Benadryl Induced Psychosis

Redirected from benedryl psychosis diphenhydramine is an antihistamine mainly used to treat allergies.

Benadryl induced psychosis. I really don t remember much from that night just feeling really. It can also be used for insomnia symptoms of the common cold tremor in parkinsonism and nausea. At about 9 00 that night i took 20 capsels. Because of the large number of nonprescription preparations containing this antihistamine similar ingestions are becoming increasingly frequent.

And use by children. It started late one night i was bored and wanted to get high off something. Parenteral administration underlying psychosis 4 organic brain disease 5 combined use with other anticholinergic drugs 6 reduced clearance of drug secondary to altered renal or hepatic function. Extrapyramidal symptoms are a side effect of some medications such as antipsychotic drugs like dronabinol risperidone trandolapril and others.

Because of the large number of nonprescription preparations containing this antihistamine similar ingestions are becoming increasingly frequent. These involuntary movements can be alarming and. The paradoxical reactions may consist of depression with or without suicidal tendencies phobias aggressiveness violent behavior and symptoms sometimes misdiagnosed as psychosis. However psychosis is more commonly related to the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome.

Those that experience drug induced psychosis often experience classic psychotic symptoms accompanied by additional symptoms related to the substance they ingested. Benadryl induced psychosis i am going to describe one of the most disturbing experiences of my life and of my family s following a very high dosage of diphenhydramine benadryl. I went to cvs and bought one box of benadryl allergy which contains 24 capsels with 25 mg of diphenhydramine in each one. It is used by mouth injection into a vein injection into a muscle or applied to the skin.

A 24 year old man presented to the emergency department with acute anticholinergic symptoms hallucinations and bizarre behavior following a large ingestion of diphenhydramine benadryl. Psychosis and lysergic acid diethylamide more commonly known as lsd are popular topics for urban legends when people started using lsd as a recreational drug in the 1960s some spoke of it in whispers as a gateway to spiritual enlightenment while others warned of bad trips and permanent highs that fried people s brains and turned them into acid casualties. 17 the treatment of a diphenhydramine overdose is generally supportive particularly in regard to airway management and the maintenance of vital signs. Possible predisposing factors to diphenhydramine induced psychosis include.

For example someone that took amphetamines may experience delusions and hallucinations but also drug related symptoms like increased heart rate perspiration and psychomotor agitation.