I'm not sure what I should do..

Two days ago I took my kids to visit an old friend that I haven't seen in years. The visit was going just fine, and my kids were really having a blast. She offered my husband and I some candy, which we didn't think anything of. All of a sudden she told us we should hurry home and call her in an hour. Well apparently it was marijuana candy. My husband and I thought something was wrong with us. I texted her, "What the hell did you give us?! I see spiders on the mountains?!" She thought it was amusing, but we have two children under two and were a complete wreck trying to take care of them. I woke up the next day still high. Today is day three, and now I feel like I have the flu. I'm also extremely irritable and a bit depressed. I started Lithium and Zyprexa on Monday and I thought I was doing a bit better, but now I feel like I'm messed up even worse now. Should I tell my pdoc? I just don't know what to do, because this irritability is getting out of hand, and I've been randomly crying throughout the day.

Do I understand correctly? That, (without your consent), she knowingly dosed you?! If so, NOT cool. (Or did she do it unwittingly, then find it amusing?)

Either way, if you want to, don't be afraid to contact your Pdoc. I'm not clear what your aim is -- that he might have something to help, or reassurances, or to apprise him of a potential factor in how you're responding to the new meds, or...(??) -- I guess I'm wondering the source of your confusion/conflict. Are you worrying about being judged?? (If so, don't. You didn't do anything wrong.)

That is not a friend. I would never trust her, or the crap she gave you which could have been anything. I would feel very offended, and PISSED OFF.

Wow. I'd be trying to find out if I could press charges somehow. Seriously not okay.

That is extremely not cool, especially since edible weed is a lot more potent than smoked weed. I wouldn't hang out with that "friend" again, I might even call that friend to express my extreme disapproval.

I wonder if you had a drug test right now if any residual would still show up. I'd seriously consider getting bloodwork done. I would bet your pdoc might would request it so he could know what he is dealing with. And I would want to know exactly what I was dosed with for a variety of reasons including as evidence if needed. This is really criminal behavior on her part to drug someone without their knowledge.

I'm just so upset that she would do that. Even if she wanted to get a laugh, why both of us? It was extremely difficult trying to take care of our kids like that. I just don't know what she was thinking and why she thought it would be funny. She said she feels awful and apologized because she didn't know I would react like that. I told her "EXACTLY!" That's why you don't do things like that.

I guess I wanted to ask if I should let him know or not. So that he can make an accurate assessment on how the medicine is going. I'm only on 5mg of Zyprexa and 300mg of Lithium. I feel like it was taking the edge off before, but now I'm just raging.

I would definitely let my pdoc know. He'd be furious, not at me, but at the idiot who did this.

I'd like the pdoc know too. This is something that obviously has thrown you off, you may benefit from something to help get you down a bit. And if it were my "friend" I would file a police report and ask for blood levels. She endangered 2 very young children and she obviously knew when she told you to hurry home.

That had to be so scary.

I am going to ask for blood work on Tuesday when I go in. I've had words with her and made it clear to get that she has changed in those few years we were apart. I've also asked her not to contact me again, and I'm considering pressing charges. My kids lives were in danger. It was terrifying. It hit us as we were driving! We were 10 minutes from home, and once we got home it was full blown. I was sitting on the couch trying to put my daughter to sleep, and the couch just disappeared. It was like I was just sitting in an empty void. It was just awful. Then the following day I was still feeling high. Today I felt like I had the flu up until a few hours ago. I'm just so mad at myself, I keep thinking I should've said no, but who says no to candy. I'm just so upset.

I suspect nothing will show in the blood work after that long unfortunately. I would definitely let the pdoc know what happened and the reaction you had. He might be able to help you out. Can you put in an emergency call? I would think this would qualify as an emergency.

You should go to the er. Especially if your going to press charges. Which you should! Sometimes drugs can permanently damage the brain especially since you have imbalances already. Not to mention interacting with your medications. Waiting until Tuesday will just allow more of the drugs to clear out. If someone did that to me and my children were in danger that's an easy answer! Go to er have them contact police and get all the drug screens they need. File a report! What if she does this again and the next person gets hurt or hurts someone else. It's not right!

No matter how small, a positive change deserves to be celebrated!

I ended up calling my pdoc because I did think this qualified as an emergency, and he just made me feel like I was an idiot. He told me that I would be fine and that I just need to let the medicine do it's job. It was like he didn't even listen. I'm feeling pretty crummy now. He told me to just come in Tuesday and we could talk about it. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person that cares about my wellbeing.

I looked this up because I knew nothing. Looks like at this point you need a urine test, not a blood test. However if you file a police report they probably will take care of this (ie I don't think you'd have to pay for it). That is so scary and gets more scary the more I think about it. Traffic accident with babies, all the things that could have happened to your babies, a random drug test for work/any benefits you have (which is partly why I think you need to file a police report; I know you've had financial issues and if you get WIC or food stamps or medicaid they can test you and if you haven't filed a report they are unlikely to believe your story; they've heard it all before. Or if you are pulled over and for some reason they want a urine test or your car insurance does; this will show up for about 7 days in your urine. You don't want to be arrested for a substance you did not deliberately ingest.)

I think your dr is missing part of the point: you have no idea where this came from or what quality it was. There could have been additional drugs in there if it was contaminated or whatever (I know so little about marijuana) and that could affect your stabiity too.

I honestly would be so angry and it wouldn't be the bipolar kind of angry; I think you have a right to be legitimately furious. But you need to protect yourself so maybe put that anger to use and take the legal steps even though I know it has to be very hard.

Protect yourself and your kids first......

Did she ever say what it was laced with? talk to pdoc tell him/her you were druged but speak to a lawyer before pressing charges. You don't want CPS to think you willingly took them.

Good on you for blocking all contact with her! She's definitely not a friend. I'd be infuriated as well.

If it is pot you should recover fine. I eat candy and have no ill effects.

However I would seriously steer clear of this friend and warn her that you could file charges.

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That's just super messed up a "friend" would do that, especially to both of you, knowing that you had children to take care of. If nothing else, I'd seriously not maintain that friendship.

I'm not really sure what good going to the ER would do at this point. Apparently there is a law she could be charged with called "inducing consumption of controlled substances by fraudulent means," which is a felony. However, I'm not sure how one would go about collecting evidence and pressing charges for that.

Here's an article about a similar case in Colorado: CU students arrested for feeding unknowing victims pot brownies - The Denver Post

You can just go to the police station they can take care of it. Direct u the right way. If your not a constant user of marijuana it shouldn't stay in your system long. But it sounds like it was laced. Though it's been so long since I've smoked I have no clue what it's like nowadays. Beyondtherainbow is right. So many bad things can happen. At very least I would get a few thc test kits from store so you know when it's out of your system. My grandmother was given a few hits off a synthetic pipe and ended up in a coma. She never fully recovered and ended up passing away. Because she knew what it was and was convinced it was safe no files were charged.

No matter how small, a positive change deserves to be celebrated!

It's going to show up in any drug test for up to a month. I don't think there's any way you could successfully press charges, all she would have to do is say you took them willingly. And then the police would know you drove with your kids in the car under the influence, which would hurt you, and, you would have hospital records showing you with drugs in your system.
I would drink lots of water, eat lots of food, get lots of rest, and chalk it up to experience.

How does it sound like it was "laced"? It sounds like she got hit with an unexpected dose of really potent edibles.

She said it was a marijuana candy. I said I was unsure of marijuana nowadays there's so many different types and potencies. I'm from a small town but years ago when I used to smoke and consume the only time any of us ever had hallucinations (she said couch just disappeared) is when it was laced. Things like this shouldn't go unpunished. Maybe it just hits to close to home because of my families experience. It's very enraging and I feel for her and her children. I hope there are no lasting effects and that person gets some kind of punishment for this before she really hurts someone else.

No matter how small, a positive change deserves to be celebrated!

Agreed. Edibles are potent. That is not a bad thing. It's not knowing that they are that can cause problems. If I had to guess, I'd say the reaction was due to having too much of something in a concentrated form being introduced into the system of someone who is not at all acclimated to it. (Which is why many meds are titrated. Sudden large influxes tend to have bad results, right?) Also, panic is a factor. Panic alters our perception of things, often intensely so. Besides ingestion itself, there's the sudden shocking betrayal of trust, all the "what ifs" etc. to deal with. In a mind that is already, for lack of a better term, freaking out, those feed fuel to the fire, increasing the intensity of negative experience.
Agreed here too. The genesis of the incident would come down to he said/she said. Legal proceedings are stressful enough. You have to ask yourself if it's worth it, especially in light of it being on a shaky foundation. (Sure, you could have all the evidence you want to prove it was in your system. It's quite another to prove she did it. And without that...)

The other concerns jupiter brings up are so how my mind works! I get told I'm being paranoid. Which sometimes is true, and sometimes is not. Point is, I see it as being protective. Even if someone could show me something was unlikely, I would still weigh what I hope to accomplish (or avoid) against possible negative outcomes (and their gravity) to decide if it is worth it.

To me personally, I wouldn't persue legal action. It's far from a slam-dunk case, it would entail a lot of stress (which could be prolonged due to court overload or whatever). You've already got a LOT of stress on your plate. This isn't unavoidable stress. You'd be choosing to add it.

I actually don't think she'd do it again. She said she felt awful about it, apologized and she didn't realize you would react that way. Your experience had eye-opening impact.

Yes, it still sucks and you've every right to be mad at her. As for the rest, you've already severed contact. I think your best bet is to simply see it as the awful experience that it was, and move on.