Ditch the weed and alcohol. Eat healthy. Excercise. And ditch Alex Jones and Infowars, it warps people's minds and rationality.

This guy also gets it.

I have been pleasantly surprised by the responses in this thread so far.

Why do you think you have psychosis? You mentioned no symptoms.

That is a lot to drink. Maybe try hanging out a bit at r/stopdrinking and see how you like it?

Also r/leaves

1. stop drinking go to AA.

2. get yourself some B vits (B-50 plus some 50mg to 100 mg thiamine, and some biotin ~2000mcg).

It is a struggle as I deal with a lot of the same things you described. I am doing the best I can by just having a few and if I "relapse" drinking I try not to get down on myself and try again. Moderation is key just don't give up on trying to better yourself.

Your thoughts might not be your own. Mine aren't most of the time. I was gang stalked for a long time and they fully took over my inner voice. I can tell they are manipulating my actions and thoughts now. Its real sadly. Its like they hijacked or cut off God or something, or angels.

Weed is unlikely to cause psychotic symptoms. You didn’t actually mention any negative or positive symptoms, which makes me think you don’t really understand what psychosis is.

It sounds like what you’re experiencing is dissociation. I recommend therapy and meditation. As a schizophrenic those two things, along with my medication, have helped me to live healthier with moderate use of smoking and drinking.

Anxiety and stress can also trigger psychotic episodes, if you have them.

Have you been experiencing any hallucinations, visual, auditory, or tactile?

Have you had any delusions? (Grandeur or otherwise?)

I strongly recommend therapy. It doesn’t work for everyone, but it can put you on the right track. Good luck.

It absolutely can cause psychotic symptoms.

I said it’s unlikely, not that it doesn’t. That’s also my personal experience as someone who suffers from psychosis.

It took me 5.5 years after graduation to “get it”. Trust me, stop the drinking now. Your future self will thank you

You probably are suffering from psychosis. Stop consuming media that is literally designed to induce psychosis and I bet you’ll feel a lot better. They are working very hard to convince you that there’s a holy war going on.

stop watching everything infowars. seriously. if you have access to medicinal cannabis try CBD. take a break from this stuff for a while and do other activities. you'll be okay man.

Alex Jones is one of my heros outside of my family and god.

Please seek help.

You ain't helping.

So you know what is doing it to you (pot and internet) but you can't stop interacting with them in order to fix yourself?

The underlying issue is addiction.

You are poisoning yourself.. If you're using it to cope with emotional stuff you are setting yourself up for years of failure, I really recommend getting help man, just for the alcohol. the hardest part is telling people you have a problem and shifting the momentum of your life toward sobriety but I seriously recommend you do it..

Seriously. Pretty soon those stomach ulcers and shaking, and body temperature problems, always overheated, Vomiting often, Anxiety, Soon to bowel movements become long and painful while looking at a bowl with blood often as the addiction becomes worse. Do what you can , you don’t want to have to get to a point where your just hoping for a bowel movement where it ain’t bloody. Learn to love the feeling of feeling hydrated, And how good it feels after a good workout whatever that may be. Look towards feeling good about waking up. Instead of drinking a bottle to chase to pain away take a jog. You’ll feel better about yourself.

This guy gets it.

I don't know if you live in a legal state but if you are be more picky with what you smoke. Some make me irrationally paranoid at times. I use Leafly to research the strains and pick ones that are more suited towards the experience I want.

Are there specific strains, or methods, you've found to be best?

Well I find that everyone is different when it comes to how they react. So you may have to just figure it out through trial and error. For me though sativa and hybrids are my favs. Favorite strains ATM are cinex, granola funk, and pineapple. Blue dream for instance is a no go for me and makes me extremely paranoid. If you download the leafly app or go to their website you can sift through strains and look at their negative side effects such as anxiety and paranoia. Those are the two that I try to stay away from.

Thanks!

Np. Stay up

Im very into Infowars

If I were you, I would consider taking a break from thatplace for a few weeks.

See if you feel better after a few weeks without ANY infowars whatsoever.

I am willing to be that you will feel much about about yourself and about life.

Any new meds?

Alcohol induced psychosis is a thing

Really? Didn't know.

I had it ,plus dilectual tremors. After a huge weekend of drinking, on the Monday night I watched a man getting severely beaten outside my house. Looked closer ,it was me. It looked so real ,never been so scared.

Did someone actually get beaten?

No ,there was no one there. That was the psychosis. Hadn't even drank that day .After a heavy weekend I would go nuts.

Seriously INFOWARS? That's your problem man, that show is meant to make you feel crazy if taken seriously. Try some real red pills, harder to swallow but less side effects

Let me guess, the nights you don't drink you don't sleep either, so you end up needing drink to sleep. You're in a bad cycle pal, but you're young and not so far gone you cant get out. You're probably quite addictive/obsessive, so join a gym and set yourself some lifting/running targets whatever floats your boat. People like Alex Jones will feed your paranoia ,lay off it all and get your head straight.

I think you're really brave to own up to what you know is problematic and harmful behavior on your part. A lot of people never even get that far. I have a cousin who reminds me a lot of your situation, but he never got help when it may have really improved things early on. Please do seek help from a trusted doctor and consider therapy. I really believe it can help with these symptoms you described, and help you to lead a cleaner, fulfilling life. You're so young and you seem like a bright person, I believe you can do this. I wish you the very best of luck and strength 🍀

I've smoked at least a gram a day for the last 20 years. It definitely alters your thinking and perceptions. You need to learn to recognize when your brain is making bad judgments because of the pot. If you spend half your day stoned you're going to do that a lot.

IMO where we differ most is that I started this journey offline. I started with books that had hundreds of pages of references. That allows the reader to judge the actual sources. That doesn't happen online. I learned discernment before I was bombarded with information online. I dismissed Alex Jones after a few minutes and you should have too.

If you believe that Jones is genuine then you are not equipped to spend time in the conspiracy media. It's that simple. If you don't think he is full of shit then you've got no hope of defending your sanity against all the other nonsense out there. I don't mean to be harsh on you but as someone who has been into this crap since before the X-Files aired please take the benefit of my experience. You could spend years looking in rabbit holes while your family and friends worry about you.

And IMO, that's the conspiracy. People conditioned to accept nonsense as truth, or made to believe there is no such thing as truth. People who lose all faith in their government and society and don't engage in either.

Get off the beam. Take a conspiracy vacation. Conspiracies are fun to study, but are in what I call "secondary reality." Your primary reality is the present environment in which you actually live and exist. Get back into your senses and enjoy the details of your ACTUAL reality. Turn off the beam, the feed, the secondary reality of story after story after story.

Get your bearings. Once you do, you'll get a better sense of what is real and what isn't. What is in your thoughts, memories, and imagination is not real. The contents of your mind is meant for survival and creativity.

So take a vacation from the beam of secondary reality and immerse yourself in creativity (arts, projects, doing things for others) in the present moment in your present environment. You'll regain your footing, and yourself.

Good luck to you. I recommend reconnecting with nature, our true creator (or rather it is ourselves).

Try to cut back on all these things. You'll be ok.

hey im really glad reading this. this having thoughts you don't want to have and having irrational fears and all of that is very "normal" i believe! i am surprised nobody recommanded meditation. listen to guys like eckhart tolle to start with. just listen to him and you will understand much more about our disfunctional minds. im very happy for you to come to recognize this so early in life. im not denying you're in a difficult life situation but those are opportunities to grow. i wish you all the best my friend

Hey I'm a mental health + drug/alcohol counselor if you want to PM me. From what I read over here you're 1) drinking way too much alcohol and it will harm you physically and mentally, 2) weed's okay if it means you will be drinking less alcohol, 3) You definitely don't seem to have psychosis (at least while you wrote these posts) but you show lots of anxiety disorder symptoms.

Just try to smoke weed every day in moderation and breathe deeply.

This guy gets it.

You ain't helping.

Did someone actually get beaten?