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Jas875: in my teens I started taking drugs. The drugs have undoubtedly made my problems worse but people just blame the drugs. Before I started taking drugs I started to get small ticks, noises and shivers frequently, they come and go throughout my life although very rarely noticed by others. I have taken many drugs which effect your mental status. LSD About 12 times, DMT, Magic mushrooms about 10 times, Ecstasy about 60 times, Ketamine about 20 times, crystal meth twice, crack once and a few heroin substitutes.

A few weeks ago I conversed with a couple whose son had become heavily involved with crystal meth. One night he had a psychotic episode and became violent toward his family. He was hospitalized and then discharged with a diagnosis of drug-induced psychosis. He's currently living on the streets, is still on drugs, and still experiencing bouts of psychosis. He is not receiving any form of help. The difficulty is, no one will help him because until he's off the drugs, there isn't really any means of knowing whether or not the psychosis is due to the drugs or something else. Your story shares some similarities with his.

I don't know what to do.. I don't want to admit to everyone my problems but i want help, also I dont want to just go onto different drugs.

The first step in resolving any problem is being able to identify the problem. You seem to accept that you have some problems that have to be dealt with but you also have some trepidation about taking the next step. Knowledge is a very good antidote to fear. I suggest that you arm yourself with your local phone book and a good search engine. Use them to find people and programs within your vicinity who may be able to help you. List as many as you can find. Then, begin exploring and investigating each one, ideally, you'll find at least one or two that will fit for you.

I have been diagnosed with Drug Psychosis before, how can I be helped if I dont want to be prescribed, diagnosed etc..

The rules of self-help are fairly straightforward: First, acknowledge that you're not content with where you're at. Second, develop a vision of where you want to be and what you want to be doing with your life. Third, examine the gaps between where you are and where you want to be -- how are you going to get from Point A to Point B? Do you know what needs to happen for you so you can make that shift? Once you've got an idea of what needs to happen, try to figure out things you can do on your own and what things you might need some help with. Recognize that accepting help from others is also a form of self-help.

Bear in mind that no one else can do this "for" you. Doctors, drugs, programs, mindsets... those are all tools that can help you but you have to be the one that actually puts them into practice.

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