Ongoing mental health symptoms after medication induced toxic psychosis episode

[ToxicPsychosis]

Has anyone experienced a permanent altering of mental health after an episode of drug induced toxic psychosis?

I was prescribed a medication last year and suffered an extremely severe reaction causing toxic psychosis. I was weaned off the medication but I’m still experiencing some symptoms and am concerned if this can be permanent? I’ve asked my doctor and therapist both say ‘hopefully not/it would be very unusual’ but I wasn’t warned of the toxic psychosis risk with the drug as that was apparently a tiny chance .

That does sound so challenging. Do you feel able to mention name of drug? What are your ongoing symptoms? I just wondered if you have more of a PTSD reaction going on now but I don’t know how likely that would be either. I do know that once you’ve had a rare thing happen, a medic saying it’s rare to have an ongoing issue doesn’t feel as reassuring as they’ll likely think it does.

doxylamine. It was in a medication for HG called xonvea. Apparently it’s extremely rare to have such a bad reaction to it

I’m still experiencing severe sleep issues and sudden waking with crushing panic attacks. Altered thoughts about things as well which is challenging I feel like I don’t know myself anymore it’s very much a feeling of my mind not being my own anymore ?

So sorry to hear. That sounds really tough. The brain is a remarkable thing and there are many many stories of people whose brains heal after trauma (physical or mental). Try not to lose hope

Not exactly the same but I took lamotrigine last summer, and quit it after I started having it nightmares every night, including ones where I was raped, and then I went manic on it. It's been 9 months, and I still have vivid dreams a couple of times a week but it does seem to be settling.