olanzapine) and sedatives (clonazepam) bring fast relief in such cases.
I hope this information has been both informative and helpful for you. In case of any doubt, I will be available for follow ups.
Wish you good health.
Regards,
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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