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Originally Posted by The_little_didgee
Could your SI episode be related to your psychologist leaving?
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No I don't think so, I'm used to getting different psychologists every few months. This guy was good though, I got him a little thank you card and that will be it. I've no real connection with him, other than he helped me quite a bit. I took 10mg diazepam and got all weird and maybe psychotic. I thought there where bugs in my leg. Can Benzo's cause acute psychosis?
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I've OD'd when I was a teenager and never had my stomach pumped. Hospitals here don't usually do that or give ipecac. They prefer charcoal because it is safer. If the patient is conscious they will be urged to drink it. If they refuse or are out it will be poured into their stomach via an NG tube. Sometimes this tube is removed after the charcoal was given. If two doses are given the tube is usually kept in place. If the medication was taken past a certain time charcoal won't be very helpful since it has been absorbed by the bowels. It also depends on the hospital.
Why did you ask this?
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I think I may have had that tube going into my stomach, I just had so many tubes poking out of me I didn't know what was what. I couldn't speak so I couldn't ask questions until it was too late and I was transferred out of ICU. I ask because people where talking about getting their stomachs pumped and I don't believe I ever have, is all.