Re: [QUAD-L] icu psychosis???

[paul]

Title: icu psychosis???

Hi, Paul here,I almost O.D.Now begins the battle for living clean.I went through icu psychosis.Icu psychosis is a disorder in which pateints in a intensive care unit(icu) or similiar setting experience anxiety,hear voices,see things that are not there and become paranoid,severly disoriented in time and place and very agitated or even violent.In short,pateints become temporarily psychotic.I have been home from the hospital for one week.I am still having remenants of this disorder.My doctor and nurse said in time this shall pass.Never land yourself in icu.                                                    Paul C5/6 ----- Original Message ----- From: Houston809 To: paul ; quadlist Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:16 PM Subject: [QUAD-L] icu psychosis??? Glad that you�re ok Paul. Did you O.D.? I�m pretty sure all of us has gone through ICU at least once. I�ve woke up in icu a few timez. But this injury Aug. 22, 1998 was the last time ... Thus far ... Knock on wood!!!! What�s ICU Psychosis???? On 1/19/05 2:58 PM, "paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Everyone, I was just discharged from the hospital.I came close to death.Drugs will kill you.I wanted to ask if anyone has gone through icu(intensive care unit) psychosis? I just went through it.What a terrible expierence.                                                                                                                Paul