jserafini

so i can only speak for early sobriety...i have little over 3 months in recovery but the farther i get in recovery the more paranoia i feel...i think people are plotting against me or people are mad at me....i do ask my dad who i trust and he always says its not real and i tend to believe him and my symptoms will be temporarily relieve.....but they always come back....anyone else experience this? i am recovering from cocaine and methadone

i should add that i am on anti-psychotics and anti-depressants...40 mg's of prozac and 20 of olazapine(zyprexa)

RK2007

Hello, I think you should talk to your doc about this to see what they think. 'Cos you're on a lot of different meds for different stuff, etc. Hope you're ok.

Anna

I definitely think you should talk to your dr and explain how you feel. There could be a different medication that would work better for you.

Congratulations on your 3 months sober.

Wastinglife

My main drug of choice was alcohol, but in my 20's, I used a lot of cocaine to go with it. I would got on an all weekend binges with coke and booze. I never could keep up the coke for long periods of use because of the paranoia it brought on. I would go into work on a Monday morning after a weekend binge, barely slept, and just be terrified that everyone knew what I was up to and that I was being fired that day. I would be convinced that the police were coming to arrest me anytime I heard noise in the hallway of my building. The list goes on.

Cocaine will definitely make you paranoid. The good news: your thoughts aren't real. Coke can seriously f*** you up mentally. I haven't touched it for over 10 years now, but I do remember it taking a while before I felt normal and didn't think the police were following me.

Stay sober and the paranoia will pass. Listen to your dad. It's all in your head, nothing to worry about.

jserafini

i have told the doc but it's just so hard to explain what im feeling...the last time i mentioned it she upped my prozac and olanzapine....it seemed to help a bit....but i just figured id ask because looking back this happens every time i try and get sober...mental illness rears its ugly head...so it seems my drug use kind of surpresses it but it comes back the instant im not numbed by drugs ....

Soberwolf

Congrats on 3 months sobriety that is amazing really is

Well done jserafini

Dee74

If you can't explain it verbally why not print out this thread - it seems clear enough to me written down jserafini?

I'm sure your Dr can help

D

WMJ1012

I experienced that when I detoxed from benzodiazepines. It was worse at night.
Benzodiapones are a tough detox.
Coming off cocaine didn't do that to me nor alcohol or pot.

The paranoia did last about 6 months and then tapered off.

It was worth it. I was heading in a bad direction with the benzodiazepines where there was going to be no return
They were starting to work against me

I came off them in a psych ward over 14 days, it was rough

I've never gone back to them I don't care what any doctor suggests.

Once in the Big Book i dealt with the rest of my fear.

Soberwolf

What D said ? i think thats an exellent idea

Anna

I like Dee's idea a lot too. I think you explained it very well.